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Can anyone here recommend alternative brands to Ensure nutritional "shakes"? (my husband, who has cancer, hates Ensure) or even homemade nutritional shake recipes?
Many, no, most people I know prefer Walmart's Equate brand of nutrition shakes.
You can buy them online and either pick up at the store when you go for husband's treatment, or have it shipped. If you have it shipped, it is cheaper if you have it shipped to a business rather than your residence. So if a store, farm, ranch, anyone with a business name would accept it, it would save you some if there isn't a Walmart where you take him for treatment.
And once you figure out which flavors he likes you can order ahead and be sure they will have it.
Try Premier Protein. You can get it at the grocery store, GNC, or Amazon.
The Premier website also has smoothie recipes. I mix it with frozen fruit for smoothies. You can also add fiber or Miralax if necessary. Adding turmeric and ginger to tropical fruit makes a good anti-inflammatory smoothie.
A friend had surgery for esophageal cancer and could not eat solid food. All the variations of liquid protein things made her sick. She used a Vitamix to liquefy a regular meal. You have to add water. This even worked in a J feeding tube. Experiment to find the best combos. Much healthier than the sugar laden drinks.
Years ago, when my mom was in the hospital and unable to eat - and she also hated Ensure - I used to make her strawberry cheesecake shakes. I used vanilla whey protein, half & half, frozen strawberries, cream cheese, a little sugar, and a squirt of lemon juice. She adored them, and they kept her going. Her doctors approved, especially since she couldn't get her calories through solid food due to pulmonary difficulties.
You could also puree soups, since most people like savory as well as sweet.
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