MORINGA, The Herbal Superfood
MORINGA oleifera: Indigenous to India and renown in parts of the world such as the Philippines and Africa as a superfood; this tree with its small oval-leaf clustered-sprigs is one of the rare foods that provide us with all the essential Amino acids we need to survive. Amino acids are responsible for new cellular growth. Loaded with vitamins and minerals like vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, and C, iron, manganese, copper, phosphorous, magnesium and zinc, it is a smart choice to add Moringa to everyone’s diet.
In India and Himalayan medicine, Moringa has been used as a remedy for hundreds of different dis-eases for thousands of years.
And get this; when the Moringa leaves are cured raw in our solar dehydrators, their vitamin and mineral content becomes more concentrated and become even more nourishing. For example, according to the Imagine Rural Development Initiative, Moringa leaves when dried have twenty-five times the iron of spinach – and instead of three times the potassium of bananas in its fresh-produce state, it is more like fifteen times that of bananas; four times more protein than eggs; ten times more vitamin A than carrots; and seventeen times more calcium than milk.
Grown in volcanic-rich organic soil, hand-harvested, and prepared by loving artisans, this nutritious herb makes its way into our Kauai Farmacy Women’s Wellness tea, Buzz Chew, Endurance Powder and Green Energy powder. * African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 10(60), pp. 1292
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