Combat Osteoporosis
Over three million people suffer from osteoporosis in the UK alone; one in three women over the age of 50 will have the condition.
As your body ages, its nutritional requirements change; osteoporosis is a condition common in the elderly whereby bones can become brittle, painful and break more easily. This happens as a result of the body’s gradual skeletal loss of calcium and other minerals.
What can you do?
Sunsweet® prunes are a rich source of calcium, the bone strengthening mineral. Calcium is sealed into our bones by Vitamin D. It is essential you increase your levels of both these nutrients to help fight osteoporosis.
Research involving post menopausal women revealed that those who ate around 12 prunes a day showed significant rises in serum markers of bone formation including levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGFI) and serum BSAP (bone-specific alkaline phosphatase) activity, essential to maintaining skeletal health.
One more thing…
Because SUNSWEET prunes are so plentiful in antioxidants and vitamins, they help to slow the ageing process of both body and mind.