BF Basics Veggie Tales (part 2): Can post-ops be vegetarians?

Yesterday I mistakenly labeled the post as part two. THIS is part two! 

Today Kelly goes over some common apprehensions about meatless eating after WLS and some solutions that have proven valuable to her.

I'm enjoying this series a LOT so far. How about you? 

http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com/2012/03/veggie-tales-par t-2-can-post-ops-be.html 

Thanks, Kelly!

 Have Qs...

Doesn't soy milk last longer in the fridge than regular milk too?  I'm guessing flavored soy milk should be shunned? Also, what's the deal with "sprouted" protein? I keep seeing that in the vegan powdered section.

 

Hey there! Not sure Kelly saw your question so I'm posting in response to bring it back to the front page of the board!

(Boy do I wish OH would make it so you can tag people!)

 Sorry Nik,

My iPad doesn't play well with your blog. O.o I tried to post my Q there but I could never get it to update. Not an uncommon issue with this tablet.

Cheers!
Tamie

I'm not sure if soy milk lasts longer in the fridge than regular milk or not.  I use soy milk sometimes, although not often anymore since I've been getting one gallon of raw milk a week.  That pretty much meets all my milk needs!  When I do get soy milk, I go by the dates on the cartons but can't remember off hand how far out they usually are.  With my raw milk, it does not come with a date on it but I use it within two weeks and it's fresh out of the cow when I buy it.  It does make sense to me that soy  milk would last longer than regular milk you buy in the grocery store because soy milk is "fresh" when you first open it and that regular milk is "fresh" when it comes out of the cow, but it's already been out of the cow awhile by the time it gets to your grocery store shelf, if that makes sense.

The flavored soy milk doesn't have to be shunned, but you should read the label because often it is very high in added sugar.  There is a brand called Soy Slender that makes a cappuccino flavor soy milk that I absolutely love and it is actually low in sugar, so I use it.  Really, we need to always read labels and not assume if it's soy milk , it's healthy, but also not assume if it's flavored it's unhealthy.  Gotta read the label.

Sprouting is supposed to increase the digestability of the protein powder (this would be protein made from vegetable or grain sources, I'm not sure you can sprout whey), just like some people are into baking and cooking with sprouted grains now, because it's supposed to make them easier to digest.  I don't know enough about it to have an opinion either way about whether or not it really makes a difference.

 Thanks for all the great info Kelly!