its a valid question.... so much emphasis is put on getting the protein i...hope you get an answer or i see my doctor on fri and will ask,,,.

Thank you!

I asked the same question to the dietician...her reply was it is "virtually impossible" to get too much. Not exactly the answer to your question though.

just read on the internet...suggest anyone else do the same.. initially we take it for the healing and energy.. but yes there are reasons eventually not to over do it.... weight gain..high cholesterol..affect your liver and brain function... a call to your nutrionist or doctor Sgt might give you a more accurate insight...

So i wondered the same thing.

Not to get too gross, but you know how so many of us suffer from constipation? well i have suffered for years pre-op, and that didn't change post-op.

But i connected something. preop i did the adkins diet. while on that diet i was more regular (every day, same time, same place) than i had been in my whole life.

Now post op, if i miss my protein shake in the morning, i don't go the bathroom.

So i googled it. Seems that a side effect of high protein (or protein OD) is diarrhea.

Soooo, while I'm not ODing, the high protein keeps me regular.


Anyhoo, my fear is not so much with the super high amounts of protein, as with the quality. i just can NOT eat 60 grms a day. these protein shakes can have some really bad stuff in them like heavy metals and crap - consumer reports did an article. but what choice do we have?

remember - we don't absorb all we eat. so maybe we eat 100 grms but only get 70.

speaking of absorption i would love it if someone out there would be able to tell us the percentage by which our absorption is reduced - it would make it so much easier in terms of figuring out nutrition and medicine. But i guess every patient is different.

I dont know the answer to this and will be curious to see what people have to say... thanks for asking Sgt...

If you are worried about the heavy metals in protein powder, consider apples. Apples help flush the body of heavy metals.

I've heard that the body can only process 20 grams at a time. I don't know how true that is, but I try to make sure that my meals and snacks have at least 20, so that at the end of the dya I've had at least 80 a day.
Shelley :o)

I spoke with my NUT about too much, and if you can get too much at one time. She said too much would be like WAY MORE than anyone could manage to eat in a day, so nothing to worry about there. Pre surgery I eat around 120 gms per day and she said this was wonderful.

As far as too much in one sitting (as in body cannot absorb it) That is is better to spread it out over the day, but it having a larger amount in one sitting is ok too... So I don't think you'll do any harm to have a 60 gm protein drink at one time... but half that, 3 times per day would be optimal

Sheeshe! I cannot type today./.. must be because terms over! LOL!

"As far as too much in one sitting (as in body cannot absorb it) It is better to spread it out over the day, but if you do have a larger amount in one sitting it is ok too.. So I don't think you'll do any harm to have a 60 gm protein drink at one time... but half that, 3 times per day would be optimal "

I know many surgeons guidelines are less... but mine said strive for around 80 to 100 per day post op.

Thank you guys for all the info!

Did you get Whey ISOLATE protein?

NUT and many other resources believe that Isolate is better for weight loss and is a purer form. Whey concentrate or carbonate are not as good for us.

There is an article on sorta this topic but Im on a friends computer. It may of been mayo clinic not sure any way this article said if its natural protien you can absorb as much as you take in in a sitting. If its like our pro powders your body can only use so much of it at a time we don't actually store protien or not so much of it so your better off breaking it down druing the day to like 30mg or so at a time...may of been 25? I wont have my computer for a week or so but if I remember Ill post the link.

Thanks it is Whey Isolate protein, I tore off the piece of the label that says it's percentage of protein when I opened it but I remember chosing it becasue it was 65% instead of the others that were less. I been getting a shake per day. Thank you for all the response!