leflea
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Post by leflea on Apr 28, 2008 15:16:51 GMT 8
If, in England, 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away', in the Philippines and other parts of Asia it's the common malunggay that does the trick. So says Henrylito Tacio in this special report on one of Asia's most undervalued trees, now set for greater things.
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Vitamin rich
According to the Biotechnology Program Office of the Department of Agriculture, the malunggay has been found by biochemists and molecular anthropologists to be rich in vitamins C and A, iron, and high density lipoprotein or good cholesterol.
Due to its high calcium content (four times the calcium in milk), lactating mothers in the Philippines are often advised to consume malunggay leaves to produce more milk for their babies. The young malunggay leaves are being boiled and drink as tea.
Gram for gram, malunggay leaves also contain two times the protein in milk. Likewise, it contains three times the potassium in bananas and four times the vitamin A in carrots, and health nutritionists claim that an ounce of malunggay has the same Vitamin C content as seven oranges.
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read full article here: www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3109
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Post by bagani on May 3, 2008 10:06:42 GMT 8
wow! ill ask our kasambahay to cook food with malungay more often! halos pinamimigay lang yan dito sa atin ah! nice..
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Post by leflea on May 3, 2008 12:40:22 GMT 8
my gf works as na nutritionist for the DepEd main office. they are developing malunggay based recipes for public school children. malunggay polvoron anyone? i hope more people realise the value of nutritious plants around us.
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Post by timtan on Jun 10, 2008 0:49:26 GMT 8
nice info. thanks!
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Post by mexophilia on Jun 16, 2008 9:56:56 GMT 8
Nice! Nice! Tinola here I come!
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Post by rocky on Jun 16, 2008 10:29:53 GMT 8
How about when jeepney abruptly cut my path as I was climbing steepest part of Antipolo just before Padi's. Siempre, I lost my momentum and failed to unclip. Largest crankset stabbed deep into my calf muscle. Farmer witnessed the puncture wounds and said "Katas ng pinugpug na Malunggay lang yan." (juices of pounded malunggay leaves).
Farmer was right. Next day puncture wounds were dry and healed after malunggay leaves were applied on wound.
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Post by JP on Jun 16, 2008 11:14:42 GMT 8
vitaminr rich... next time we take our lunch at Janice, we try to request tinola manok with malunggay or hakone with malunggay
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ten
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Post by ten on Jun 16, 2008 11:15:39 GMT 8
Malunggay is also use for lactating mothers to have adequate milk thats the suggestion of by my Lola for my wife..
Will this also work for lactating "fathers"? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Taba® on Jun 16, 2008 12:14:19 GMT 8
Nice...I like malunggay for the tinola and also for dinengdeng or bulanglang in Tagalog...thanks for the info...
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Post by Sparky on Jun 16, 2008 14:40:07 GMT 8
The seed can cure hipertension or highblood in lieu of high rocketing price of medicines. (better than calsebloc?) in the countryside where most have no source of income they used this seed as their daily maintenance for their HB. how? dried the seed and remove the outer shell which is color black, then you can take it directly or you can make as a powder and mix it with H20.
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