Anlene

Facts About Bones

Bone is active living tissue. It is constantly being broken down, rebuilt and regenerated.
Bones can begin to break down after age 25.
By weight, the entire skeleton replaces itself every 7 to 10 years.
Every 8 minutes, someone is admitted to an Australian hospital with serious problems related to their bones. This is expected to rise to every 3-4 minutes by the year 2021.
In 2002, 1.9 million people in Australia had poor bones. This number is expected to rise to 2.2 million by the year 2006 and to 3 million by the year 2021.
Poor bones are estimated to cost Australia $1.9 billion each year.
As many as 4 out of 5 people with poor bones don''''t know that they have it although they are at risk of a fracturing
Poor bones affect 1 in 2 women over the age of 60
Poor bones affect 1 in 3 men over the age of 60.

Women in Australia are on average not meeting their daily calcium requirements.

Average calcium intake for women over 19 years is 749 mg/day. The current Reccomended Dietary Intake (RDI)¹ for food labeling is 800mg/day although many of us require up to 1000-1300mg/day depending on gender and age.
Vitamin D deficiency rates are higher than once thought.
Mean dietary vitamin D intake in women = 1.2 ug/day. The RDI¹ is 10ug.
42% of the population have marginal deficiency rates of vitamin D.
Two serves of Anlene provides at least 100% RDI¹ for calcium, and 100% RDI vitamin D and 50% RDI¹ of magnesium and zinc.

¹std 1.1.1 Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

Information sourced from Osteoporosis Australia and the Australian National Nutrition Survey.

Just 2 serves of Anlene each day provides 100% of the RDI for Calcium and Vitamin D

Anlene comes in both Low fat and No Fat * varieties

* Anlene is scientifically proven to help maintain bones.