Ensure Drinking

Question
Hello,

I have no health issues, diet issues, and I am just the right weight that i want to be.  However, I do like ensure.  Is it bad for me to drink it to my liking?

Will it cause a change in my weight or anything, or will it benefit me?  Thank you.  

Answer
Any calories above and beyond what you need will cause weight gain.
If the Ensure calories are included in how many you need per day then you will not gain weight. If you need 1500 calories a day to maintain your weight and the calories for the Ensure are counted in those 1500 you should theoretically maintain your weight.

One can of Ensure is 250 calories. If you need 1500 calories, eat 1500 calories daily and IN ADDITION to those 1500 calories drink 2 Ensures per day that is 2000 calories intake each day. If you aren't doing additional exercise to burn those calories, in 7 days you will gain one pound. The math: 500 calories multiplied by 7 days = 3500 calories which is the amount of stored calories that equals one pound of body weight.

Ensure is a healthy drink in that it provides vitamins and minerals. On the other hand, Ensure is intended to provide easy to consume calories, typically used by people to help maintain or gain weight.  There are 250 calories in 8 ounces Ensure versus 90 calories in 8 ounces skim milk. More than double the calories. I wouldn't recommend to my clients to drink Ensure if they were tryng to maintain or lose weight. I encourage them to eat and drink foods that give alot of volume and nutrition without alot of calories.  

I hope you got a lot from this info Chelsea.

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