Re: Intro and Protein Shakes vs. Protein in Food

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In a message dated 7/20/2002 8:18:59 AM Pacific Standard Time,

rny2001@... writes:

> for someone like me that CAN eat enough protein, why should I do the shakes?

I'm sure someone else will chime in here with some information about the

shakes being pre-digested and more easily absorbed than food protein. I'm

chiming in to say " stay tuned for 3 months " and I'll tell you what works for

me. I am a distal procedure, and have regularly been eating 120 grams of

protein since about 6 months post-op, 35 grams in a shake, the rest food. My

protein levels, although still normal, have continued to drop. So, for the

next three months, I am diligently increasing to 3 shakes a day and we'll see

if it makes a difference.

Now, I don't like this. I would way rather eat the protein. But clearly I

am not absorbing enough to keep my blood levels up.

Kate