Quick Question - Protein Shakes
It's my understanding that you can once you reach the stage where you can eat fresh fruit. I have also heard your taste for proteins shakes you like now you may not like after the surgery.
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Surgery Aug. 29, 2012 with the Wonderful Dr. Aarts at TEGH
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I blended frozen unsweetened blueberries in my shakes while in the late end of the full fluids diet. Once on pureed it may be okay although I believe the TWH guidelines indicate pureed canned/fruit cup style fruit during this stage. On pureed I also blended unsweetened frozen cherries into my protein shakes with no problems.
At my one month follow up appointment with the dietician (at one month and 3 days out) she advised I could now add fresh fruit. I have tried blueberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, honey dew, and banana with no issues. I have been avoiding raspberries and blackberries due to the seeds.
As far as carbs go the dietician advised me not to worry about carbs and instead to focus on protein. I ensure that I stay within my calorie limit and try not to have too many carbs. I believe fresh fruit and vegetables are good for me and they have a place in my post-op diet. This is of course a personal decision.
I hope this helps.
Kristen
At my one month follow up appointment with the dietician (at one month and 3 days out) she advised I could now add fresh fruit. I have tried blueberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, honey dew, and banana with no issues. I have been avoiding raspberries and blackberries due to the seeds.
As far as carbs go the dietician advised me not to worry about carbs and instead to focus on protein. I ensure that I stay within my calorie limit and try not to have too many carbs. I believe fresh fruit and vegetables are good for me and they have a place in my post-op diet. This is of course a personal decision.
I hope this helps.
Kristen
Hi Ann,
We can't lump ALL fruit into one high carb category. For example, the carb load of blueberries is much lower than the carb load of bananas. Because we can only eat very small amounts of food at the beginning of our post op journey, I would defer to the dietician who said, "As long as you have your protein first, I wouldn't worry about carbs." And I would add to that statement, "especially WHOLE FOOD sources of carbs."
Take blueberries for example. If you added 1/4 cup of blueberries to your protein shake, you would be adding 5 gms of carbs but 1 gm of those carbs is fibre, so your carb load would be actually 4 gms. That is totally acceptable as usually a protein shake is one meal replacement.
At this point in my post-op journey, after a stricture dilation, I am only having protein shakes along with my water/tea etc fluids. I am using whole milk to make my shakes because I have no other source of fat at this time. You need to approach your nutrition with some common sense and research the nutritional value of your food sources AND take into account that our intake of food after surgery is much lower than it was before surgery - especially in the first few months post op.
All the best to you Ann! :o)
We can't lump ALL fruit into one high carb category. For example, the carb load of blueberries is much lower than the carb load of bananas. Because we can only eat very small amounts of food at the beginning of our post op journey, I would defer to the dietician who said, "As long as you have your protein first, I wouldn't worry about carbs." And I would add to that statement, "especially WHOLE FOOD sources of carbs."
Take blueberries for example. If you added 1/4 cup of blueberries to your protein shake, you would be adding 5 gms of carbs but 1 gm of those carbs is fibre, so your carb load would be actually 4 gms. That is totally acceptable as usually a protein shake is one meal replacement.
At this point in my post-op journey, after a stricture dilation, I am only having protein shakes along with my water/tea etc fluids. I am using whole milk to make my shakes because I have no other source of fat at this time. You need to approach your nutrition with some common sense and research the nutritional value of your food sources AND take into account that our intake of food after surgery is much lower than it was before surgery - especially in the first few months post op.
All the best to you Ann! :o)
Uschi 
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