Allegro Wellness
Get Well Sooner. Stay Well Longer!
Just say NO to Ensure!
14/01/10 14:06
To those of you who believe that Ensure is a good nutritious drink, think of vitamin-fortified non-dairy coffee creamer. Would you drink that to get healthy?
Here are the ingredients:
WATER, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR (SUCROSE), CORN SYRUP, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), SOY OIL, SHORT-CHAIN FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CANOLA OIL. LESS THAN 0.5% OF: CORN OIL, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, SOY LECITHIN, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT (SODIUM CHLORIDE), CARRAGEENAN, CHOLINE CHLORIDE, ASCORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ZINC SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, FERROUS SULFATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, CUPRIC SULFATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, FD&C RED #3, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, THIAMINE CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, SODIUM SELENATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, PHYLLOQUINONE, CYANOCOBALAMIN, AND VITAMIN D3.CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS; LACTOSE- AND GLUTEN-FREE.
Lovely, eh? ;-) Stick with real food and real health will stick with you.