The moringa oleifera, also called the horseradish tree, is a tree native to the India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh region, but is now all over the world. Traditional societies with stronger connections to the planet's plant life have used it for various ailments.
While few Western placebo controlled, peer reviewed randomized clinical trials have been conducted on its health properties, thousands have testified to its effectiveness. Researchers from numerous African, Asian, and South American countries have tested it. This is what they found.
Moringa's Nutritional Value
The Trees for Life organisation declared sometime ago that, "ounce-for-ounce, Moringa leaves contain more Vitamin A than carrots, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, more Vitamin C than oranges, and more potassium than bananas." It is now known that it contains substantially more of these nutrients than these food types, and that it also contains more protein than milk and more vitamin E than almonds. Altogether, it has over 90 nutrients and thus makes a good multi-vitamin and mineral supplement that beats almost all foods you eat on the nutritional scale.Moringa's Anti-Bacterial Properties
Through the testing of bacteria and moringa in the laboratory, many researchers have found that it is anti-bacterial due to an ingredient called benzyl isothiocyanate. It has been tested against several common bacteria and fungi and found to have the ability to destroy many of them or at least to neutralise their harmful effects.
The bacteria against which it has been proved to be effective include Helicobacter Pylori, a particularly nasty bacterium in the human digestive tract that often settles in the stomach lining where it causes inflammation, ulcers, and ultimately stomach cancer. In particular, it seems to inhibit the acid that Helicobacter Pylori emits, which is the primary cause of the inflammation and cancer of the stomach lining.
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