My husband’s idea of the perfect dessert is plain yogurt with fruit and a bit of maple syrup. Oddly enough when he offers it to guests, they usually decline teasing him that they’ve already eaten breakfast.
All to say we eat a lot of yogurt in my house or so I thought. Imagine my surprise when a bone density test showed I wasn’t getting enough calcium and my bones were suffering for it!
I’m not alone. It turns out 70 per cent of women in Canada don't get enough calcium which is why 1 in 4 of Canadian women over 50 have osteoporosis. According to Canada’s Food Guide women between the ages of 19 to 50 should be getting two daily servings of milk or milk alternatives. That goes up to three daily servings if you’re 51 and up.
That’s where Yoplait Asana Yogurt comes in. It’s a new product, with twice the calcium as regular yogurt, specifically aimed at women.
Normally I don’t like my food to be tempered with but I’m willing to make an exception for this product especially for someone like my mother, who did not grow up with milk or cheese and eats less and less as she gets older.
I realize all this is moot if it doesn’t taste good but I can assure you that it tastes like regular yogurt, even creamier. And the doctors working with this yogurt assured me it’s practically impossible to OD on this product.
Yoplait Asana (yes, it’s from the yogic term “posture”) is available across Canada just in time for Osteoporosis Month. You can find out if you’re getting enough calcium by using the calculator on the Yoplait Asana website.
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