Hello, I am on day 6 after having gastric sleeve and hiatal hernia repair surgery. I can not tolerate the shakes. I’ve tried multiple kinds, non dairy. As soon as I drink it, I have terrible diarrhea, like I have to make a run for it. Idk what to do! I’m not getting enough protein so I have no energy. I’m trying the Gatorade protein, but I don’t think that’s enough. Any advice?

Hummm. Not sure what would do it in the non dairy ones? Have to tried the premiere protein clear drinks. They have I think it was 30 grams per serving.

I just thought about it, it could be an artificial sweetener. Malitol is one that seems to cause a lot of issues for some people. I know It’s in sugar free candy but I bet it’s in some of the shakes too.

My surgeon suggested lactaid pills for those having that issue.

I just checked for malitol and it’s not on the ingredients. But I’m going to try the premier protein clear. Thanks!

other sugar alcohols (in addition to malitol, which seems to be the worst offender) can cause those issues, too. Sugar alcohols all have names that end in -itol (for example, xylitol). So maybe it's some other type of sugar alcohol ? (as in not malitol - but one of the other ones??)

12 hours ago, Mpalm said:

I just checked for malitol and it’s not on the ingredients. But I’m going to try the Premier Protein clear. Thanks!

I just checked it on amazon And it was 20g in the clear one. Still better than a lot of the protein waters I tried.