When can I reach an operator? Someone will be available to take your calls Monday–Friday 9–5pm, EST (excluding major U.S. holidays). Your call is very important to us, so if you receive a recording please leave us a message with your name and number and we will return your call within 24 hours. We can also be reached by email. 937.433.4673 TOLL FREE: 1.844.631.8365
What have been some of the responses you’ve received from consumers who’ve used your products? Please see our ‘People of Hope’ and our Facebook page for their personal stories!
Has the medical community responded to your efforts? Yes, and the response has been resoundingly positive. Some examples: LIQUID HOPE: “Functional Formularies product is exactly the sort of formula that I have long looked, and hoped for. It offers the kind of positive experience – of both good nutrition and active participation in promoting one’s own health—that all of us need, particularly when we’re at our most vulnerable.” ~ James S. Gordon, MD Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine and Food as Medicine conference. “Wow this product is AWESOME!!! As an exercise specialist with over 20 years of professional experience I have never encountered a nutritional product quite like Liquid Hope. Simply put—it’s perfect and I can not wait to introduce Liquid Hope to all my clients.” ~ Brad Thorpe RTSm, MATCS Creator of the Isometric Training System “Finally, a formula that delivers the healing power of nutrition from organic, whole foods. This is the “food as medicine” nutrition support product that patients have been hungry for!” ~ Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND Swift Nutrition Recently named by Today’s Dietitian as one of the top Registered Dietitians in the country who are “making a difference”. “As consumers become more savvy about true, whole foods nutrition, they balk upon reading the ingredient list of common hospital-based meal replacement formulas. Yours fills the void nicely!” ~ Jeanne M. Wallace, PhD, CNC Nutritional Solutions Widely regarded as one of the nation’s most prominent experts in nutritional oncology. “I cannot overstate what I feel to be the need for such a whole foods based product and I predict that once it is available, many, many physicians and other healthcare providers will jump for joy at the prospect of being able to offer their patients HOPE and a truly healthy option.” ~ Kristine Noonan RN CHHC Board Certified Health Counselor Honor & Hope Wellness Center “I have been working with people who have cancer for the last 13 years and been a nurse for over 30 years. I have been searching for a “whole food” based, nutrient dense formula to recommend to my patients my entire career! Liquid Hope is truly an answer to this prayer. There is NOTHING out there that is suitable for human consumption. Those products are filled with chemicals and sugar, which PROMOTE disease. People need “food” to assist the body’s innate quest to heal, strengthen the immune system, and support that process. It truly does give HOPE!” ~ Laurie McCracken, RN, OCN, HHC “Thank you for thinking outside the box and developing products to help folks who are ill.” ~ Jean Schmidt United States Congress NOURISH: “We are very excited that Nourish is finally on the market. Blenderized foods are a benefit for patients who have intolerances or are allergic to certain ingredients in standard enteral formulas. It is also a quality-of-life issue as some of the patients prefer natural, organic, and real foods. In addition, in our experience, tube-fed children especially experienced better GI tolerance, health, and well-being when using blenderized foods. Nourish, Functional Formularies’ new commercially available blenderized tube feeding formula, will alleviate a risk of inadequate or unbalanced nutritional intake, microbial contamination, and tube clogging when compared to blends made at home.” ~ Yuliya Rekhtman, MD Associate Professor Chief Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Georgetown University Hospital “Whole, nutritious, real foods should be a part of everyone’s diet, including and especially for children with feeding tubes. Just because someone has a feeding tube does not mean they need to be succumbed to solely eating formula with added sugar and other unwanted additives day in and day out. You try drinking those conventional formulas for the rest of your life! I am elated that there is finally a ready-to-feed formula out there for children, made from all real foods, is nutritionally complete, and with no added sugar, juice, or unwanted additives. As a dietitian providing blenderized formulas for children, I have seen the benefits of real food in a child’s growth, bowel function, skin and hair health, and overall nutrition status. I cannot wait to recommend Nourish to my patients!” ~ Robyn Felten MS, RD, LDN, CNSC Medical Advisory Board – Functional Formularies
Why are most of your products free of fruits and added sugar? At Functional Formularies, we focus on the latest research and use it to guide our ingredient choices to ensure that every ingredient that our products contain provides the maximum health benefit for our consumers. Research supports that added sugar contributes to many disease processes. Since we work with patients who have a variety of health challenges, we make every effort to provide the very best nutritional support possible. In order to do this, we consciously avoid the use of sugar and use only the fruits that contribute the most potent levels of antioxidants and polyphenols while remaining low in fructose. We are committed to remaining research focused and continually improve our products based on the most current research available.
Helpful Tips Functional Formularies products work with any pump although, if possible, we feel that a bolus feed using a syringe at regular meal times works best. With the syringe, you will always need to use the plunger by gently applying pressure to push the food into the feeding tube. If mixing the products with anything, including water, you will need to use a blender to make sure the product is emulsified, especially with using a pump. If the products are cool at all, even by keeping in an air-conditioned room, the product will thicken. You may run the unopened pouch under hot water for a minute or two to thin the products down if needed. 95% of our customers have no issues with our real foods formula especially when using a 60 cc no-ring syringe bolus (syringe) feed or a large bore gravity bag. Also, you might be interested in the Jofas Clamp. The Jofas is a 24″ flexible arm that holds a 60cc syringe tube for nasal gastric (NG) and gastric (G) gravity feeding systems. One end of the flexible arm has a clip that holds the syringe up to 24″ high. The opposite end has a C-Clamp that attaches to any flat surface up to 2″ thick.
What is the hang time? All Functional Formularies enteral formulas are approved for a 12 hour hang time! At Functional Formularies, we test all of our formulas for microbial activity. After a 12 hour hang time test (conducted at room temperature), there was zero microbial activity.