How To Get Protein Without Eating Meat After Gastric Bypass with Thyroid Disease?

By Chuck5051 on 29 Apr 2012

How Does my Wife Who's Had Gastric by Pass Surgery,and Has Thyroid Disease. Get Protien Without Eating Meats?

Comments (2)

SurgAftercareRN 20 Jun 2012

I have not had gastric bypass surgery, however I use Pure Protein 100% Whey Protein. It has 25 grams of protein per scoop and the vanilla is delicious! Egg beaters has 5% protein. Not much but every little bit counts.

Kirsty at RealSelf (Community Manager) 2 May 2012

Hi Chuck,

It's really difficult to get enough protein, through food alone, after WLS. Most post-op WLS patients use protein powder. You have to try a few before you get one that meets your tastes, but perservere and your wife will find one.

I usually have a protein shake for breakfast each morning, simply made by adding one scoop of chocolate protein powder to 200ml of 1% milk and blitz it up. You can also add sugar free flavourings, I sometimes add mint or vanilla. You can also add protein powder to (sweet) recipes to bulk up your daily protein. It's great to make a low fat/no cream, ice cream, also to add to yogurt to make a dip for fruit, etc.

Protein powder is probably the best way, apart from eating meat, that I know of to get the daily requirement of protein.

Kirsty