Ensure

Pros: It is a complete and balance source of nutrition
Cons: it is expensive

This is a product that most of us probably have heard of one time or another. I have had experience with this product as a supplement for the elderly patients in the nursing home in which I worked. It was used often as a between meal supplement or for...

Pros: Excellent source of 24 essential vitamins and minerals, protein and carbohydrates.
Cons: Lack of dietary fiber; many people don't care for the taste.

On the Medical-Surgical floor where I work as an RN, we often supplement our patient's diets with a product called Ensure. We frequently have many elderly patients (many who reside at nursing homes) whose nutritional status is far from adequate,...

Pros: Great for older adults and if you want to gain weight.
Cons: “USE UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION FOR TUBE FEEDING, REFER TO PHYSICIAN ORDER”.

Like actors in Hollywood that play a particular role again and again, Ensure has been type cast as a drink for older adults. Perhaps it’s the manufacture Ross Products Division of Abbot laboratories that should share in the blame since the label...

Pros: Packed full of vitamins and minerals, several flavors
Cons: Somewhat expensive, not for everyone

I was first introduced to Ensure when I worked for an orthopaedic surgeon. He made a practice of skipping lunch, and drinking a glass of his "chocolate" as he called it. His "chocolate" consisted of either Ensure or a comparable product. He found it...

Pros: Has every vitamin and mineral the body needs to function
Cons: Expensive

My husband hated it at first. The first time Lou (my husband) was diagnosed as a very sick man he was immediately put in the Intensive Care unit of the hospital. After a week in IC he was transferred to a regular room reserved for high risk patients....

Pros: Great nutritional supplement and great taste.
Cons: Pretty pricey; I can't afford to drink one a day.

"If it's supposed to be good for you, it can't taste too good." As a relatively healthy 40-something-year-old guy, I have become a bit more actively involved in taking care of myself. I have been walking at least once a day for the past 10 ...

Pros: Makes my mom happy
Cons: Expensive and loaded with fat.

As a girl who's trying to lose weight, my mom is concerned that I'm not getting enough vitamins, minerals, and protein. It was for this reason (mainly) that she bought me Ensure with High Protein. I know these things are generally meant...

Pros: Full of nutrients that your body needs.
Cons: Can taste when you drink directly from the can; pricey

My dad works for Abbott Laboratories, the manufacturer of this product, and brought home a case of chocolate ensure. I was a little unsure about this little can as it is associated with older people (as seen on the commercial) and I really did not think...

Pros: Tasty, satisfying, not too filling, no ill side effects, no dairy, kosher
Cons: Not true meal replacement, somewhat pricey but coupons are easy to come by, somewhat deceptive

I am just getting over one of the worst bouts of viral gastroenteritis I have ever had. I've already been losing a little weight due to personal stress, but I've dropped a further two or three pounds due to the toll the sickness has taken on my body. I ...

Pros: overall a great way to supplement the diet when you can't eat right
Cons: drinking ones meals isnt as satisfying as eating

Why did you try this type of product?

My first experience with ensure was with my mother. She was fighting Cancer and was losing weight too fast as she was plagued with all sorts of digestion problems as a result of both the illness...

Pros: packed with calories, and vitamins, easily mixed with other stuff
Cons: undrinkable from the can,

When my father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, his doctor prescribed him Ensure as a meal replacement-hoping to keep him from losing weight too fast.

My father did want to drink it due to the stigma of it being an old/sick...

Pros: Comes in low-fat and lactose free options; lots of flavors; not chalky
Cons: Expensive

When my nutritionist recommended I try drinking Ensure every once in a while I was like "What?" I always thought Ensure was something they served in nursing homes or gave very sick people in hospitals. The notion of willingly buying and drinking Ensure...

Pros: a power packed nutrition which provides most essentials along with trace elements
Cons: expensive,not very palatable

well !this is surely for all those very busy guys who find it difficult to devote enough time for their meals and for all those who drain more energy than they take in.
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH ENSURE: i am a physician from in INDIA and...

Pros: Will help you to gain weight, healthier than junk food
Cons: Chalky taste, expensive

I suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder and depression.
Before I was diagnosed, I became clinically depressed one winter and totally lost my appetite. Nothing appealed to me and my weight plummeted down to 97 lbs. Since I'm 5'6", this...

Pros: Complete nutrition, variety of flavors
Cons: Pricey

During my lifetime, I have been around people who have taken Ensure for one reason or another. My first experience with Ensure was working with a woman that used Ensure for her sole source of nutrition. She was unable to swallow, so she ate through a...