What's the big controversy over protien shakes?

I'm just curious. My surgeon is against the use of protien shakes saying we should get our protien from food. I can understand, but I usually have an atkins shake for breakfast because my stomach doesn't want food first thing. It has vitamins and nutrients, plus lots of good protien. When I went for my 4 week post op appt, the nurse said "he's gonna have a fit when he finds out you're drinking protien shakes". I got scared but he never said a word about it to me. But my question is... why the big controversy? Why is it bad (if anyone knows)?

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