Gastric Bypass Recovery Patients

Protein is an important nutrient for building new tissue. It is especially important after gastric bypass surgery to help your incision heal. Protein is also necessary to help you maintain muscle while you are rapidly losing weight. The goal is to lose fat tissue, not muscle. After this type of procedure, patients are instructed to consume large amounts of protein but can only eat small amounts of food at a time. Your whey allows them to control the size of the protein fortified foods and drinks and provides more versatility. Although it isn’t the most appealing way to take protein, your whey allows people to add large amounts of protein to a very small amount of liquid…or even to just eat it by the spoonful!!