AF-P: Alfalfa/ lucerne useful against malnutrition

kerry (mailto:astingsh@KSU.EDU)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 12:53:22 -0600 

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Date:         Fri, 14 Nov 1997 12:53:22 -0600
From: kerry <mailto:astingsh@KSU.EDU>
Subject:      AF-P: Alfalfa/ lucerne useful against malnutrition
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 SCIENTISTS LOOK TO LEAVES TO FIGHT MALNUTRITION


      Copyright &copy 1997 Agence France-Presse


   PARIS (November 12, 1997 11:17 p.m. EST http://www.nando.net) - A
   humble plant widely grown for animal fodder could turn into a powerful
   tool in fighting malnutrition which affects almost 200 million people
   around the world, scientists say.


   It is now known that the leaves of alfalfa, also called lucerne,
   contain more protein than milk or meat and that eating them regularly
   could help people avoid problems arising from malnutrition such as
   physical and intellectual impairment, tuberculosis, stunted growth,
   anemia and blindness.


[Jacques Subtil, president of the Association to Promote Leaf Extracts in
   Nutrition]
 said the leaf extracts would provide children, pregnant and nursing
   women and old people with a vital nutritional supplement. He said leaf
   extract contained up to 65 percent of protein compared to 35 percent
   for milk, 20 percent for meat or 24 percent for pulses.


[...]
   --By MYRIAM CHAPLAIN-RIOU, Agence France-Presse