Question:
Do the suppliments help you to lose weight faster

I've not used anything for a month or so, the stuff my doctor supplies makes me gag and retch. I know there are other kinds of protien suppliments, but I really don't know how vital they are to my weight loss. I'm very careful to get in as much protien through my diet. Do they make it inpill form?    — Danielle G. (posted on December 13, 2000)

December 13, 2000
Yes, the protein supplements help your wt loss. They do a couple of things for you. When mixed with water or sugar free beverage, you are getting only calories you can use, no extra, no wasted. This is good protein now, not Ensure or Carnation Instant Breakfast or Slim Fast. This is the stuff body builders use and they want NO FAT on their bodies. The protein goes right to the muscle, none to fat. You are maintainin muscle and encouraging the fat to be what is lost. It nourishes you, so keeps all the organs happy & humming along. Because you are well nourished, you will have very few cravings once you get and maintain good protein levels. Food protein cannot be digested without a stomach, so there is very little absorption. I'd never count any more than 50%. Good protein supps are pre-digested, so then we only need to worry about absorption, so we're getting a higher grade of protein in a smaller volume in the most absorbable form. Whey is #1 in availability to the body. Soy is #7 or so. So, while you are eating a lot in foods, by the time you overstuff your pouch or eat constantly, you've taken in a lot fats and/or sugars to try to NET 60g. When you are using a good protein supp, you can get your 60g in two 4oz drinks, and there are plenty of tasty ones out there with good numbers.
   — vitalady

December 13, 2000
I drank those nasty gross supplements for 5 months and decided this was not the way I want to spend the rest of my life drinking those digusting drinks. I eat well balanced meals, protein first, I still continue to lose weight and I feel great. I have had no hair loss. I have a friend who never drank them and the doctor told her it wasn't necessary. She is a year and a half post op and has lost all her weight (150 lbs). The calories in them to get 60 grams of protein was about 380 calories, I would rather have 380 in food and something that tasted great then in something that I didn't enjoy and dreaded drinking.
   — Deania W.