Ensure

Okay well i'm starting to take ensure plus everyday for weight gain. its great nutritionally but it tastes horrible i felt so sick, like i was gonna throw up. but i already have a over sensitive stomach so i'm used to that sorta stuff and i'm still gonna take it because i want to gain weight sooooooooooo bad. But is there a way to make it taste better. like mix it with other stuff? thanks!

P.S. i have the stawberries and cream kind

I've been told the best way to make it taste better is to use the vanilla flavor and add your own vanilla extract to it - seems to overpower that nasty taste.  Also, the colder the better.

I personally have never used it.  My husband has literally lived on it since early April when he started cancer treatments.  He lost over 30 pounds but has gained back 10 in the past 6 weeks. 

I am recovering from anorexia and I have to drink Ensure everyday.  I have just the regular ensure homemade vanilla shake and the only way I can drink it is if I mix it in a blender with sonic crushed ice.  It waters down the strong taste and it taste so much better to me.  You should give it a try and tell me what you think! 

*Also if you are looking to gain weight and like peanut butter...get the vanilla kind or chocolate and add some peanut butter in the blender as well...it makes a great smoothie!....Enjoy! : )

thanks everyone! I'll try those anything to get away from that nasty taste! : P I was thinking of adding milk and cut up bananas with the strawberrys and creme kind has anyone tried somthing like this? did it taste good?

I have also been drinking ensure to gain weight. Sometimes I pick up a pack from the store with the added calcium or protien. I can only drink the vanilla kind and at first I had a hard time with the flavor but now I actually look forward to it everyday. It's become a treat for me. :)

So maybe after you get used to it, you'll grow to like it? Just a thought. :)

PS: When I had a hard time with the flavor, I would just put the can in a blender with my favorite ice cream. Worked wonders.

Im trying to gain weight [recovering from anorexia] iv never tryed Ensure, but i drink Boost Plus, it come's in three flavors.  i dont think they tast that bad, but the chocolate one tast a little weird, but then again im not a big fan of chocolate.

go here for more info on boost
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I'm hoping i'll get used to it! i think that they are a great idea and really healthy but... *ICK* Well we'll see how it goes!

I saw boost in the store i'll check it out, thanks for the tip!

Hey. i am recovering too from annorexia. for almost a year i had to have at least 2 ensures a day.. at one point 3-4.. i know how horrible they are.. weird as it sounds i actually liked them hott. i would get the chocolate kind, microwave it for about 20 seconds in a mug, then add some kettle water to it.. i had a tendancy to waterload too much cuz i hated the thickness of them but they still tasted semi good with like a cup of hot water. it tasted kinda like hot chocolate so its not too shabby aha. and the vanila kind heated up with some cinnamon on top is like a steamer if u have ever had one.. so try it out and and message me telling how it goes!!

good luck in your recovery. im right there with you

ive been in treatment for anorexia a few times and ahve had many kinda of those supplements, for ensure vanilla is the best flavor. oh my god at cornell they made you drink TONSANDTONS of that stuff.

but personally the best tasting supplement is carnation instant breakfast vanilla. its better than boost or ensure =)

I've tried Ensure, and I didn't think it was that bad, but I must admit I prefer Boost.  I drink it every day to help me gain weight, and I love the taste (especially the chocolate ones).  I like the Boost High Protein ones the best; they don't have as much sugar, so they're not overly sweet.

Omigosh, yes, I agree with mctami... the colder the better! I drink Slim Fast ocassionally just to get my breakfast nutrition (cause I don't usually eat breakfast) and I have to freeze it overnight because I like it cold. It tastes so much better; refrigeration doesn't work... it's never cold enough!

thanks everyone for the advice and support. Today i stried making a smoothie w/ banana and milk. it was better but it still had the horrid aftertaste of medicine. and i'll take ur word dagenaisr and heat it i hope ur right! I'll definatly try boost next. I was specifically avoiding teh chocolate and vanilla because in most cases things with those flavors are way over the top. and i'll look up the carnation thing

Today i just had one in the morning and just tryed to imagine it was good tasting and it wasn't so bad : D. Whats everyone's favorite flavor?

We fed my friend Ensure when he had cancer before he died, when he couldn't eat solid foods.

The first time I went grocery shopping after he passed away, I had a breakdown in the Ensure aisle, and stood there and cried for a long time.

im on them im not underweight close but not yet... but i have to take three cause i still cant handle real food, its weird i dont mind ensures now at all, the chocolate are the best its the only one i find covers up the taste of medicine to be honest. i say drink and eat what your told i didnt now im on four a day plus food i wish i had stuck to one and eaten.... i nearly prefer to drink this instead of food ha what a turnaround, stay away from orange flavour made me naucous, vanilia im not mad about or the strawberry but thats just me.

Original Post by weeeenohands:

 oh my god at cornell they made you drink TONSANDTONS of that stuff.

 tasted better than the food in that place ;)

I actually love Ensure, though I know a lot of people don't. I would stick with vanilla and use it as a base for shakes- add frozen banana chunks, peanut butter, berries, cocoa powder, etc. It's also good used to make oatmeal- throw in pumpkin and some cinnamon and it's delicious :)