Almost Free Protein Shots...I can't use them
Anyhow, here they are: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002JOO3TY
If you want them, just send me shipping and I'll send them to you...PayPal or snail mail, whatever. If you're in the US $5-7 should cover it, I will send to CA as well, but would have to go to the post office to find out what the cost would be.
Send me a msg if you want them!
Gina
Ingredients
Filtered water, Actinase protein (hydrolyzed collagenic protein isolate, whey protein isolate, and casein protein isolate), malic acid, natural & artificial flavors, acesulfame-potassium, sucralose, FD&C red# 40 and FD&C blue #1. Allergen Warning: Contains milk ingredients.
Mainly collagen protein which is pretty useless to bariatric patients. The first ingredient in any protein you buy should be a whey protein isolate (if you can do whey) or soy if not. Just as well you didn't like them :)
Before/after pic in my profile.
Surgery: Dec 2009, lost 100 lbs
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Since you are new .. there is something called PDCAAS which is a ranking system for protein. There is a good article here:
http://www.thinnertimesforum.com/topic/24440-is-all-protein-created-equal/
but I'll just copy/paste it for you into this posting:
From Thinner times forum:
I sent an email off to the nutritionist in my surgeon's office yesterday. I wanted to ask her about these 3 oz protein vials so many seem to be taking after surgery. I was curious what she thought of them and if it was the kind of protein we should be using after surgery. She quickly got back to me with an explaination about protein. I just thought I would share it with all of you. I know this is a pretty technical explaination but I thought some of you might like to know what kind of protein is best for us when it comes to protein supplements.Here is her email response:
Not all protein has the same value to your body. The amino acid profile
is the reason for this. Proteins are made of amino acids. There are 20
different ones in the human body. Of the twenty, 9 of them must be
consumed to meet your daily needs. These 9 amino acids are called
Essential (EAA) or Indispensable.
The 9 EAAs are needed in certain proportions. A protein scoring system
called Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Scoring (or PDCAAS)
was developed to show which products contain all the EAA and in the
correct proportions. It is supported by the FDA, the World Health
Organization, and perhaps most importantly, the Institute of Medicine at
the National Academy of Sciences. The highest possible score is 100.
-- Collagen Protein gets a 0 (the lowest possible score)
-- Whey Protein Isolate gets 100 (the highest possible score)
Some proteins such as COLLAGEN or HYDROLYZED COLLAGEN protein are
missing one of the EAAs entirely. So the PDCAAS for collagen is zero.
Collagen is often the main ingredient in protein supplements that come
in a liquid form, and they usually have lower PDCAAS scores.
Here are some collagen products that have lower PDCAAS scores:
New Whey and Profect1: These products appear to have a PDCAAS score of
5 or 6 out of 100. Lab analyses of several samples suggest that about
94% of their protein, by weight, is from collagen.
Proteinex2: The Proteinex OTC products appear to get protein only from
hydrolyzed collagen, so their PDCAAS score is 0 or virtually 0.
Pro-Stat 64 / Pro-Stat 1013: These products appear to have a PDCAAS
score of about 37 out of 100.
The BEST products to purchase are products made from whey protein
ISOLATE (not concentrate) and soy protein ISOLATE.
Before/after pic in my profile.
Surgery: Dec 2009, lost 100 lbs
