Ensure plus to gain weight?

I had a major flare in may/june and lost abt 40 lbs went frm 145lbs to 106 lbs but then i was able to gain weight until i was about 136 then had acute pancreatitis last week and lost about 12lbs now trying to gain back my weight at least to 150lbs. I am underweight bcs my height is 6"2 and look very skinny..has anyone with UC tried Ensure plus to gain weight? Is it safe to drink for ppl with UC. I can tolerate milk very well.

Ensure is really just a lot of sugar. I'd suggest whey protein, a multi, and eating good food. Just be patient, putting on lean weight takes time.

Personally, I think unless someone is really nutritionally deprived, ensure is adding gasoline to fire. Among all the other additives and the high sugar content, it has carrageenan in it which is counter-productive to UC patients. There is some evidence that carrageenan degrades the gut lining and causes colitis in mice. I gave it a few tries and it made me feel like crap, though you'll have to give it a shot and see if it helps you.

I invite you to look into some IBD friendly shakes by doing your own research. Absorb Plus is a nice elemental shake formulated for those with IBD. I would also second the suggestion of eating real food. You could add in whey protein, raw milk, kefir for weight gain.

I haven't looked at a bottle of regular Ensure in 5 months but when I did the bottle sizes were much different per serving. about the same 200 calories per bottle but the High Protein was twice the size and much more protein and vitamins. I have a bottle of 14 oz Ensure high protein in front of me, I think regular ensure is 6-8 oz per bottle serving which is more dense. I could drink a bottle of regular ensure and still be hungry but I can barely finish a 14oz bottle of the high protein.

Junk food is easy to put weight on with.

I drink something called Complan which works well for me :)