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What is the source of your Moringa nutritional information?

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  • Our information about the nutritional content of fresh Moringa leaves, and their comparison with other foods, comes from:

    Gopalan, C., B.V. Rama Sastri, and S.C. Balasubramanian. Nutritive value of Indian foods. Hyderabad, India: (National Institute of Nutrition), 1971 (revised and updated by B.S. Narasinga Rao, Y.G. Deosthale, and K.C. Pant, 1989).

  • The information about the nutritional content of dried Moringa leaves comes from:

    Fuglie, Lowell J., ed. The Miracle Tree: Moringa oleifera: Natural Nutrition for the Tropics. Training manual. 2001. Church World Service, Dakar, Senegal., May 2002.


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