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Mixing with other foods:
If you are using Absorb Plus along with regular foods, then you still use the calorie guidelines below, but you only drink the number of shakes you need per day to make up the missing calories from your regular diet.
One serving of Absorb Plus Vanilla (mixed with water and 1 tbsp flax or Udo's Oil) = 485 calories per shake.
To maintain existing weight with active IBD:
- A sedentary adult needs to consume: 17 calories per pound of body weight per day. Example:If you weigh 120 pounds, you need to consume 2040 calories per day (120 x 17 = 2040). This means if you mix your Absorb Plus shakes with water and 1 tablespoon of flax or Udo's Oil, then each shake is 485 calories. Therefore, you need to drink 4.2 shakes per day to maintain your weight.
- An active adult: 20 calories per pound, daily.
- Growing child or teenager: 35 calories per pound, daily.
- Pregnant or Nursing woman: 25 calories per pound, daily.
To gain weight (about 2 pounds per week) with active IBD:
- A sedentary adult needs to consume: 17 calories per pound of body weight + 2 additional shakes, per day.
- An active adult: 20 calories per pound + 3 additional shakes per day.
- Child or teenager: 40 calories per pound, per day (but minimum of 5 shakes/day).
- Pregnant or Nursing woman: 25 calories per pound + 2-3 additional shakes per day.
- Note: If you are someone with a high metabolism, then you may also need additional shakes to those given above. Basically, use these calculations to give you a rough guideline. But since each body utilizes calories differently, adjust up or down according to your body's needs. Remember, these calculations are for people using ONLY Absorb Plus as their sole food source, during an elemental diet.
The bottom line: If in doubt, start with 6 shakes per day and then increase from there until you start seeing weight gain. For Example: when founder, Jini Patel Thompson weighed 99 pounds (she's 5'7") she drank 9 shakes per day to gain 36 pounds in six weeks. When she weighed 115 pounds, she drank 6 shakes per day to gradually gain 5 pounds in three weeks. It's very individual, so don't be afraid to experiment.
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