Re: ViSalus

 I e-mailed my Nutritionist about whether or not this was "ok" for us to use. 

This is what she had to say:

I have had a lot of inquires on this for both SWL and non-SWL patients.  Nothing in it is alarming in regards to safety.  However, I might caution a SWL patient that the quality of protein is not as good “soy protein concentrate" as you might get from others on the market.  I usually encourage whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate as an alternative.  It is an option, not the best in my opinion. 

Whey isolate is generally considered optimum for RNY post ops.  Whey concentrate is less desired, as it does not have lactose filtered out, and will likely cause lactose intolerant patients issues.  Some post ops claim they have issues with digestive issues or the taste of whey (I don't really detect the same issue) and chose soy as an alternative source of protein additive.  In most instances in takes less whey isolate protein volume to get 20g protein (example number) than the volume of soy or other sourced proteins.  DAVE