Seriously sick, need recipe for high calorie shake (liquid food)
 

This should be a fun spin on "what's cooking in EDF"

I'm fighting off a double header of mononucleosis and pneumonia. Solid food is not an option right now as I have a lot of swollen organs and glands from the mono. One of my lymph nodes is so swollen it's partially blocking my throat and eating is extremely difficult. To give you an idea of my ability to eat, it took me well over an hour to eat 1/2 a cup of mac and cheese and I was really pushing myself. My gf likes to make breakfast milkshakes with wheat germ, vanilla, raw eggs and banana. Something like that would be excellent right now as shakes are something I am able to get down. My stomach is fine so it can handle anything once it gets there. I just need something cold and soothing to get past my throat.

Any weight lifters here? I know they love high calorie shakes. Any advice would be of immense help.

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Nuts, oats, olive oil, cottage chese, berries, milk, etc. Easy to get a thousand calories here.

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whey protein, yogurt, ice, frozen banana.

cold, frosty, delicious.

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Oatmeal+whey protein+frozen fruit.

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Milk, ice, bananas, peanut butter, honey.

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This is easy, I make stuff like this on a daily basis.

2 cups milk
2 scoops chocolate whey protein
1 cup oatmeal
1 banana
- OR -
1 cup strawberries/raspberries/etc
3 Tbsp peanut butter
ice

Throw that in the blender and enjoy.

If you don't have any protein powder and don't feel like getting some(get Optimum Nutrition 100% whey), you can use yogurt or cottage cheese for some more protein but you'll have to add honey or chocolate syrup to give it enough flavor.

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2 scoops brewers yeast for protein, 1 banana, 1 cup milk, 2grams of vitamin C powerder form and you will rock.

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whey protein, yogurt, ice, frozen banana.

cold, frosty, delicious.

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for high calorie switch yogurt with ice cream and add peanut butter.

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My breakfast:

- 1 cup oats
- 2 scoops chocolate whey protein powder
- 2 cups milk
- 1 banana
- 1 tbsp natty pb
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- lots of ice

= 1000 calories and tastes really good. I throw in some brocolli too since I hate actually eating vegetables.

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I would just drink milk non stop.

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Milk certainly works, can't go wrong with coconut oil or something similar...also just take a tbsp of olive oil before and after every "meal", calories will just climb...

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if you wanna go the lazy route carnation instant breakfast is what was recommended to us by a dietitian for our child that was low weight.

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This is easy, I make stuff like this on a daily basis.

2 cups milk
2 scoops chocolate whey protein
1 cup oatmeal
1 banana
- OR -
1 cup strawberries/raspberries/etc
3 Tbsp peanut butter
ice

Throw that in the blender and enjoy.

If you don't have any protein powder and don't feel like getting some(get Optimum Nutrition 100% whey), you can use yogurt or cottage cheese for some more protein but you'll have to add honey or chocolate syrup to give it enough flavor.

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Are you oat-eaters cooking the oatmeal?

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You guys are all crazy with the wheat-germ-this and oat-bran-that. This calls for ice cream fellas. Raw egg in it is fine. Breyer's if you're somewhat health conscious. Two good ones from their flavors:

Strawberry + banana + raw egg + milk to desired thickness
Vanilla Fudge Twirl + "

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I'm not cooking the oatmeal. I like to get steel cut oats and use those, but the regular Quaker ones are fine too.

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Buy some Ensure Plus. It's easy and high calorie.

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For medical reasons, I'm supposed to consume a lot of yogurt. I tired quickly of eating it straight, having it over cereal, etc., so I have been making the Indian drink lassi and a lot of smoothies.

Lassi is simple: ~2 parts yogurt to 1 part water, with sugar, fruit, salt, or spices to taste. You can find a lot of complicated recipes online, but the base is simple and flexible. Enjoy!

For the past few months, I have had about one smoothie per day with frozen fruit, yogurt, sugar, and water. I hate cleaning my regular blender, but my hand blender works well inside my 21 oz. glasses, and it is easy to run it through the dishwasher.

To increase the calories of either without increasing the thickness too much, you might try using glucose rather than regular sugar (sucrose). Glucose is not as sweet, so you can add more.

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I am curious about what medical condition requires the eating of yogurt...

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I am curious about what medical condition requires the eating of yogurt...

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I don't want to go into my specific details, but there are actually arguments for consuming (probiotic) yogurt in a wide variety of situations. Here are some benefits:

[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Decreasing the gastrointestinal side effects of antibiotics.
[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Reducing lactose intolerance.
[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Promoting regularity.
[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Reducing ulcers (from H. pylori).
[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Reducing colon cancer, a common but underemphasized life-threatening cancer.

Obviously, yogurt is also a source of protein and calcium.

There are a few other claims which I'm not sure I believe, or which I don't really care about for myself, but there is a lot of scientific research in this area.

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This is easy, I make stuff like this on a daily basis.

2 cups milk
2 scoops chocolate whey protein
1 cup oatmeal
1 banana
- OR -
1 cup strawberries/raspberries/etc
3 Tbsp peanut butter
ice

Throw that in the blender and enjoy.

If you don't have any protein powder and don't feel like getting some(get Optimum Nutrition 100% whey), you can use yogurt or cottage cheese for some more protein but you'll have to add honey or chocolate syrup to give it enough flavor.

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Are you oat-eaters cooking the oatmeal?

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boiling the oats obviously.

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This is easy, I make stuff like this on a daily basis.

2 cups milk
2 scoops chocolate whey protein
1 cup oatmeal
1 banana
- OR -
1 cup strawberries/raspberries/etc
3 Tbsp peanut butter
ice

Throw that in the blender and enjoy.

If you don't have any protein powder and don't feel like getting some(get Optimum Nutrition 100% whey), you can use yogurt or cottage cheese for some more protein but you'll have to add honey or chocolate syrup to give it enough flavor.

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Are you oat-eaters cooking the oatmeal?

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char-grilling the oats obviously.

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All,

Thanks for the advice. After some experimentation I highly recommend some of the recipes found here:


http://www.cancernutritioninfo.com/main.cfm?id=1335

These two are really easy to make and taste great:
http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/canc...ntentId=307700
http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/canc...ntentId=307702

The gf, who has been having lots of fun with the blender, recommends using frozen fruit. What shocks me most about this situation is that even though I've been on a liquid diet my bowel movements seem to indicate that I've been eating lots of fiber. I haven't tried any of the oat smoothies yet so I'm not sure whats going on.

Oh another lesson learned is that Cepacol with benzocaine is a great over-the-counter way to numb throat pain.

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wacki, all I would recommend is that you make sure to put some healthy fats in whatever shake you make. Natural peanut butter (not Jif/Skippy) is the way to go; if the shake doesn't really suit peanut butter, put in a tablespoon of olive oil. That's the best way to get lots of calories, and healthy fats are very important.

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wacki, all I would recommend is that you make sure to put some healthy fats in whatever shake you make. Natural peanut butter (not Jif/Skippy) is the way to go; if the shake doesn't really suit peanut butter, put in a tablespoon of olive oil. That's the best way to get lots of calories, and healthy fats are very important.

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In general, oils are healthier than fats.

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My breakfast:

- 1 cup oats
- 2 scoops chocolate whey protein powder
- 2 cups milk
- 1 banana
- 1 tbsp natty pb
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- lots of ice

= 1000 calories and tastes really good. I throw in some brocolli too since I hate actually eating vegetables.

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this is awesome, tad sweet but good nonetheless

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wacki, all I would recommend is that you make sure to put some healthy fats in whatever shake you make. Natural peanut butter (not Jif/Skippy) is the way to go; if the shake doesn't really suit peanut butter, put in a tablespoon of olive oil. That's the best way to get lots of calories, and healthy fats are very important.

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In general, oils are healthier than fats.

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oils are fat...although there are different kinds of fats and some are healthier than others...

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Since this has kind of turned into a protein shake thread - this stuff is amazing. Especially the cinnamon oatmeal. Good for people too lazy to make their own from scratch.

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In general, oils are healthier than fats.

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oils are fat...

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Not necessarily, depends on context. Oils are liquid at room temperature, fats are not. In general you want oils over fats. Think olive oil, not bacon fat. Think vegetable oil, not lard.

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just wanted to add my 2 cents for Oreo cookie ice cream 1:1 with whole milk. calorie problem solved.

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In general, oils are healthier than fats.

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oils are fat...

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Not necessarily, depends on context. Oils are liquid at room temperature, fats are not. In general you want oils over fats. Think olive oil, not bacon fat. Think vegetable oil, not lard.

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we are getting nitty, but saturated fat is solid at room temperature, mono and poly unsaturated fats are not...

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AVOCADO. that is the [censored].

that is all.