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Looking at Ensure, I don't get the impression that you're supposed to be able to live entirely on it. It looks more like a meal substitute (liquid nutrition ba

Looking at Ensure, I don't get the impression that you're supposed to be able to live entirely on it. It looks more like a meal substitute (liquid nutrition bar) than a food substitute.

uncoder0 13y ago
From the Ensure FAQ @ http://ensure.ca/en/faq/ http://ensure.ca/en/faq/ " >For how long can I use Ensure? Ensure products deliver complete and balanced nutrition that is always beneficial. There is no time limit to using Ensure products. In fact, long-term use is encouraged if you’re at a nutritional risk (for example, if you’re an older adult). >Can Ensure replace a meal? Yes. Ensure products are complete and balanced, when used in appropriate amounts they can be used to replace meals. " I believe it is also used in hospitals with a feeding tube for long term sustenance however, I'm not finding a great source for that with a quick google.
- jjoonathan 13y ago
  Well, here's a source for that (they use it in Guantanamo): http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/29/3370916/more-navy-medics-arrive-at-guantanamo.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/29/3370916/more-navy-medi...
  - kefs 13y ago
    I wonder how the creator of Ensure (or Soylent) would feel knowing that they're products were being used in this way..
    - DanBC 13y ago
      The creator of Ensure know that the products are used for force-feeding. It happens with anorexics all the time. EDIT: But kefs makes a good point; you think you're making food and then you find out it's being used for something that you strongly disagree with. what do you do? Take the money? Or don't sell to certain markets?
tokenadult 13y ago
People who have to live for years with a gastric tube rather than chewing their food to eat it (for example, some quadriplegics, like my late dad for the last six years of his life) life largely on Ensure or one of the very similar products from competing companies. Liquid nutrition products are very time-tested products, into which many hours of clinical observation and laboratory experiments have been devoted.
- tokenadult 13y ago
  Here's a link about tube feeding from the medical point of view: http://www.nutritioncare.org/wcontent.aspx?id=266 http://www.nutritioncare.org/wcontent.aspx?id=266

Looking at Ensure, I don't get the impression that you're supposed to be able to live entirely on it. It looks more like a meal substitute (liquid nutrition bar) than a food substitute.

uncoder0 13y ago

From the Ensure FAQ @ http://ensure.ca/en/faq/ http://ensure.ca/en/faq/ " >For how long can I use Ensure? Ensure products deliver complete and balanced nutrition that is always beneficial. There is no time limit to using Ensure products. In fact, long-term use is encouraged if you’re at a nutritional risk (for example, if you’re an older adult). >Can Ensure replace a meal? Yes. Ensure products are complete and balanced, when used in appropriate amounts they can be used to replace meals. " I believe it is also used in hospitals with a feeding tube for long term sustenance however, I'm not finding a great source for that with a quick google.

jjoonathan 13y ago
Well, here's a source for that (they use it in Guantanamo): http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/29/3370916/more-navy-medics-arrive-at-guantanamo.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/29/3370916/more-navy-medi...
- kefs 13y ago
  I wonder how the creator of Ensure (or Soylent) would feel knowing that they're products were being used in this way..
  - DanBC 13y ago
    The creator of Ensure know that the products are used for force-feeding. It happens with anorexics all the time. EDIT: But kefs makes a good point; you think you're making food and then you find out it's being used for something that you strongly disagree with. what do you do? Take the money? Or don't sell to certain markets?

tokenadult 13y ago

People who have to live for years with a gastric tube rather than chewing their food to eat it (for example, some quadriplegics, like my late dad for the last six years of his life) life largely on Ensure or one of the very similar products from competing companies. Liquid nutrition products are very time-tested products, into which many hours of clinical observation and laboratory experiments have been devoted.

tokenadult 13y ago
Here's a link about tube feeding from the medical point of view: http://www.nutritioncare.org/wcontent.aspx?id=266 http://www.nutritioncare.org/wcontent.aspx?id=266