Does anybody drink fortisip drinks?

[rollinstone]

I find I've been drinking these more than food lately, wondering if anyone else uses them, they've got a fair bit of sucrose and other questionable ingredients like soy lethicin, however there is no carrageenan which is a plus.

 

[Jmrogers4]

Niks daughter does, that should tag her. Hope they are helping.

 

[rollinstone]

thx hows the LDN treatin the little fella? hope your men are doing well

 

[Jmrogers4]

The LDN has been incredible for us! I think we are going to try and convince hubby's GI to prescribe. He is due for scopes so based on what we see there we will really push for it. He is a little nervous since he has done really well on Imuran for so many years he is afraid to rock the boat. Jack has finally been growing and gaining weight. He measures himself up to me just about every day and he is gaining on me although I'm not very tall 5'4" he just may catch me by the end of summer here.
Yes, unfortunately so many of the nutritional drinks have such yucky stuff in them but they really helped Jack it's like so many of the treatments for Crohn's you just have to weigh the benefits against the risks and decide. Just wish there were easy answers.

 

[rob101]

I used to take it last year to help get my weight up.

 

[Niks]

Hi! Yes Jaime drinks them. When she was struggling with her weight she had more, but still drinks around 3 every day. She has the fortisip compact, because she couldn't stomach large quantities. Much smaller drink with the same calories!

Good luck x

 

[UnXmas]

I used to take them. Some flavours were disgusting though. I prefer Ensure plus in terms of taste. They don't help me put on weight really, as I still find them filling so I end up taking them instead of food rather than as well as. But when I'm feeling really bad they do go down easily. I always found it easier to eat a bowl of ice cream rather than a full cooked meal when I'm feeling awful, so I swapped the ice cream for a supplement drink, which means I at least get in more vitamins.