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Miracle Moringa – A food plant with multiple uses ~Debbie Stewart

Moringa oleifera is coming to the forefront as a result of scientific evidence that Moringa is an important source of naturally occurring phytochemicals and this provides a basis for future viable developments. Different parts of M. oleifera are also incorporated in various marketed health formulations, as recently developed by Fulvic Health Pty Ltd.

Fulvic’s Miracle Moringa

In view of its multiple uses, the M. oleifera plant is widely cultivated in most of the areas where climatic conditions favour its optimum growth. Since this plant naturally occurs in varying habitats, it is naïve to expect a great magnitude of variation in the concentration and composition of chemical ingredients in different parts of the tree. The plant Moringa oleifera is both a vegetable as well as a medicinal herb, and as such a proper analysis, such as provided by Fulvic Health, would look at its macronutrient and nutritional profile in addition to isolated bioactives. Moringa oleifera, known to be rich in multiple medicinally active chemicals, is considered a food plant with multiple medicinal uses and therefore considered relatively safe as they are likely to contain synergistic and/or side effect neutralizing combinations of activities, make it a virtually ideal dietary supplement.

So far numerous studies have been conducted on different parts of M. oleifera, which are known to possess a wide variety of pharmacological activities such as antihypertensive, hepatoprotective, antiulcer, antiasthmatic, antispasmodic and antidiarroeal.

Moringa Supplements abound as awareness increases, because of this plant’s remarkable antioxidant, anti- inflammatory, anti-aging and energy-enhancing qualities, it contains compounds and structurally appears to be protective when orally ingested.

Different parts of this plant contain a profile of important minerals, and are a good source of protein, vitamins, b -carotene, amino acids and various phenolics. The Moringa plant provides a rich and rare combination of zeatin, quercetin, b – sitosterol, caffeoylquinic acid and kaempferol. Moringa leaves act as a good source of natural antioxidant due to the presence of various types of antioxidant compounds such as ascorbic acid, flavonoids, phenolics and carotenoids. Moringa leaves act as a good source of natural antioxidant due to the presence of various types of antioxidant compounds such as ascorbic acid, flavonoids, phenolics and carotenoids. The high concentrationsof ascorbic acid, oestrogenic substances and b-sitosterol [16], iron, calcium, phosphorus, copper, vitamins, A, B and C, a-tocopherol, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, folic acid, pyridoxine, b-carotene, protein, and in particular essential amino acids such as methionine, cystine, tryptophan and lysine present in Moringa leaves and pods make it a virtually ideal dietary supplement (Makkar and Becker, 1996).

Moringa roots and leaves have been used traditionally to treat constipation. Moreover, spasmolytic activity exhibited by different constituents provides pharmacological basis for the traditional uses of this plant in gastrointestinal motility disorder.

Research has shown that an extract of Moringa leaves appears to have anti-obesity properties and protect the body against the adverse effects of a high-fat diet.

Moringa side effects are rare and indicate one may have taken it wrong. We’ve seen it at least a hundred times: People get their Moringa and immediately take too much. Remember,

Moringa is potent so you should not bombard the body with something so strong. Give your body the time it needs to adapt and gain the benefits and follow the protocol.

Choosing The Best Moringa Supplement

With more people clamoring for Moringa to take advantage of its staggering array of nutritional and medicinal benefits, many nutritional supplement companies have jumped on the bandwagon to meet the rapidly growing demand. There’s a bit of a problem with this picture, however. Not all Moringa supplements are made from FRESH leaves . . .and not are all Moringa supplements are made to the highest standards . . . nor provide the highest level of effectiveness possible.

Moringa for Equine Supplementation

As a horse owner and supplier of Equine Animal Feed Additives, I have discovered the benefits of dehydrated moringa leaves as an excellent source of nutrition in horses. The all essential amino acids, beneficial fats and omega oils, potassium, protein, fibre, calcium, iron as well as Vitamin A,B,C vitamins B, B1, B2, B3, C and E, amongst others making it a top-rate supplement, ensuring balanced, optimal health.

Benefits experienced by many worldwide include:

  • increased vitality;
  • increased endurance and stamina;
  • increased bone density;
  • cleans and enriches anemic blood;
  • acts as a natural anti-inflammatory;
  • increased milk yield in lactating mares;
  • assists in managing hard keepers’ weight;
  • conditioning coats and relief from eczema;
  • gives needed vegetable proteins and amino acids, amongst other benefits

Moringa for balanced health

Many horses have benefited from the consumption of the dehydrated leaves. Fulvic Health recommend I feed them each 30g a day. Many horse owners think of providing supplements only when their animals become thin.

For our equine friends, we recommend a daily maintenance dosage of 10gr to 30gr Moringa Miracle Powder for every 100kg animal weight per day. EG: If your horse weighs 500kg II lOgr x 5 (500kg) = 50gr/day mixed into normal feed.

Always ensure plenty of fresh water is available for all our Moringa-using Equine friends as supplementation will make a them more thirsty than usual.

Unlike allopathic medicine, herbs stay in the body over a longer period of time, so an occasional break makes the body less dependent on them and increases the benefits of long- term supplementation.

Herbs as a rule should not be fed to pregnant animals, as many of then have uterine or hormonal stimulant properties. Moringa, like many other Indian herbs, has been found to be an effective antifertility treatment in both in vitro and animal studies. Before feeding a herb to a broodmare or foal, please consult with a vet or holistic animal practitioner to substantiate safety of a specific herb.

 

 

“Where for-the-love-of-all-things-holy ARE you?” ~ Georgina Roberts

I breathed through my nose and resisted the urge to yell into the phone at my boss “Oh, I’m eating cupcakes and painting my nails,” and instead looked folornly at the selection of socks on the Sportsman’s Warehouse floor.  In all my dreams of working for a top rider, I never envisaged arguing about his underwear. Let alone with anyone other than him.

The salespeople were now giving me a wide berth as I sat on the growing heap of softness, agonising over the length of said socks as well as the thickness, for they had to be plush enough to keep my mentor’s feet comfortable for the whole day in his Italian (probably made from baby seal) leather boots while jumping the World Cup, but not SO thick that his toes were being crushed, which had led to the morning’s training session ending abruptly and him peeling off the offending footwear and lobbing them at me with agonised yelps that chastised me, the sock sellers, and the people who had made them.

 There are many things that you never ever envisage yourself doing as a working pupil. And oh my, there are SO many things you are going to do that you cannot tell anyone about…

Like buying a variety of thrush medication at the chemist for a horse’s canker, smiling sweetly as the alarmed pharmacist rings up sixteen tubes at arm’s length.
About the KY jelly tubes that your housekeeper took out of the kitchen, where you had left them conveniently for the next time you needed to artificially inseminate a mare, only to place them discreetly at the bottom of your underwear drawer. Little does she know we are too tired for supper most nights, let alone the level of kink she imagines us indulging in.
And let’s not mention trying to shuffle space in your boot amongst the spurs, whips, and leather straps for the shopping as the car guards (or once-off guests) try to look everywhere BUT there.

The worst is that there is no way to include this in a job description without terrifying twenty year old girls into a convent, so it really is a trial by fire of all the “added extras” you weren’t expecting to do as a stable manager or aspiring championship-winning rider. But, as anyone who has been in horses for years comes to realise, horses have a way of taking over your life, from your heart to your car to – apparently – your underwear drawer.

 Right, the socks.

“I can’t find the right ones,” I whispered into the phone.
“What?” he bellowed, “No, no, I need you here now, the vet is here to AI that client’s mare.”
“Well, the, er, stuff, is in the ice box in my car,” I hissed back at him.
“Are you drunk? What are you talking about?”
“The STUFF,” I muttered, “the STUFF… the… OH, THE SEMEN IS IN MY CAR.” It was too late to take it back. The entire store froze.
“Well why didn’t you say so? Hurry up and get back here.” Click. Sigh. Curse under breath.

I gathered the shreds of my dignity as the staff muffled laughter. It was only when I got out the parking lot that I realised the two pairs of socks I was agonising over were tucked firmly under my arm. There was no time to go back, and in any case, I felt that it was my deserved fee for being mocked.

I flew into the yard, the semen stowed safely in the Equitainer in my one hand, socks in the other.  My boss was about to berate me loudly in front of the vet and the client when he saw them, and whipped them out of my hand in delight, exclaiming loudly as he skipped away that I was the best stable manager he had ever had. The vet was already irritably examining the sperm motility, and the groom moaned at me for making his lunch run late.

 

Still, I felt that warm glow of pride in my chest for the rest of the day. We inseminated the mare, and it was only later when I was lying on the sofa arguing with my housemate over who’s turn it was to cook, that I realised getting praised for a job well done, especially when it involves sock theft and another tube of KY for your maid to find in the kitchen (“Wena, dis one!”), is kinda like wetting yourself in dark breeches: you may have a warm feeling, but no one else really notices, and you sure as hell can’t tell them.

 

Still, kinda tempted to add it to my CV.