Optifast - Post Op
The one I had - had too many sugars for me to use it post op ...I was only able to use the soups...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I was told by my dietician that post-op, the only Optifast that we could use would be the Optifast HP. Its numbers still aren't that great, and it doesn't contain whey protein isolate, so it wouldn't be absorbed well anyway. As always, talk to your nut or dietician to see what they say.
This is the nutrition info and ingredients for the Opti HP
- Calories 200
- Protein (g) 26
- Carbohydrate (g) 10
- Fat (g) 6
- Sodium (mg) 480
- Potassium (mg) 800
- Fiber (g) 0
- Vitamins & Minerals 35% of RDI
- Lactose (g)
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