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Ensure Build Preserve Muscle

Adults between the ages of 40 and 65 years old should be on “high alert” and take active
steps to strengthen your muscle and body for overall health.

Why do you need to keep your muscles strong?

As we age, we lose muscle mass. When losing
muscle mass we face higher risk of:

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Immobility
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Increased Falls
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Physical and Mental Fatigue
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Loss of Independence

Your muscle loss starts
earlier than you think!

 

After 40, we start to lose muscle mass and that can be as much as 33% of muscle mass loss between 40 – 80 years old.*

*Baier S et al,JPEN.2009;33(1):71-82.

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You can build strength with a protein rich diet!

Fill your plate with protein, calcium and vitamin D.

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World Health Organization recommends a complete, balanced Oral Nutrition Supplement1
(ONS) to improve muscle mass and strength which supports mobility and vitality.2
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1 A complete, balanced diet must contain sufficient amount of carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and fibre in the required amounts and in the right proportion .
2 Integrated care for older people: guidelines on community-level interventions to manage declines in intrinsic capacity. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO .

Build strength with daily exercises!3

Squat exercices - Ensure Myanmar

For improving your balance,
do one minute for each leg.

One leg stand exercise - Ensure Myanmar

For strengthening your leg muscles, repeat
5-6 times in sync with deep breathing.

3. Nakamura K, Ogata T. Locomotive Syndrome: Definition and Management. Clin Rev Bone Miner Metab. 2016; 14(2):56-57.
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*Muscle Age is an indication of the strength and performance of the muscles in the lower limbs,
and is calculated based on the 5-times sit-to-stand test which matches test time with specific
biological age groups.4
Results are based on Caucasian age norms.
4 Bohannon R et al. Isokinetics and Exercise Science 15 (2007) 77–81.
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