Ensure Enlive Advanced Therapeutic Nutrition Shake (Strawberry, Chocolate, Vanilla)

Ensure Enlive Advanced Nutrition Shake is Abbott's most advanced nutritional product for adults. It's an all-inclusive nutritious drink that's high in protein to rebuild lean body mass and increase energy and strength to combat illness or assist with patient recovery after surgery or an injury. Protein is added with an important amino acid derivative beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) shown to improve muscle recovery. In addition, Ensure Enlive Advanced Nutrition Shake uses a plant-based omega-3 to support heart-health, antioxidants to support a healthy immune system, and prebiotic fiber with important good bacteria for a healthy and high functioning digestive tract.

 

Ensure Enlive Advanced Therapeutic Nutrition

 

For some seniors, eating enough food to maintain muscle mass and proper body weight can become a challenge. Insufficient nutrients and low calorie intake can degrade health and lead to morbidity. Numerous medical studies find that good nutrition and supplementation can contribute to healthier outcomes.

 

 

"Nutritional supplements and diet plans should be carefully prescribed in low? BMI individuals to limit variability in total energy provided and thus prevent lower than normal intake."¹ "Dietary quality is difficult to ensure when overall energy intake is low. The gap between actual nutrient consumption common among older adults and the recommended intakes from diets associated with health promotion and prevention of chronic diseases is large."²

 

 

"Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive degenerative condition of the retina, is the leading cause of legal blindness among older Americans. In the United States, 7 million individuals older than 40 years are diagnosed with early AMD and 1.75 million have advanced stages.1With increasing longevity, and with the projected doubling of the population aged 65 years and older by 2020, almost 3 million people will have AMD unless risk for the condition is lowered with changes in diet, lifestyle, and medical treatments. This study provides evidence that vitamin D may protect against AMD. Additional studies are needed to confirm these findings."³ "The likelihood of having depression in persons with vitamin D deficiency is significantly higher compared to those with vitamin D sufficiency. Early diagnosis and intervention are paramount because coexistence of vitamin D deficiency and depression has serious negative consequences on health."⁴.

Maintaining strong bones is important with aging and Enlive Shakes contain 120 percent of daily value of vitamin D and 50 percent of daily value of calcium in every serving. To keep bodies running in tip-top-shape 82.5 mg of Choline is in each serving. It's part of the B-complex family of vitamins shown to be helpful to the nervous system. It lowers cholesterol and decreases inflammation to control asthma and even helps prevent cancer.

 

 

In other medical research "the findings indicate that vitamin and mineral supplementation of the diet of Linxian adults, particularly with the combination of beta carotene, vitamin E, and selenium, may effect a reduction in cancer risk in this population."⁵ Fiber is another important supplementation. "Higher fiber intake is associated with lower mortality, particularly from circulatory, digestive, and non-CVD noncancer inflammatory diseases. Our results support current recommendations of high dietary fiber intake for health maintenance."⁶

 

 

Doctors often make the recommendation of supplementing senior diets with nutrient rich shakes. The number one doctor recommended nutrition supplement is Ensure.

 

 

Abbott provides users with recipe information for Ensure products. The recipes divide into three categories--drinks & smoothies, appetizers & meals, and desserts. Click on the following link for Ensure Recipes.

 

Product Options

Ensure Enlive Advanced Nutrition Shake comes in 8 ounce bottles. The bottles are recloseable and remain fresh in the refrigerator for up to 2-days. Below is a list of the three flavor options.

• Ensure Enlive Vanilla
• Ensure Enlive Strawberry
• Ensure Enlive Milk Chocolate

 

 

Ensure Enlive Advanced Nutrition Shake Features and Benefits

• #1 Doctor Recommended Liquid Nutrient Drink
• Ready-to-Drink
• Calorically-Dense
• Rebuilds Strength
• Nutritionally Complete
• High Quality Source of Protein
• Supports Strong Bones
• Repairs and Rebuilds Muscle
• Supports Heart Health
• Supports Healthy Digestive Track
• Strengthens Immune System

 

 

Specifications

• Item Numbers: 64281, 64283, 64286
• Size: 8 Fluid Ounce
• Packaging: Recloseable Bottles
• Quantity: Each, Pack of 6, Case of 24
• Flavors: Strawberry, Milk Chocolate, Vanilla
• Application: Oral Consumption
• Use Under Medical Directions
• User: Adults
• Suitable for Lactose Intolerance
• Not for Galactosemia
• Gluten-Free
• Kosher
• Serving Recommendation: 2 Per Day
• UNSPSC Code: 42231801
• HCPCS Code: B4152
• Brand: Ensure
• Manufacturer: Abbott

Indications

• Muscle mass loss
• Involuntary weight loss
• Malnutrition risk
• Elevated energy requirements
• Reduced appetite
• Risk of pressure injuries
• Loss of strength
• Recovering from surgery
• Recovering from illness
• Recovering from injury
• Increased protein requirements

Contraindications

Galactosemia

Product Cautions

• Contains food allergens: Milk and soy.
• Ingredients associated with food intolerances and sensitivities: Corn, coconut oil, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, lactose, and other soy components.

 

Abbott manufactures other Ensure products to help people maintain a healthy diet. Below are some of the Best Selling Ensure Products.

• Ensure Orginal powder formula.
• Ensure Pudding in butterscotch flavor.
• Ensure Clear for patients who are on a clear-liquid diet.

 

 

FAQ's

What is the purpose of this supplement?

This product's formulation is to help patients recovering from surgery, injury, or illness. Its design supports the rebuilding of lean body mass and helps to maintain patient strength. It provides supplemental nutrition with a recommendation of two 8-ounce servings per day. These shakes help maintain body weight for those who are unable to consume enough food to stay healthy. The product is for oral consumption.

 

 

How does Ensure compare with Boost?

Ensure offers more calories than Boost. Ensure also offers omega-3-fatty acids while Boost does not. Boost High Protein matches Enlive with 20 grams of protein. Boost provides higher amounts of vitamins. Ensure contains more manganese and molybdenum for bone and blood clotting health while Boost provides more immune, protein production, and bone and teeth formation with more zinc and phosphorus.

How does Ensure compare with Glucerna?

Glucerna's formulation targets diabetes, while Ensure targets a higher calorie diet with more vitamins and minerals for malnourished patients. Abbott is the manufacturer of both of these products.

Is a high-protein supplement good for you?

Enlive is a high-protein supplement. It offers 11 more grams of protein per serving than Ensure Original and 7 grams more than Ensure Plus. It offers 3-grams of prebiotic fiber to support digestion and 120% of the DV of Vitamin D. It also contains 50% of the DV of calcium to strengthen bones.

 

 

Is Ensure Enlive a meal replacement?

This product is the number 1 doctor-recommended brand for a meal replacement shakes. It offers 350 nutritious calories and 26 essential vitamins and minerals.

 

Is the product lactose-free?

Ensure products contain less than 500 mg of lactose per serving. The products are suitable for most people with lactose intolerance.

 

How is this product different from other Ensure products?

The product has the highest protein level at 20 grams. It also has 1.5 grams of CaHMB (calcium beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl-butyrate) and 60% daily value of Vitamin D per serving.

 

Once opened, what is the shelf life?

Refrigerate within four hours after opening. Dispose of the remaining product 48 hours after opening.

 

What is the difference between Ensure and Enlive?

The Enlive brand has more high-quality protein than the other Ensure products. See the comparison chart below.

 

Products Comparison Chart

 

 

Manuals and Documents

•     Brochure discusses product features.
•     Flyer offers features and benefits.
•    Products Catalog from Abbott.
•     Value Card provides product benefits information for patients.
•     Features depicts the product highlights.
•     Lean Body Mass discusses the importance of lean body mass and the role of supplemental nutrition.
•     Malnutrition offers information about the need for some individuals to supplement their diet to prevent malnutrition.
•     Balanced Nutrition through the use of supplements to protect patient health.
•     News Release from Abbott introducing this new and advanced shake.

 

Ensure Enlive HMB Diet Information

 

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Footnotes

 

• ¹ Gera, Tarun. "Efficacy and safety of therapeutic nutrition products for home based therapeutic nutrition for severe acute malnutrition: a systematic review." Indian pediatrics 47.8 (2010): 709-718. (Last Accessed July-24-2020)
• ² Blumberg, Jeffrey. "Nutritional needs of seniors." Journal of the American College of Nutrition 16.6 (1997): 517-523. (Last Accessed July-24-2020)
• ³ Parekh, Niyati, et al. "Association between vitamin D and age-related macular degeneration in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 through 1994." Archives of ophthalmology 125.5 (2007): 661-669. (Last Accessed July-24-2020)
• ⁴ Ganji, Vijay, et al. "Serum vitamin D concentrations are related to depression in young adult US population: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey." International Archives of Medicine 3.1 (2010): 29. (Last Accessed July-24-2020)
• ⁵ Blot, William J., et al. "Nutrition intervention trials in Linxian, China: supplementation with specific vitamin/mineral combinations, cancer incidence, and disease-specific mortality in the general population." JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute 85.18 (1993): 1483-1491. (Last Accessed July-24-2020)
• ⁶ Chuang, Shu-Chun, et al. "Fiber intake and total and cause-specific mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort." The American journal of clinical nutrition 96.1 (2012): 164-174. (Last Accessed July-24-2020)

 

 

Medical Studies

 

•     Robinson, Corinne Hogden, and Marilyn R. Lawler. Normal and therapeutic nutrition. No. Ed. 16. Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1982. (Last Accessed July-24-2020)
•     Parrott, Matthew D., Karen WH Young, and Carol E. Greenwood. "Energy?containing nutritional supplements can affect usual energy intake postsupplementation in institutionalized seniors with probable Alzheimer's disease." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 54.9 (2006): 1382-1387. (Last Accessed July-24-2020)