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Sounds very carb heavy. I do not think polenta has much nutritional value. It can be good tasing but in very small amounts. Karen

You had surgery 3 weeks ago and you want to eat polenta?  How about some cottage cheese or refried beans...avoid the pastas and the polentas till you are father out.

Cornmeal isnt protein.   Any kind of seafood, shrimp, sashimi, fish, soft turkey(I get it from the Deli), I stay away from the "canned" meats.  Look at it this way...Whatever flys in the sky, walks on the earth or swims in the ocean is a protein.  Everything else is a carb.  If you want a vegetable...get some canned green beans...they are soft and will be easy for you do handle.  ...but corn is high in natural sugars...ie...high fructose corn syrup.  Corn is the last thing you should be eating.  When it breaks down, it creates gas when it ferments in the system.  b

Here is a good write up about the grain that is know as corn...

www.marksdailyapple.com/corn-is-not-a-vegetable/#axzz1lNqVUX 9z

in closing...corn is terrible for you...and kind of corn...polenta, corn syrup, corn dogs, ethynol...

Are you the mom of two Gastric Bypass patients who are 3 weeks off the table? 

I NEVER once claimed anything!!  Reread what I wrote...Though there may be "some" protein...they contain carbs.  There is NO carbs in animal proteins.  Read what people write...not what you think they are saying.

ps...you never answered me...are you the mom of 2 Gastric Bypass patients that are 3 weeks off the table...?  I don't want to assume...but just in case they are not..a regurlar non op patient absorbs things diffenetly than we do...so a 3 week postop should not be filling her tiny pouch with polenta because your kids are vegans.

I wouldn't be snarky if you wouldn't insist on passing bad info. 

OMG is right...I say it again...In my sentence "everything else is carbs"...DID I SAY IT DIDN'T HAVE PROTEIN....IT HAS CARBS...BEANS HAVE CARBS, NUT HAVE CARBS, POLENTA HAS CARBS....SO GO REREAD MY SENTENCE....

What does what you daughter can eat have to do with a newly off the table post op asking about polenta...ARE YOU TRYING TO CONFUSE HER.  You said you were the mother of 2 vegans and they don't have protein deficiency....YOU BROUGHT UP YOUR KIDS...YOU BEING THE MOM OF 2 VEGANS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US! 


WE WERE NOT SPEAKING OF SIMILAR FOODS TO POLENTA...SHE NEVER ONCE ASKED ABOUT KASHI...

I won't apologize when you are passing bad information.  Wait till you get a little more experience under you belt..your 3 weeks off the table also...

I was allowed to transition to real foods at one week out - but NO GRAINS for two months. Be sure to check your plan. I agree it's quite early to consider grains at this point. Once you are approved for grains, you really should only have whole grains, which polenta is not. It's usually prepared with a lot of butter, anyway. With that said, you are an adult and it's up to you to decide what and when you want to eat. I usually have a veggie as my side, and skip the starches. If I do want a starch, it's either quinoa or brown rice and in very small amounts.

 Thanks.  You are right.  I do need to explore new meal options.  I didn't think of polenta as purely starch.  I wouldn't eat potatoes, rice or pasta so I won't try polenta either.  I would have eaten my 2 scallops first and probably only have had room for a taste of the other.  But, I'll pair them with a nice vegetable.  I am supposed to be eating 70% protein and 30% veggies now.  Oh well, I'll figure something yummy out.

Tonya, there are losts of yummy things you can make...go to the deli, get a roasted chicken or some deli chicken or turkey breast...put some hot sauce on it with a little blue cheese crumble...That is loaded with protein....

Sugar Free Jello cups with a ton of sf whipped cream. 

Take some hard cheese..put it on a plate...I use paper plates because they are coated...I take shreeded parm or asiago or chedder..whatever I have in the house...stick it in the microwave and cook it till it gets bubbly ...let it harden a little and you have hot cheese chewys.

Some refried beens with cheeder a dolop of sour cream and some hot sauce and warm it up..yummy!!

Your highest level of protein is in the animal proteins...yes there is SOME protein in nuts(you can't eat now and they are good for a snack, not a meal replacement) Beans, but they can't be your only source....  and polenta and the girl above said you can eat at 3 weeks out...

Seafood is a great source..fish, shrimp....I eat the hell out of king crab claws...loaded with protein.