I'll start off by talking about Boost nutritional drink, which is made by Nestle. I drink the Boost high protein vanilla. I particularly enjoy this nutrition shake. The consistancy is very nice it's similar to milk and is not too thin and not too thick. I think this would be a great thing to drink after a hot summer run because it will replenish your body with nutrients but isn't too hard to swallow. The taste is also very nice. It's sweet and very vanillay, but doesn't taste fake. Boost has 15g of protein which is great for building tissue, but it does contain 23 grams of sugar which may cause some people not to want it. It also contains 26 essential vitamins and minerals. Boost tastes best when it is very cold and also comes in the flavors of chocolate and strawberry. I have not tried these flavors, but my aunt loves the chocolate.
I just recently tried the Boost Calorie Smart. Right now I need to gain weight, but once that is stable I still want to continue drinking nutritional shakes because I am a very active person and these are a great way to keep up your nutrition and to have something light and healthy before running. I really like the Boost Calorie Smart. I had the vanilla flavor and it only contained 4 grams of sugar! Usually low sugar drinks taste very bad and have an icky after taste, but this one tasted pretty good. It also contained 16 grams of protein and 24 essential vitamins and minerals!
Another brand of drinks I have tried are the Ensure nutritional drinks. I have tried the Ensure nutrition, Ensure muscle health, and the Ensure plus clinical strength. These also taste well and I had the vanilla, butter pecan and homemade vanilla flavors. The regular Ensures are a little thinner and the ensure plus is a little on the thicker side but both are not hard to stomach. The Ensure plus is higher in calories and is for gaining weight, but all of them help to build up nutrition. Ensure muscle health and Ensure plus clinical strength contain revigor which helps to build up tissues in the body. Again, these drinks taste best when served very cold and you can even freeze them to make them more like a slushy or shake.
I have also tried the Special K chocolate shake as well. I liked this one and this is another option for a protein shake if you do not need to gain weight. These ones are thick, so its best to drink them very cold, which I feel cuts down a little on the thickness of any nutritional drink. These shakes have a slight after taste but the more you drink them the better they start to taste and eventually they may hook you. :) These shakes contain 10 grams of protein as well as other vitamins and minerals.
Usually when people here stuff like ensure or protein shake they think, "eww gross" or "I don't want to drink that" but personally I think that there are a lot of good tasting nutritional drinks out there. I sometimes have to drink 6 to 8 a day and I'm glad i have found one's that I like, in fact I just ordered some cookies and cream flavored ones of the internet for something new to try!
Info from:
http://www.boost.com/nutritional-drinks/boost-calorie-smart
http://www.specialk.com/protein-shakes/chocolate
Picture from:
http://www.shopping.com/Ensure-Technologies-Ensure-Clinical-Strength-Revigor-Homemade-Vanilla-Shake-8-Ounce-Pack-of-16-Ensure-Technologies/info
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