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WELL-BEING
DITCH THE FAKE DRINK. NOW.
Beware of this so-called “balanced nutrition” drink.
If you search this product online,
its description will read: “healthy
and balanced nutrition” supplement
product. But it’s not, although it has all
the backing it needs to rake in over $1
billion in sales annually.
Our doctors are prescribing it. Our
hospitals are providing it to recuperating
patients. And it’s one of the most unhealthy products around.
Remember mom making you chicken
soup when you had a cold? Or rubbing
aloe vera on your wounds? Drinking
chamomile tea when you had a tummy
ache? What about cranberry juice to
speed up healing of a bladder infection?
You can do a lot to support your body’s natural healing and
strength - even after a fall, an operation, or massive weight
loss. Our medical support system needs to get with it, rather
than advise we drink cans of this goopy junk food.
Just don’t drink this tonic… It’s not real food, but is the
quintessential fake food, manufactured by a modern industrial
pharmaceutical conglomerate. It’s dunked in sugar, water,
and various oils, and given by those who are supposed to
heal us and protect our health. A better solution would be
to prescribe a couple of bananas!
Still don’t know what it is?
Some more clues then: How about an ingredient list:
• water
• corn maltodextrin (An additive, makes it ‘syrupy’ in
consistency. And it’s cheap. Adds empty calories. Made
from GMO corn)
• sugar (so far the same ingredients as a can of pop), which
adds no nutritional benefits. You’d be surprised to know
that cancer cells, for example, have many more insulin
receptors than our healthy cells. Insulin is increased by
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sugar and therefore, this response
promotes the growth of cancer cells
(Dr. med Peter Wolf, 2008 – a guide
for cancer patients and their relatives).
• Soy oil – non-organic, and GMO,
so it’s a burden on the immune
system, kind of like speaking Chinese
to an English-speaking person, so our
bodies execute an immune response.
• Artificial flavours, like strawberry,
chocolate, or vanilla. Of course, since
nothing in here is natural, what
would it really taste like if we didn’t
add flavourings? Probably like chalk.
• More canola and corn oils,
throw in some cheap soy protein,
sucromalt (a sweetener which
contains the same amount of carbs as high fructose corn
syrup, but causes lower glucose and insulin responses),
nonfat milk. In general, lots of oils, more oils, fake proteins
salt, then more oils… Would you even make this at home?
One can contains between
250 and 350 calories –
as many calories and as much
sugar and fat as a chocolate bar!
The alternative
If your doctor prescribes this product, simply refuse it. There
are many other health-promoting, healing and supportive
shake powders available in today’s market. Any qualified
nutritionist can formulate a condition-specific beverage that
contains all the necessary nutrients needed to support recovery/
weight loss/weight gain, without the low-quality, harmful
ingredients this product has.
In addition, it’s very easy to make your own. All you need
is a blender and some fresh ingredients. Plus, many hospitals
have refrigerators available for patients’ use – just ask.