Maintaining muscle strength is essential for overall health, particularly as we age.¹ Protein plays a critical role in muscle recovery, maintenance, and growth.² Whether you're recovering from illness, working to build muscle, or just trying to stay fit, Ensure’s high-protein nutritional drinks can help meet your needs. With options like Ensure HN, Ensure Plus, and Ensure Max, these drinks provide a convenient, effective way to increase your protein intake and support your muscle strength goals.

Protein is the foundation of muscle health. It plays a crucial role in repairing damaged muscle tissue and building new muscle fibers. Without enough protein, your body struggles to recover after physical activity, leading to muscle loss, especially as you age. For fitness enthusiasts and active adults, maintaining muscle strength hinges on consistent protein intake.³

After intense exercise, your muscles need protein to repair and grow stronger. Without sufficient protein, your recovery process is slowed, and you might experience prolonged soreness or even injury.⁴ Ensure, with its high-protein content, provides the nutrients your muscles need to bounce back quickly.⁵

Ensure’s range of high-protein nutritional drinks, including Ensure HN, Ensure Plus, and Ensure Max, offer high-quality protein that is easily absorbed by the body. Each serving of Ensure Plus, for example, contains 16 grams of protein, while Ensure Max packs a powerful 30 grams of protein per serving. These options help you meet your daily protein goals effortlessly.⁶

Each of Ensure’s products is designed with different protein needs in mind:

By selecting the right Ensure product, you can tailor your protein intake to your specific fitness or health goals.

The high-quality protein found in Ensure helps promote muscle repair and growth by providing essential amino acids. These amino acids are the building blocks of muscle tissue, ensuring that your muscles have what they need to recover after workouts and grow stronger over time.¹⁰

Adding Ensure to your daily fitness routine is simple. Whether you prefer it as a snack, a meal replacement, or a post-workout recovery drink, Ensure’s protein-rich formulas help you meet your daily protein goals. For best results, consider drinking Ensure after your workout when your muscles are primed to absorb nutrients.

Your muscles are most receptive to protein in the hour following a workout. By consuming Ensure after exercise, you provide your body with the nutrients needed to repair muscle fibers and reduce recovery time. Whether it’s Ensure Plus or Ensure Max, you’re ensuring that your post-workout recovery is on track.

For active adults, especially those over 40, maintaining muscle mass can become more challenging.¹¹ Ensure provides a convenient and nutritious way to meet your protein needs. With options that cater to different caloric and protein requirements, it’s easy to incorporate Ensure into your diet to help you stay strong and energized.

If you're struggling to meet your daily protein intake, Ensure can make it easier. With products like Ensure Max providing up to 30 grams of protein per serving, you can quickly boost your intake without having to prepare additional meals. Plus, Ensure’s convenient packaging makes it easy to take with you on the go.

As we age, our bodies naturally lose muscle mass, making protein intake even more important. Ensure helps combat age-related muscle loss by providing high-protein nutrition that supports muscle maintenance.¹² Drinking Ensure regularly can help older adults stay active and strong, allowing them to maintain their independence.

For individuals of all ages, maintaining muscle strength is key to overall health and vitality. Even if you're a fitness enthusiast looking to optimize recovery or someone recovering from illness, Ensure’s high-protein drinks—such as Ensure HN, Ensure Plus, and Ensure Max—offer a simple and effective way to meet your protein needs. Incorporating Ensure into your diet ensures that you stay strong, healthy, and energized.

References:
¹ https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2020/03/maintain-your-muscle#:~:text=Maintaining%20strength%20is%20essential%20for,fair%20amount%20of%20muscle%20strength.%E2%80%9D
^2,3 https://www.danoneresearch.com/role-protein-bodys-recovery-process/#:~:text=Key%20benefits%20of%20protein%20intake,blocks%20for%20new%20muscle%20tissue
⁴ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142015/
⁵ https://www.family.abbott/au-en/ensure/health-benefits/muscle-health.html
^6,8 https://www.family.abbott/sa-en/ensure/products/ensure-liquid-plus.html
⁷ https://www.family.abbott/au-en/ensure/products/ensure-twocal-hn-vanilla.html
^9,10 https://www.family.abbott/sa-en/ensure/products/ensure-max-protein-french-vanilla.html
¹¹ https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/preserve-your-muscle-mass
¹² https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6566799/