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MORINGA PROVIDES PROTEIN AND CALCIUM

PROVIDES

Coined the “meat and milk tree” due to its year-round abundance of leaves and

seed pods that are a cell-ready, ninety-two nutrient meat and milk mimicking food

source. Amazingly, Moringa is a complete protein. The leaves are 40% protein,

comparable to the soy bean- but with no known allergies, and is one of the rare

plants containing all eighteen amino acids, the building blocks of protein. Moringa

also has several unique nutrients typically found in meat, including high levels of

vitamin B12, vitamin D3, creatine, zinc and iron.

After receiving “Botanical of the Year” award in 2008, the National Institutes of

Health stated, “Moringa is a nutritious substitute for milk” due to high calcium

content and the presence of all 16 essential nutrients found in milk. And as if that

weren’t enough, Moringa seeds are then pressed to obtain an oleic acid oil similar

to olive oil, a treasured commodity dating back thousands of years, providing

omega three, six, and nine fatty acids found in foods like salmon and nuts.

Gram for gram, powdered leaves have fifteen times more calcium than milk, nine
times more protein than yogurt, twenty-five times more iron than spinach, ten

times more vitamin E than almonds, fourteen different kinds of fatty acids, and
many additional nutrients. After the leaves are stripped, they grow right back, even

during drought season. Moringa is one of the fastest growing and replenishing
trees in the world, which means it provides a fresh food source year-round to fill

hungry stomachs, and provides a nutrient profile rivaling western diets.

This milk and meat tree is a powerful solution to protein energy malnutrition, the

type of malnutrition that causes bloated bellies, orange hair, and death.

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