Everything Old Is New Again

There are times weight gain is desirable. I often think of medical reasons; I shouldn't discount cosmetic reasons. I remember seeing these ads for Wate-On in the back of comic books when I was growing up (click to enlarge):





Here's a modern version:

"Eat well and live healthfully, and you could become 'Model of the Year!'"
- Ensure

If products like Wate-On and Ensure help you gain weight, what could this say about weight loss?

Here are the first few ingredients in Super Wate-On Liquid Strawberry Dietary Supplement:

• Hydrogenated Stabilized Soybean Oil
  
• Water
  
• Sugar
  
• Propylene Glycol
  
• Polyoxyethylene 20 Sorbitan Monolaurate
  
• Sorbitan Monostearate
  
• Xanthan Gum

Here are the first few ingredients in Ensure Strawberries & Cream Nutritional Supplement:

• Water
  
• Sugar
  
• Corn maltodextrin
  
• Milk protein concentrate
  
• Soy oil
  
• Soy protein concentrate
  
• Short-chain fructooligosaccharides
  
• Canola oil
  
• Corn oil

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Eva Six from Myrmecos Blog.
Linda Peck from David DiDalvo of True/Slant, where I started thinking about this.
Dashing Couple from Pops Gustav's Blog, who also remembers the comic books!