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Newspaper and scientific journals mention Moringa more and more often. Until recently, these tree wasn`t really known in the West, except to botanists. Today, Moringa- the very plant that desperate mothers from tropical countries use to save their malnourished children, is also featured as the exciting ingredient of a fancy skin rejuvenating cream. Researchers fron Autria to Australia, Nicaragua and India, study Moringa`s properties and growth. The National Science Foundation and National Geographic Society, together with other organizations, have started to finance the gathering of a collection of all Moringa species to gather more information about many healthful properties.

The International Eye Foundation is promoting Moringa for the prevention of childhood blindness in poor countries. Indeed, Moringa, through their richness in vitamins,  saves precious eyesight in the most vulnerable victims, children with vitamin A deficiency.

Maybe among all the good news, the most moving stories came from the Senegalese project “Mother and Child Health“. In an effort to combat child death and diseas due to alnourishment, the use of  locally grown Moringa was proposed to infants, their nursing mothers and pregnant women. Although Moringa grows in Africa, Moringa leaves were rarely used as food before.

The Medical staff advised parents to put a little bit of leaf powder in the child`s food for every day. Children were weighed before and after 2-3 months of such a supplement. ( any survived ONLY on Moringa leaves or seed powder!) When the women brought back their children a few months later, they were hardly recognizable! Malnourished mothers who did not produce enough milk for their babies, also recovered beyond all expectations on a Moringa diet.