They are commonly used within the community and acute health settings for individuals who are incapable of meeting their nutritional needs via oral diet alone. These supplements help you get more protein, energy, minerals, and vitamins, and there various flavors of Oral Nutritional Supplements you can choose from including:
ONS Supplements are designed to complement your diet, not entirely replace your snacks or meals. They may be prescribed in the short-run during a period of acute illness, but also for people who have long-term chronic diseases. Indications for its use include:
Since ONS often contain micronutrients (minerals and vitamins) and macronutrients (energy and/or protein) at differing levels of concentrations, not all of them are nutritionally complete, meaning that they can’t be used as an only nutrition source. A separate dietetic analysis will take into consideration the actual taste and nutritional requirements along with texture preferences to make sure that a customized prescription is recommended.
Manufactured by Nutricia for highly developed medical nutrition, Fortisip Drinks come in a wide variety of flavors (12 in total), and each and every one of the flavor will prove to be a provide you with a high-energy and nutritionally complete supplement - ideal for managing malnutrition and diseases that are caused as a result of malnutrition, ranging from 100kcal per 100 milliliters to 244kcal per 100 milliliters.
FDC, which is short for Fortisip Drinks Compact, is a yummy milkshake-style supplement that contains the highest level of energy per ml (2.4kcal per milliliter) out of all the other Fortisip Drinks. Its flavors include Vanilla, Banana, Mocha, and Strawberry. The supplement contains more minerals and vitamins as compared to the Fortisip Drinks Bottle and hence would be perfect for more serious cases of weight loss. Fortisip Drinks Compact can be used to treat the following medical conditions:
Intractable malabsorption - An inability to absorb nutrients from food via the gut. Intractable refers to 'not easily relieved or cured'.
Short Bowel Syndrome - Is a malabsorption disorder that stems from a lack of functional small intestine.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is a blanket term used to describe disorders related to chronic inflammation of the digestive tract.
Total Gastrectomy - Is the removal of the whole stomach done to fight obesity or treat stomach issues that are not helped by other treatments.
Malnutrition-related diseases - A body deprived of key nutrients becomes malnourished, common consequences if which include slower wound healing, risk of infection, and other diseases such as heart failure, kidney trouble, and even cancer.
Dysphagia - A medical term for the symptom of difficulty when swallowing.
Bowel fistulae An abnormal opening in the digestive tract that results in the absorption of gastric fluids through your intestines or lining of the stomach.