Intuition Juice

So I know that after surgery my tastes will change but for the week prior to surgery (5 days) I have to have a clear liquid diet.  I also know that after surgery protein supplements are going to be needed at least until I am used to getting the protein I need from food only.   So, I decided to try out some of the recommended protein drinks so I could be prepared since my tastes are pretty picky.  I went to GNC to buy some of the Zero Carb Isopure in the 20 oz glass bottles.  I bought one blue raspberry (blue) and one alpine punch (red).  They have 40g of protein in there.   I also bought an Oh Yeah Chocolate Milkshake drink with 32g of protein to try out.  On a side note there, I happened to receive food stamps right now and I was curious if I would be able to purchase any of the protein drinks with the food stamps.. Guess what?  You can!  Any way back to the Blue Raspberry Isopure-

I bought it yesterday and it has been sitting in my fridge untouched because I am afraid of what it tastes like.  I opened it up (it was easy to open which is good because I usually have a hard time getting the jar-lid type tops off things).  It smelled fruity and has some membrane kind of stuff floating around in it.  I Googled it and it seems that is normal- just looks kind of gross like egg whites floating around.  I took just a little sip at first and when it first hit my tongue it tasted pretty good.  Kind of like a Gatorade type flavor.  But there is a strange after taste.  It’s hard to describe it.  Kind of like plastic?  Sometimes when I open something made of plastic and its brand new I get this weird taste in my mouth from the smell.  It is kind of like that.  It’s not super strong but it is.. weird.  The kids tried a sip and decided they liked it when they first tasted it but when the aftertaste got them they wanted nothing to do with it.  But it is tolerable and one would probably get used to the after taste to be honest.  40g of protein could come in handy when on a liquid diet and this would be an easy relatively tasty way to get that protein in.  Oh-but it isn’t cheap.  The single bottles were almost $5 a piece. The cheapest I have seen it is a case of 12 for $39.99.  At over $3 a pop I would probably use it sparingly.  They also have the smaller size bottles that contain 15g of protein (both the Zero Carb Isopure and the Isopure Plus brands) that come in a 6 pack for about $11.  Less then $2 a pop and would probably work well if you are balancing it with getting protein in your food.

Tags: protein, protein supplement