Guest guest Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hi- My elderly father (generally NOT alternative health minded) has had chronic anemia for several years that didn't budge from scrip iron supplements. So, he's been getting some drug via injections at an oncologist every 2 weeks....don't know the name of the drug but it's geared towards enhancing blood-production. In the past couple months, he started drinking Ensure to balance out his nutrition and give him more strength (not what I would recommend of course but...) Anyway, his doctor is blown away that uncharacterstically, he did not need his injection twice in a row and his hemoglobin and energy are holding fine for a month now. The Ensure is the only new thing. So does anyone know which ingredients in Ensure could've produced this change? I'm hoping if I can show him which nutrients are the likely precursors, that he'll consider a more natural diet and natural supplement approach. Here is the the list of ingredients (below) Wow..what's with all that sugar?... Thanks and be well! JS ENSURE: Water, sugar (sucrose), corn syrup, maltodextrin (corn), calcium caseinate, high-oleic safflower oil, canola oil, soy protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, corn oil, calcium phosphate tribasic, potassium citrate, magnesium phosphate dibasic, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, sodium citrate, magnesium chloride, salt (sodium chloride), carrageenan, choline chloride, potassium chloride, ascorbic acid, ferrous sulfate, alpha-tocopheryl acetate, zinc sulfate, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, cupric sulfate, vitamin A palmitate, thiamine chloride hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, chromium chloride, biotin, sodium molybdate, sodium selenate, potassium iodide, phylloquinone, vitamin D3 and cyanocobalamin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Ferrous sulfate is iron. I don't know if it is the best form, but ferrous forms are supposed to be better than ferric forms. Taking vitamin C with iron helps its absorption. Besides the sugar, there are a lot of omega 6 oils in that formula. He will need a lot of omega 3s (fish oil) to balance them. Linda ________________________________ feelinfunny2003 <feelinfunny2003 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 3:57:44 PM Anemia helped by Ensure? Hi- My elderly father (generally NOT alternative health minded) has had chronic anemia for several years that didn't budge from scrip iron supplements. So, he's been getting some drug via injections at an oncologist every 2 weeks....don' t know the name of the drug but it's geared towards enhancing blood-production. In the past couple months, he started drinking Ensure to balance out his nutrition and give him more strength (not what I would recommend of course but...) Anyway, his doctor is blown away that uncharacterstically , he did not need his injection twice in a row and his hemoglobin and energy are holding fine for a month now. The Ensure is the only new thing. So does anyone know which ingredients in Ensure could've produced this change? I'm hoping if I can show him which nutrients are the likely precursors, that he'll consider a more natural diet and natural supplement approach. Here is the the list of ingredients (below) Wow..what's with all that sugar?... Thanks and be well! JS ENSURE: Water, sugar (sucrose), corn syrup, maltodextrin (corn), calcium caseinate, high-oleic safflower oil, canola oil, soy protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, corn oil, calcium phosphate tribasic, potassium citrate, magnesium phosphate dibasic, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, sodium citrate, magnesium chloride, salt (sodium chloride), carrageenan, choline chloride, potassium chloride, ascorbic acid, ferrous sulfate, alpha-tocopheryl acetate, zinc sulfate, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, cupric sulfate, vitamin A palmitate, thiamine chloride hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, chromium chloride, biotin, sodium molybdate, sodium selenate, potassium iodide, phylloquinone, vitamin D3 and cyanocobalamin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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