Values for African Grown Fresh Moringa Leaf
Vitamin A
Moringa Leaf Powder
30 times the Vitamin A of Carrots
Fresh Moringa Leaf
4 times the Vitamin A of Carrots
By providing abundant Vitamin A, Moringa helps prevent:
1) Blindness (night blindness and complete)
2) Maternal mortality
3) Pregnancy and lactation (breast milk)
production problems
4) Weak immunity and inability to fight
infections
NOTE: Approximately 250,000 to 500,000 malnourished children in the developing world go blind each year from a deficiency of vitamin A, approximately half of which die within a year of becoming blind. The United Nations Special Session on Children in 2002 set the elimination of vitamin A deficiency by 2010. (Wikipedia, 2010)
It is unfortunate that over 100 million children around the world may go blind simply because they are not getting enough vitamin A. What makes it even more ironic is that in many of the countries where this is a problem, Moringa often grows wild. Just a few spoonfuls in the children’s food could easily save them from going blind. “
Even though Americans are some of the most obese people in the world, Americans, especially children still suffer from malnutrition because the food has been robbed of nutrients as a result of processing the food.
“…among the leafy vegetables, one stands out as particularly good, the horseradish tree (Moringa). The leaves are outstanding as a source of vitamin A…”[Survival and Subsistence in the Tropics by Frank Martin]
Vitamin C
1/2 the Vitamin C of Oranges
Moringa Leaf Powder
1/2 the Vitamin C of Oranges
By providing Vitamin C, Moringa helps prevent:
1) Scurvy -Scurvy leads to the formation of spots on the skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from the mucous membranes. The spots are most abundant on the thighs and legs, and a person with the ailment looks pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized. In advanced scurvy there are open, suppurating wounds and loss of teeth.
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Weakness Lassitude
Swollen gums, nosebleeds
NOTE: Scurvy does not occur in most animals because they can synthesize their own vitamin C, but humans, other primates, guinea pigs, and a few other species lack an enzyme necessary for such synthesis and must obtain vitamin C through their diet. Vitamin C is widespread in plant tissues, with particularly high concentrations occurring in citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits), tomatoes, potatoes, cabbages, and green peppers. (Wikipedia, 2010)
Iron
25 times the Iron Of Spinach
Moringa Leaf Powder
3 times the Iron Of Spinach
By providing abundant Iron, Moringa helps prevent:
Anemia
Fatigue
Irritability
Weakness
Shortness of Breath
Dizziness
Pale skin color
Sore tongue
Brittle nails
Decreased appetite (especially in children)
Headache – frontal
NOTE: Iron deficiency (sideropenia or hypoferremia) is one of the most commonly known forms of nutritional deficiencies. In the human body, iron is present in all cells and has several vital functions—as a carrier of oxygen to the
tissues from the lungs in the form of hemoglobin, as a transport medium for electrons within the cells in the form of cytochromes, and as an integral part of enzyme reactions in various tissues. Too little iron can interfere with these vital
functions and lead to morbidity and death.
The direct consequence of iron deficiency is iron deficiency anemia. Groups that are most prone to developing this disease are children and pre-menopausal women.
Moringa is especially useful for children & women who are anemic due to their menstrual cycles.
Calcium
17 times the Calcium Of Milk
17 times the Calcium Of Milk
Fresh Moringa Leaf
By providing abundant Calcium, Moringa helps prevent:
1)Anemia
2)Osteoporosis -Bone weakness and damage
3) Muscle damage / impairment
4) Nerve damage / impairment
5) Abnormal heartbeat and functioning
NOTE: Calcium is the most abundant mineral found in the human body. The majority (99%) is stored in the bones and teeth; the rest is stored in muscle tissue and blood. In addition to bone building and remodeling, calcium is also responsible for muscle contraction, central nervous function and hormone secretion.
The importance of calcium increases with age:
Calcium deficiency is of major concern in the United States. An estimated 4487% of Americans don’t get enough. An easy way to think of calcium and bone health is to imagine the bones as a savings account at a bank. You see, until the ages of 30-35 the body stores calcium in the bones. However, after this time calcium is no longer stored in bones. As a result, when the body tries to remodel bones its only source of calcium is ingested calcium. If you’re not eating enough calcium, the body has nothing to use. Thus, the body cannot remodel the bones, and bone density subsequently decreases. The calcium you consume early in life is deposited into your “bone” savings account. If little calcium is saved, then there will be little to spend when retirement comes (i.e. when the body tries to remodel your bones). (By Dena McDowell, 2006)
Moringa is especially useful for low amounts of calcium in the blood serum. Moringa can deliver to your body the calcium you need in a safe way.
Protein (Amino Acids)
17 times the Calcium Of Milk
17 times the Calcium Of Milk
Fresh Moringa Leaf
By providing abundant Protein, Moringa helps prevent:
1) Edema – A collection of fluid under the skin, which most commonly affects the legs, feet, and ankles, but can occur anywhere on the body.
2) Weight loss
4) Ridges or deep lines in finger and toe nails
3) Thinning or brittle hair, hair loss
5) Skin becomes very light, burns easily in the sun
6) Reduced pigmentation in the hair on scalp and body
7) Skin rashes, dryness, flakiness
8) General weakness and lethargy
9) Muscle soreness and weakness, cramps
10) Slowness in healing wounds, cuts, scrapes, and bruises
11) Bedsores and other skin ulcers
12) Difficulty sleeping
13) Headache
14) Nausea and stomach pain
15) Fainting, crankiness, moodiness
16) Severe depression
NOTE: Protein deficiency is a serious cause of ill health and death in developing countries. Protein deficiency plays a part in the disease kwashiorkor. War, famine, overpopulation, and other factors can increase rates of malnutrition and protein deficiency. Protein deficiency can lead to reduced intelligence or mental retardation, see nutrition disorder. In countries that suffer from widespread protein deficiency, food is generally full of plant fibers, which makes adequate energy and protein consumption very difficult.[170] Protein deficiency is generally caused by lack of total food energy, making it an issue of not getting food in total. Symptoms of kwashiorkor include apathy, diarrhea, inactivity, failure to grow, flaky skin, fatty liver, and edema of the belly and legs. This edema is explained by the normal functioning of proteins in fluid balance and lipoprotein transport.
Moringa trees are known to overcome protein deficiency in developing countries as the leaves and other parts of the tree contain comparably To soy bean high amount of crude proteins and amino acids. (Wikipedia, 2010)
Moringa trees are known to overcome protein deficiency in developing countries as the leaves and other parts of the tree contain comparably to soybean high amount of crude proteins and amino acids. (Wikipedia,2010)
Moringa is an excellent non-animal source of protein for vegans and vegetarians.
Potassium
17 times the Calcium Of Milk
3 times the Potassium of Bananas
Fresh Moringa Leaf
By providing abundant Potassium, Moringa helps prevent:
1) Hypokalemia
2) Fatigue
3)Problemssuch as Myalgia and muscular weakness
4)Hyponatremia and also may experience confusion i.e. anxiety.
5)Acme problem
6)Skin related problems such as blistering, skin eruptions, dryness of skin etc.
7)Temporary memory loss or problems such as weak
memory etc.
8)Heart related problems, such as heart deterioration.
9)Digestive system also may get affected due to potassium deficiency leading to hypertension, improper sleep, nervous system deterioration, depression, constipation etc.
10)Ringing/noise in ear.
NOTE: Hypokalemia (American English), or hypokalaemia (British English), or hypopotassemia (ICD-9) refers to the condition in which the concentration of potassium (K+) in the blood is low. The prefix hypo-means low (contrast with hyper-, meaning high). Kal refers to kalium, the Neo-Latin for potassium, and -emia means “in the blood.”
