Anyone remember Bemax

I remember the name, but not the product. probably because DM never bought it.

I remember it! It was delicious. I used to sprinkle it on my cereal at breakfast time. I think there were also Bemax biscuits.

It as just wheatgerm, I believe, little light brown flakes.

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Yes I have vague memories of sprinkling it over cereals.
My Mum was very health conscious about food.

Don't remember Bemax but doesn't any one remember Bengers? I think it was a drink. Malted maybe.

I used to sprinkle Bemax on soup.

Bengers, yes, another faded memory.
Anyone remember Slippery Elm ? Angiers/Scotts emulsion ?

Virol ? Malt and cod liver oil ? Steadmans EE powders ?

Carters little liver pills ? Seidlitz powders ? Fennings Fever Cure ?

Vaguely remember Slippery Elm but I can't remember what it was used for? Virol... ditto I'm afraid. But I remember only too clearly the malt and cod liver oil.... bleurgh! Horrible stuff.

I remember it now you mention it. DM was health/weight conscious.
She read about wheatgerm and yoghurt so we had that. Cod liver oil especially in winter. Virol? I don't think we had that.it was thick malty stuff and prescribed for skinny children. I was never a skinny child.
I loved Bemax and used to spoon it from the packet into my gob.

I was a skinny child and loved Virol! I didn’t know it was prescribed. I think I was quite healthy but just grew very quickly - tall and skinny. (It got me into the bad habit of eating anything and everything.) I don’t remember Bemax.

NfkDumpling maybe not prescribed but advised for building you up after an illness.

I used to give my son something called Minadex in the 1980's. He was a very poor eater and constantly in and out of hospital and I was advised to give it to him to "encourage his appetite and build him up". Not seen Minadex for years so possibly discontinued.

You can still get Minadex. I wonder what it's ingredients are.
Metatone is another tonic recommended after an illness. It has small amounts of alcohol so probably wasn't for children.

That figures Grammaretto. I did have a very bad chest infection when I was two and was apparently very ill. I don’t think our elderly doctor was too good on diagnosis as later my parents were most upset when I tested positive for having once had TB!

My DS vomited his milk a lot when a baby. GP recommended Slippery Elm which did the trick.

NfkDumpling
Goodness me! TB!
My DSister and I were hospitalised for weeks with whooping cough when we were small children. A chest x-ray later showed a damaged lung.
Yet we've both made it so far....
I'm going to get a tonic today but maybe with gin in it this time.

Every time I read this title I think of Brumas the baby bear born in London was it late 59s ? think that was it’s name

I remember Brumas the polar bear

I remember queuing for hours to get a glimpse of Brumas the baby polar bear. I was about ten.

However, he was not called Bemax, though that might make a good name for some animal that’s the right sort of colour.

Brumas was born in November 1949.

Anyone remember Energen rolls? My Mum used to have them delivered in a big box. I think they were part of a diet regime. They were light as a feather, dry and full of air. i.e. a waste of time (and money!)

Oh my yes. My mum also used to have these.
One bite and they disintegrated.
Thank you Grandma70. I must have been 7.

Waves of nostalgia here. I hated Virol, made me vomit. Parish’s food (?spelling) was a deep red concoction diluted with water, no idea what it was supposed to cure. Also a pink liquid which separated in the bottle into a clear liquid on top and had to be shaken vigorously, it was called rochella salts and sweet nitre, not a clue why I was dosed with it but the name stuck in my mind.

Mum used to buy Energen rolls and I remember dad once saying that she'd be floating away one of these days as they were just full of air.

I think the Virol appeared after I'd been hospitalized with scarlet fever in 1945.

Up until I started to take Warfarin 12 years ago I had malt and cod liver oil every winter which kept me going, but the two aren't allowed together ( thin the blood too much )

Anyone remember nimble bread? My Mum used to eat it. It seemed to be made of thin air! I think there was another brand, too, but I can’t remember it’s name. It can’t have been very nutritious, really.