OUR PRODUCTS GLUCERNA NUTRITIONAL DRINKS: JUST OPEN A BOTTLE
Glucerna Nutritional Drink is a delicious ready-to-use product that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere, while maintaining more consistent blood glucose levels compared to a standard nutritional drink.1 It is a well-balanced nutritional drink specially formulated to comply with the nutritional guidelines of the Canadian Diabetes Association.2
26 essential vitamins and minerals
omega-3 and omega-6
low in saturated fats, no trans fats
gluten-free
Try our new, improved Glucerna Nutritional Drink with a unique carbohydrate blend that helps smooth sugar spikes better than ever!†
† Compared to our previous Glucerna Nutritional Drink.
Glucerna products can help you meet your nutritional needs, and are the successful result of years of clinical research and sophisticated science. It’s science that just makes sense …
Glucerna Nutritional Drink is available in four delicious flavours – Vanilla, Strawberry,
Chocolate and Wild Berry. And every drink comes in an easy-to-open, reclosable bottle. Buy each
flavour six to a package, or enjoy the variety pack – two chocolate, two vanilla, and one each of strawberry and wild berry.
Convenience and portability in a perfect little bottle of good taste.
As part of a healthy diet, this tasty, go-anywhere option means you don’t have to worry about a rushed lunch hour,
a delayed dinner or a hectic schedule. When you reach for a bottle, just enjoy and relax – you can be sure you’re
getting a good nutritional fix specially designed for people with diabetes.
Just think one bottle for a smart snack. And think two bottles if you’re
short on time to prepare a meal. Adequate nutrition intake is necessary to reduce the risk for
hypoglycemia.2
Take good care of yourself!
Feeling really hungry, dizzy, a bit shaky? Have a headache, nausea or are finding it hard to concentrate?
These can be signs of hypoglycemia.
For more on hypoglycemia and prevention, and Living with Diabetes, click here.
Want to know more about carbohydrates: what they are, how to count them, and how the glycemic index works? Click here.
A unique carbohydrate blend
A unique blend of carbohydrates is what sets Glucerna Nutritional Drink apart from other products. Rather than sugar
being immediately broken down and absorbed into the bloodstream, this innovative carbohydrate blend is digested
slowly.1For a more complete description of how Glucerna Nutritional Drink helps you manage your
diabetes at meal or snack time, seeThe Glucerna Science.
That means fewer ups, fewer downs … your blood sugar levels remain more consistent than with a
standard nutritional drink1. Glycemic control is important in the long-term to help reduce the
complications of diabetes.
Complete satisfaction. That’s what you’ll be guaranteed when you enjoy a chilled Glucerna
Nutritional Drink – as a snack anytime during the day, or as a bedtime treat.
The available (net) carbohydrate count is now lower … only 20 grams in each
237 mL bottle, 4 grams less than before, with the previous Glucerna Nutritional Drink.
But wait – there’s more. New Glucerna Nutritional Drink has been shown to improve glycemic
response vs the previous Glucerna Nutritional Drink formulation.1
A well designed fat blend
Glucerna Nutritional Drink is low in saturated fats, and contains no trans fats. Why is this
important? High levels of saturated fats – found in meat, poultry and dairy foods, and also in oils like coconut and
palm – raise your LDL-cholesterol levels – the cholesterol we refer to as ‘bad’. Likewise, trans
fats, found in some products like crackers and cookies, raise your LDL cholesterol.
Glucerna Nutritional Drink is made with a fat blend that also includes approximately 50% of monounsaturated fats and an
increased level of essential fatty acids compared to the previous Glucerna Nutritional Drink formulation.
Now let’s talk about essential fatty acids. Our bodies do not produce omega-3, a kind of
polyunsaturated fat which, as its description implies, is essential. The only way we can be sure of
getting this important nutrient is through the foods we eat. Probably you’ve heard that flax seed and canola
oil are good sources of this very important fat. In fact, Glucerna Nutritional Drink is also a source of
this excellent fat.
Nutrition made easy
Eating well is easy with Glucerna Nutritional Drink, which can be an essential part of your
daily nutritional plan. A source of 26 essential vitamins and minerals, this nutritional
drink also contains 1 gram of NutraFlora short chain FOS (scFOS).
A healthy product is what’s behind our tasty Glucerna Nutritional Drink, which is gluten-free and kosher. And it complies with the nutritional guidelines recommended by the Canadian Diabetes Association.2
So go for a walk, go for a swim, and don’t worry if lunch is going to be a little late today. Glucerna
Nutritional Drink has you covered with the energy you need.
References:
1. J.A. Williams, J. Garcia Almeida, M. Matia Martin et al. Lack of Glycemic Response at 120 minutes post prandial with a New Diabetes Specific Nutritional Formula (Abstract). Clinical Nutrition Supplements. Sept 2009; 4(S2).LB003.
2. Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines. www.diabetes.ca