Any meal replacement drinks y’all would recommend? New meds make food less appealing and harder to eat. I want something quick and easy with decent nutrition to chug for breakfast or lunch.
Side note, do y’all hate researching stuff on the slopnet as much as I do? I used to enjoy researching stuff on the internet but now idk what I can trust. My answer is you kind nerdy internet strangers 🙏
I like Vega One. They were wrapped up in the whole lead contamination thing, but that last ne in particular wasn’t listed so I just keep going. 46g mixed with 380 mL of almond milk.
My mom has almost entirely stopped eating food, but she drinks slim fast chocolate drink about 3 times a day, yes it’s supposed to be a diet aide but it’s really just a nutrition drink. She uses milk to mix it, and I think now she’s adding protein powder to it. I didn’t really know what it tastes like but she likes it she uses the powder version though
My wife has trouble tolerating solid food for medical reasons, and so she has a prescription for Kate Farm’s nutritional drinks.
They’re pretty much the best I’ve seen in terms of actual nutritional value, they’ve got little filler.
They are expensive as fuck though. It’s like $72 for a pack of 12. With that said they are really good quality.
And out of curiosity I’ve tried a little. The plain vanilla ones taste like froot loops milk IMO. I find it tolerable, my wife not so much. So we use them as a base for smoothies for her.
The smoothie recipe in case anyone is curious:
- Half a bottle of Kate Farms
- Ice to taste
- 3 tbls of brown sugar
- 1 tbls of chocolate ovaltine
It’s a fuck load of sugar. I’ve been trying to get her to accept less sugar in it with mixed success.
Oh that’s hard. I hate, hate, hate those mixes. Would do bone broth for some meals, fruit and yogurt smoothies for others, and definitely throw some nut butter (cashew, almond, whatever) into the smoothie.
Date shakes are good, lots of sugar but fiber and nutrition.
And if you can tolerate soup - a can of cannelini beans, a can of butternut squash puree, and some chicken or vegetable broth, with salt and whatever else you want, is so easy, delicious and again does have fiber. Just heat them together then blend with a stick blender.
250g oats + 20g walnuts/almonds + 20g unsweetened cocoa powder + 20g molasses/date syrup + 1 or 2 bananas + a few ice cubes
add water, blend.
I keep the dry ingredients stored in glass jars right next to my kitchen scale, so it only takes like a minute or two to prepare. Been drinking variations of this for breakfast every morning for years.
Cheaper and more nutritious than any expensive prepackaged meal replacement drinks you can buy. Eat real food.I’d maybe add a scoop of protein powder to that
how dare you
Ensure Plus Strawberry Smoothies.
Make sure you get the “plus” version as it has way more calories than the normal kind.
Ok I’ll look into them
I’ve tried Soylent and Huel. I definitely prefer Soylent. Huel has a strong flaxseed flavor, which makes it taste strongly like a protein shake. In my experience, though, Soylent isn’t that good for chugging. It’s pretty thick and is better drank in sips over a long period of time
I came here to suggest Huel though I’ve never tried Soylent.
I’ve been eating Soylent for several years now.
The supply issues on their website are irritating me, though
Me too. It seems like they’re down to doing only Chocolate flavor in reliable quantities.
I tried soylent (powder and premade) years ago and I didn’t mind the taste or feel (some people dislike it). But I always felt “off” after drinking it, and overall didn’t enjoy it, but it might have gotten better since.
I started drinking huel a year or 2 ago, for exactly the same reason as you. It was perfect for a while, but the changed the receipt not too long before they got acquired and the lead report came out, and since then its not as “satisfying” as it was before.
If you do go with huel, I recommend the black edition, the higher protein helped me not feel hungry for longer.
After trying a couple I settled on huel. I got the powder just so I can vary them in taste a bit. Mix in a banana/replace some of the water with oat milk, stuff like that. Pretty satisfied.
I’ve found Huel to be pretty decent. You mileage may vary for taste and availability though.
I have tried a few and I settled on yFood. Its tastes better than Huel but they achieve that by putting in more sugar. Its not as healthy as Huel but still better than most cereal and I actually like drinking it
yFood has recently been aquired by Nestle if that’s something that is a factor for you. I loved them before as well =/
Damn it 💀
Are you in the US? Cus the one I like is only sold in Belgium and the Netherlands
Sadly yes I’m in the US
Differing from some of the other opinions, but I’ve been using Huel for several years now and like it! Simple and easy, and thin enough to chug.
Tried various varieties of Soylent for when I couldn’t eat hard foods for a bit but never found them satisfying to drink. I wish there were savory versions because drinking them gets boring really fast.
