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Hello, I was hoping to see if you all had any suggestions for drinks or whatever else to give someone that isn’t meeting their nutritional needs. He sometimes just doesn’t feel like eating but I’d still like him to be getting all that he should be. Are there any of those drinks that any of you recommend? He also has to be on honey thick liquid. He’s not a big chocolate guy but he loves vanilla ice cream. Just seeing what suggestions you all have!



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See what his doctor recommends. Be careful with Boost and Ensure, as they contain a TON of sugar. My mother lived on Boost for the last seven months of her life, and she developed gout in her hands from it. They switched her to the diabetic formula, and it cleared up, but it was terribly painful for a quite a while.
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I have found that old people love them a milkshake! I was researching the very topic you have asked as I have a loved one with the same problem of not eating. There are countless high calorie smoothie recipes online.
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Cover999 Jan 2023
Lol. There's a milkshake joke in there.
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If he tires of sweet smoothies and cold drinks, home-made creamed soups are a great idea. Cook up any veggies he likes in home-made stock or low-salt commercial stock. Include higher calorie vegetables such as squash, sweet potatoes, beans (can use drained canned beans) or lentils, and white potatoes. When cooked until soft, run the soup through a blender or use a hand held immersion blender. Then, add whole milk, cream, or half and half to thin the soup to desired consistency and heat through. You can also cook tender meats with the veggies, though it's harder to blend those to a smooth consistency. There is a commercial high calorie product called "benecalorie" that can be added to soups, smoothies, mashed potatoes, puddings, hot cereals, etc. It is unflavored and has 330 calories and 7g high-quality protein per 1.5 fl oz serving. Or you can add a few tablespoons of "good" fats to the soup for extra calories, e.g. olive oil, peanut oil, avocado oil, etc.
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Although they aren't the most nutritionally balanced boost, ensure and others like them are a godsend for those who can not get enough calories, but they can be expensive. Home made smoothies tend to be naturally thick so they should be OK for his dysphagia, are great tasting and there are countless variations. For protein you can choose protein powders, silken tofu or Greek yogurt, then and add milk or milk alternatives, or fruit juice,with soft fruits like bananas, strawberries, mango or peaches. I like to add a little bit of oatmeal or ground flax to mine. All you need is a blender, and my immersion blender works too...
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Boost High Calorie. I also recommend "Soft Foods for Easier Eating Cookbook: Easy-to-Follow Recipes for People Who Have Chewing and Swallowing Problems" by Sandra Woodruff (Author), Leah Gilbert-Henderson (Author)
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Besides drinks you can make puddings and baked custards. Be sure to use whole milk for higher Calorie content. You can also add powdered milk to the liquid milk to increase the protein content and mix in butter or margarine for more Calories.
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Kbelreivns: A friend blends different food such as spinach, bananas, protein powder and honey. Perhaps this can help your elderly man.
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I had problems with my husband's dietary needs. He would eat soft foods, but spit out meat or other solid foods. I put his meals in a blender now and he eats everything very well. I give him Ensure Plus (350 calories) which he seems to enjoy (sometimes with a scoop of ice cream in it). He likes yogurt as an inbetween snack. He is maintaining his weight.
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Make your own milkshakes with as much ice cream as can be blended in and add protein powder. You may need to experiment with protein powders b/c some people do not tolerate whey or soy or pea proteins. For the same rrason, they may not tolerate Boost or Ensure.
Since he likes vanilla ice cream, you can add whatever you want to that your father still likes the taste of. Your homemade milkshake concoctions will be much better than commercial supplement drinks, but don't skip the protein. He needs that in addition to the ice cream.
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Cover999 Jan 2023
Can't too much ice cream cause the runs?
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ensure is a good all around drink. add a protein drink to it - maintains muscle over increasing weight. all the nutrient drinks that i see come in vanilla flavor. You can add a scoop of ice cream or a banana to change up the taste a little.
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