In fact, he just launched the "Malunggay Republik", an informal movement meant to help address unemployment. He says that the movement "is the answer to many issues and problems, from malnutrition, poor health, to poverty, unemployment, among others."There is supposed to be a huge demand for malunggay as an alternative source of biofuels, food fortifier and animal feeds. One businessman says that there could be as many as a million malunggay growers in the next one or two years to meet the global demand.
Biochemists and molecular anthropologists have declared that malunggay, known as moringa in English, is very rich in vitamins C and A, iron and high density lipoprotein (HDL) or good cholesterol. Its seeds have been found to be effective as water purifier.
According to another source in the web, malunggay leaves have 7 times the Vitamin C of oranges, 4 times the vitamin A of carrots, 4 times the calcium of milk, 3 times the pottasium of bananas and 2 times the protein of yogurt. It's really super food!
It has vitamins B1, B2 and B3, chromium, copper, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and zinc. Amino acids, including two which are important for kids, argenine and histidine, are also in malunggay.
Pol Rubia, vice president of AANI said that our native malunggay is the best variety among all the others in many parts of the globe. So why has our malunggay not received the recognition it deserves?
Secretary Joey is not really kidding.
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