You often read that moringa contains a lot of calcium. Things like "gram for gram, moringa contains more calcium than yogurt." However, it is clear from images such as the one below that there is a lot of calcium in moringa in the form of calcium oxalate (see Olson and Carlquist 2001). This is potentially important because the calcium in oxalates is not available as a dietary calcium source. So for a long time there has been some doubt about just how valuable moringa is as a calcium source.
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We usually have moringa much like we eat spinach or chard; boiled quickly and with olive oil. Here are a few more exotic and yummy ways of having moringa we've been eating at home recently. Remember that to obtain a given nutritional benefit from moringa, you need to:
1. Figure out what benefit you need (e.g. protein, vitamin A, etc.) 2. Figure out how much you need per day, and what percentage you need from moringa. 3. Estimate the amount of moringa that will acheive your goal. If you expect to get a significant proportion of your nutrition from moringa, you will find that you need to eat quite a bit of moringa! ...again, remember that moringa is a food, a nutritious leaf vegetable, and prepare it accordingly. |
AuthorDr. Mark E. Olson is a researcher at Mexico's national university and an expert on the biology of the genus Moringa Archives
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