General Manager Piet du Toit
082 388 3322
013 249 8936 (f)
eggs@alzu.co.za
ALZU EGGS
ALZU EGGS is another division of ALZU ENTERPRISES (Pty) Ltd, located in the Middelburg (Mpumalanga) area.
The operation comprises 430 000 healthy pleased layer birds, which are housed in large
layer houses where high levels of bio-security are continuously maintained in a stress-free environment,
to produce our well known ALZU Eggs.
Our eggs are: Selenium-Enriched Free Range Omega Eggs Free Range Eggs
SELENIUM-ENRICHED EGGS
WHAT IS SELENIUM-ENRICHED ALZU EGGS
Selenium is a trace mineral that is found in varying quantities in the soil. We add sel-plex the to chickens grain fed
diet to increase the selenium level in the egg. Human diets usually provides 50% of a person's RDA of selenium. US RDA: 55ug/day One selenium enriched egg can deliver up to 20ug selenium. With a single selenium-enriched egg the target is to deliver the other 50% RDA.
WHAT DOES SELENIUM DO FOR YOU
The biological role of selenium is listed as follows:
Anti oxidant - Meaning it neutralises toxic by-products in the body. Thyroid metabolism Immune function Fertility Poor growth, inefficiency Muscular myopahty
ORGANIC SELENIUM AND THE INFLUENCE ON HUMAN HEALTH
Selenium and certain types of cancer Protect against cancer of the lungs, colon, rectum and prostate. Decreases cancer mortality (Article in the Journal of the American Medical
Association JAMA Dec '96)
Selenium and Aids survival Selenium deficiency decreases the immune response and makes us more susceptible
to disease. Recearchers found that HIV -1 infected patients with selenium deficiency were
19.98 times more likely to die of HIV-related causes than those with adequate selenium levels.
Selenium and heart disease Proven that selenium plays a role in the forming of substance that gives us
protection against high blood pressure and they also prevents abnormal blood clotting in arteries
that may lead to a stroke or heart attack.
Selenium and healthy blood sugar levels Selenium mimics the action of insulin.
Selenium reducing arthritis pains Low selenium status has been associated with incidence of arthritis.
ALZU FREE RANGE EGGS
We already have 28 000 laying free range hens and this will increase monthly until September 2008, when we will
have 112 000 free range laying hens.
Meaning that at the end of 2008 our free range will be 22% of all our eggs.
ALZU is proud to be associated with Pick 'n Pay and strive to give the best to "OUR" consumers.