Are those ensure type drinks nono's after surgery?

I seem to be autopiloting towards jpouch surgeries in the near future for my UC, with a surgical consult coming up in a few weeks. Though years back early in my UC "career", I used a lot of Ensure drinks, i have shunned them for years because they are so filled with artificial garbage and sugars... However, are they used post surgery to minimize weight loss? Just curious if they are shunned by most here for the same reasons they are not wise for UC- namely that their sugars, while full of calories, could feed pathogens,

I never drank them post surgery; I found that eating was finally something I could do without making me feel ill.

Sue

I used "Odwalla Protein" line quite a bit for post surgery protein. You are supposed to get lots of protein (in addition to vitamins and minerals) after surgery and it's hard. I couldn't stand to look at eggs or fish after my surgery.

The Odwalla line "should" be a bit more natural than ensure, but it's probably not 100% natural. I found it in the refrigerated section of the "Alternative/ Healthy" foods section of my grocery store.

I drank a lot of them after surgery, as I had to gain weight before my ileostomy could be reversed. Unlike the comment about output looking like Ensure, my output was fine. I drank the Ensure Plus (350 calories) that Costco sells as it was the best price e found. Thankfully, I like vanilla since that is the only flavor hey sell.

I tried them early on because I had lost so much weight, it was winter and I was freezing! Plus, I felt like I had been hit by a bus for quite some time, and my doctor told me I wouldn't feel better until I put the weight back on. I couldn't drink them long though. They are very sweet and made me sick to my stomach.

Me too.. :-P unfortunately.

Not the perfect source of nutrition in a holistic sense, but they do the job for people who are struggling. Can't see the harm in using them post surgery to help you recover.

there are prescription ones that are very beneficial.. Think its called peptamen prebio. Really helped me a lot when I suffered from malnutrition and was severly underweight from so many surgeries.
But over the counter.. glucerna is the best. Not full of sugar. The ones full of sugar and chemicals.. like ensure can cause a lot of problems in some people after bowel surgeries.

Also you can make your own things in a blender - cream soups, smoothies, etc.
And you should be able to eat real food with lots of protein by the time you get home for surgeries - scrambled eggs with cheese, greek yogurt, peanut butter, etc...so there may not be a need for canned stuff. Also eating 5 or 6 smaller meals a day rather than the normal 3 big meals a day is very helpful post surgery and to helping gain weight.