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Benecalorie...any one use this?

GOBLUE124
GOBLUE124 CSN Member Posts: 12
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
I'm looking for some reviews of the Resource Benecalorie product. I read a couple on the Nestle web site.....some say great, some say it tastes awful. It's supposed to have no taste. Just wondering if it's worth the purchase.

Aslo how about the Resource Breeze?

Thanks!
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  • osmotar
    osmotar CSN Member Posts: 1,006
    #2
    Benecalorie
    This was recommended to me by the nutrionist at my rad onco's office...I bought it and tried it in both food and water , because they said it was tasteless...my take NOT!!! good at all...just my experience. Nasty tasting...
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  • DrMary
    DrMary CSN Member Posts: 533 Member
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    We tried it
    It tastes a bit oily and gritty by itself. You can mix it with applesauce and it's not too bad, and stirring it into orange juice also works (looks like an orange sherbet shake).

    That said, we only got a few of those into Doug - he was throwing up so much that he couldn't keep them down. Later, they brought back bad memories, and so I had to switch to some other way to get calories into him.

    I gave the rest of the case to my mother's caregiver (at a group home for elderly) - they love it. Again, they mostly mix them with applesauce.

    We didn't try the Breeze - Boost Plus was Doug's main source of calories/nutrition. The butterscotch Boost pudding was OK (also ended up giving a bunch to my mother's place).
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