Best Time to Drink Ensure and Who Should Avoid It

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Drink Ensure milk at least 1 hour after breakfast for better digestion, and a glass of milk at night before bed will help you sleep better, preventing insomnia or difficulty sleeping, especially beneficial for the elderly. Join AVAKids to learn more about the best time to drink Ensure milk and who shouldn’t drink it in this article!

Understanding the Ensure milk brand

Is Ensure milk good?

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Ensure is a milk product for adults and ready-to-drink powdered milk known for its abundant nutrition, good for people who need to recover their health, the elderly, or children with poor appetite and malnutrition. It comes from Abbott, a US corporation with over 134 years of experience in providing and producing healthcare products. Abbott is a leading corporation in the field of nutrition, with suitable products to support children’s comprehensive development, from body to intellect, with high-quality and scientific nutritional components.

Ensure milk is researched and produced with a modern, safe production line, meeting European standards. The product has high nutritional content, rich in vitamins and minerals, helping to compensate for the lack of nutrients and energy. Therefore, this is a good type of milk for the elderly, people who have just recovered from illness needing to restore their health,…

What are the effects of Ensure milk?

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Ensure milk contains HMB (beta-Hydroxy Methylbutyrate), which is metabolized from the amino acid leucine, and has the function of synthesizing muscle protein to protect, regenerate, and develop muscle mass. HMB is abundant in foods such as eggs, butter, broccoli, beef, and in Ensure formula milk powder.

Ensure milk, with its MUFA and PUFA fat system, is very good for the cardiovascular system, and its inulin-FOS double fiber system is good for the digestive system. Besides that, the product also contains high-quality protein, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin D, … helping to provide energy, protein, and essential nutrients for the body.

Contains soluble fiber (FOS) to enhance the digestive system’s immunity, minimizing the invasion of harmful agents from the external environment.

The high content of calcium and vitamin D in the form of microparticles is easily and quickly absorbed by the body and effectively prevents osteoporosis. Omega 3 – omega 6 – omega 9 along with 28 vitamins and minerals in the milk have good effects on the cardiovascular system.

Lốc 6 chai sữa bột người lớn pha sẵn Ensure Gold Vigor hương vani 237 ml

Pack of 6 ready-to-drink Ensure Gold Vigor vanilla-flavored adult milk powder bottles, 237 ml

Current Ensure milk lines

There are currently 3 main types of Ensure milk on the Vietnamese market, specifically:

  • Ensure Milk from the USA: Produced and imported in original packaging from the USA, it has high nutritional content with 26 vitamins, minerals, proteins, etc. The product is suitable for most users (including those allergic to lactose), providing essential nutrients for the body, completely replacing a daily meal.
Sữa Ensure Mỹ cung cấp nhiều dưỡng chất cần thiết cho cơ thể

Ensure Milk from the USA provides many essential nutrients for the body

  • Ensure Milk from Australia: Contains up to 29 essential vitamins and minerals for the body, so the product is suitable for those recovering from illness, and the elderly. With the MUFA and PUFA fat system supporting people with cardiovascular diseases and weak cardiovascular systems, and high fiber content is good for the digestive system.
Sữa Ensure Úc giúp cung cấp chất xơ tốt cho hệ tiêu hóa

Ensure Milk from Australia provides good fiber for the digestive system

  • Ensure Milk from Singapore (Ensure Gold): Nutritional ingredients include milk protein, fiber system, MUFA/PUFA fat system, rich in vitamins (28 types) and minerals. The product helps improve health, supports reducing osteoporosis, and is also good for the digestive system and stimulates appetite.
Sữa bột Ensure Gold hương vani 850g

Ensure Gold vanilla-flavored milk powder 800g

When is the best time to drink Ensure milk? When to drink it to gain weight?

 
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The best time to drink Ensure milk is one glass in the morning and one glass in the evening about an hour after meals to protect the stomach.

In addition, when to drink Ensure milk to gain weight is also a question of many people? If you want to gain weight, you should use more milk, from 3 to 4 glasses of milk a day. Note that to help the body absorb easily and effectively, you should drink milk after breakfast or before bedtime about 30 minutes.

Thùng 24 chai sữa bột người lớn pha sẵn Ensure Original hương vani 237 ml

Box of 24 ready-to-drink Ensure Original vanilla-flavored adult milk powder bottles, 237 ml

Target users of Ensure milk

Ensure milk can be used for many people, from children to the elderly. However, each age group will have different uses and effects. Some specific groups are recommended to use Ensure milk as follows:

Elderly people

 
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Elderly people have poor digestive ability, weak bones and joints, and declining memory. Ensure milk for adults contains a nutrient system that improves digestion and stimulates eating, thus helping the body stay healthy, eat well, and sleep better.

Besides that, for those who exercise, supplementing with Ensure milk during training helps strengthen bones; combined with a scientific diet, it will help the body stay healthy, gain weight without becoming obese.

Sữa bột người lớn Ensure Gold StrengthPro hương vani 380g

Ensure Gold StrengthPro vanilla-flavored adult milk powder 380g

Children aged 10 and over

Ensure milk provides adequate nutrition, protein, vitamins, and minerals for the body. Therefore, the product stimulates the development of muscle tissue cells, bone development, and cartilage for both adults and children. Therefore, parents can completely let their children use milk if they are picky eaters, slow-growing, or malnourished.

However, the milk product is only suitable for people aged 10 and over. For young children aged 1-10, using Ensure needs to refer to the opinions and support of a nutritionist.

People who are sick or have just recovered from illness

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The balanced and complete nutritional content in Ensure milk can completely replace a meal. Therefore, the product is suitable for picky eaters, those who are overworked, frequently tired, and those who have just recovered from illness and are in the recovery process.

It not only provides nutrients to help the recovery process happen faster, but with many delicious flavors, Ensure milk also stimulates the appetite of patients.

Lốc 6 chai sữa bột người lớn pha sẵn Ensure Original hương vani 237 ml

Pack of 6 ready-to-drink Ensure Original vanilla-flavored adult milk powder bottles, 237 ml

Who should not drink Ensure milk?

Ensure milk helps improve health, gain weight, protect muscles and the nervous system, slow down aging, and restore function after illness. However, Ensure milk is not suitable for everyone. Here are some people who should not drink Ensure milk.

  • Cow’s milk protein allergy: If you are allergic to cow’s milk protein, you may experience rash, itching, swelling, coughing, shortness of breath, vomiting, diarrhea, or anaphylaxis.
  • Digestive diseases: If you have digestive diseases such as gastric ulcers, acid reflux, colitis, or irritable bowel syndrome, you may experience irritation or abdominal pain when drinking Ensure milk.
  • Diabetes: Ensure milk contains sugar and can increase blood sugar levels if you drink too much. You should choose a type of Ensure milk for diabetics with less sugar, or ask your doctor about the appropriate dosage for you.
  • Obesity: Ensure milk contains many calories, which can lead to weight gain if you drink too much.
  • Children under 10 years old: Ensure milk contains more nutrients than regular milk. Ensure milk can also reduce children’s appetite, affecting their development.
  • People who have recently undergone abdominal surgery: If you have recently undergone abdominal surgery, you need to limit drinking to avoid irritation or infection. Ensure milk can increase abdominal pressure and may cause wound rupture or infection.
  • People taking antibiotics to treat illness: If you are taking antibiotics, you should avoid drinking Ensure milk at the same time as your medication. Ensure milk can reduce the effectiveness of antibiotics or increase the risk of side effects from the medication.
  • People working in environments with high lead content: Lead can harm your brain, kidneys, liver, bones, and blood. Ensure milk contains calcium, which can increase lead absorption into the body.
  • People with kidney stones: If you have kidney stones, you need to limit eating foods containing oxalate, calcium, or uric acid. Ensure milk contains all three of these substances, increasing the risk of kidney stone formation.

Instructions for storing and preparing Ensure milk

How to prepare Ensure milk

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A standard glass of Ensure milk is made with 6 level scoops of Ensure milk powder and 195 ml of warm water (30-40°C). Each glass of milk is approximately 230 ml, providing the body with 230 Kcal, and a 900g box of milk will make 16.5 glasses of milk.

Drink the milk immediately after preparing it or cover it tightly and store it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours. Each box of milk comes with a spoon, so when using it, use the manufacturer’s spoon to measure the correct amount of milk.

Notes when using Ensure milk

  • Use the spoon provided in the box to limit bacterial contamination. Prepare the milk according to the instructions and drink a maximum of two glasses (230 ml) per day. Drink the milk immediately after preparation or cover tightly and store in the refrigerator for no more than 24 hours.
  • After opening the box, use the milk within 3 weeks, do not use expired milk or milk that shows signs of spoilage (clumping, turning yellow).
  • Ensure milk is only for drinking, not for intravenous use. In special cases requiring feeding through a tube, follow the instructions and be monitored by a doctor.
  • Diabetic patients and children (under 10 years old) should consult their doctor and healthcare professional before using it.
Thùng 24 chai sữa bột người lớn pha sẵn Ensure Gold Vigor hương vani 237 ml

Box of 24 ready-to-drink Ensure Gold Vigor vanilla-flavored adult milk powder bottles, 237 ml