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Geriatricians: Beware ‘Liquid Candy’

At the society’s annual scientific meeting in Orlando, Fla., last week, Paul Mulhausen, who led the geriatricians’ Choosing Wisely work group, took even more direct aim at drinks like Boost and Ensure and similar generic brands. Pointing out in his presentation that their primary ingredients are water and several forms of sugar, as well as some oils and proteins and flavorings, he called them “liquid candy bars with vitamins.”
An eight-ounce bottle of “rich chocolate” Boost Original, for instance, contains 10 grams of protein — but also 28 grams of sugar and no fiber. Ensure boasts that in its original formulation sugar content has fallen to 15 grams from 22 grams. Froot Loops and Lucky Charms have much less sugar per serving than these drinks.

Yeah, thinking about that product puts my brain in vapor lock.  Trying to imagine the number of pancakes being served in nursing homes at any given moment does too.