While I was pulling my hair about whether I would help my cousin by
buying the expensive product and perhaps getting a discount by being
a distributor, I researched the main ingredient, the Moringa oleifera
tree. Being the "educated"(brushing shoulders off) college grad that
I am, I looked to peer reviewed scientific journals. There was a lot
of impressive stuff about it (complete from A to Zinc, antioxidants,
all amino acids, etc, etc) it seemed the claims that Zija were making
were true. It even impressd me because the product seemed to have
many supporters including UNICEF...
Africa Eco Foundation
African and Hindustani Centers of Diversity
African Conservation Foundation
Africast Foundation
AGADA - Alternative Action for African Development
Agricultural Developments South America
Agriculture Mission Fellowship, Taiwan
Agroforestry Net, Inc.
Agrotech Co. Ltd., Sudan
ALMS - Ark of Life Ministries, Zambia
ANAMED - Action for Natural Medicine, Germany
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Apostolic Womens' Movement, Ghana
Association of Farmers, Educators and Traders, Gambia
Association pour la Santé Préventive de Rosso, Mauritania
AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center Works
BHD - Biotechnology for Human Development
Binga Foods and Nutritional Committee, Binga District Hospital,
Zimbabwe
Binga Trees Trust Project
BIOMASA - Honenheim University
British Overseas Development Agency
CADEC - Catholic Development Commission
Canada - Micronutrient Initiatives
CDE - Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa
CEEM - Christian Ecology and Development Ministry, India
Center for Cross-Cultural Epidemiologic Studies, Drew University
Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
Christian Family Agric. Ministry, Ghana
CID - Center for International Development
Compagnie Commerciale de Mumuri S.A., Burundi
Companeros en Ministerio/Partners in Ministry, Mexico
CRDA - Christian Relief and Development Association
CTA - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation,
Netherlands, West Indies and Western Samoa
CWS - Church World Service
CWS/Crop Walk
DART - Development Alternatives, Research and Training, Nigeria
EBCEF - Ethiopian Books for Children and Educational Foundation
ECHO - Education Concerns for Hunger Organization, Inc.
Ecological Internet, Inc. - Forests.org
Environment Africa
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
Feed the Children, Uganda
Gambia National Nutrition Agency and Council
Gambia United National Environment Programme
German Development Services
German-Ethiopian Association
GIANT - Global Initiative for AIDS Nutritional Therapy
Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species
GLOW Ministries International, Haiti
GoodWorks International LLC - UN Ambassador Andrew Young's Foundation
Government of the Philippines, National Nutrition Council
Grace In Motion Ministries, Brazil
Groupe de Recherche et d'Actions pour un Développement Durable, Benin
Happy Farmers Maun, Botswana
Harold Martin Botanic Garden, University of Leicester, England
Heifer International Foundation - Global Food Crisis Fund
HIMCON - Himalayan Consortium for Himalayan Conversation
IDEE-Casamance, NGO, Senegal
India National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical
Research
INERA - Institut de l'Environnement et des Recherches Agricoles
International Eye Foundation
International Moringa Network
International Trypanotolerance Centre
Japan Moringa Association
Kenya Forestry Research Institute
KMTC Agricultural Training Centre
Kyoto City, Japan - Water Purification Project
Lutheran World Federation, Dept. for World Service, Mauritania
Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Médecins Aux Pieds Nus
Mercy Ships
Ministry of the Atmosphere and Natural Resources
Missouri Botanical Gardens, Washington University, St. Louis,
Missouri
Mlup Baitong, NGO, Cambodia
Moringa Energie Developpement SA, Senegal
Moringa Garden Circle
Moringa Research Agency, Kenya
NANA - National Nutrition Agency
National Agricultural Research Center, Saudi, Arabia
National Council of Churches USA
National Geographic Society
National Science Foundation
New GENESIS, Haiti
New York Botanical Garden, Botanical Science Research and Training
Office International de l'Eau, France
One Spirit, USA
Optima of Africa
Peace Corps
Permacultora Dominicana, Dominican Republic
Phytotrade Africa
Prek Leap National School of Agriculture, Cambodia
Presbyterian Church of the Sudan
PROPAGE - Association pour la Promotion des Ressources Végétales des
Régions arides et Semi Arides, France
Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources - Forestry
and Range Dept., Kuwait
Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plants Products
Rotary Club
RUAF - Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture & Forestry
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, England
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Rural Women's Movement, South Africa
Sehgal Foundation, India
Shakuntala Bidyadhar Trust
Silva Forest Foundation
Stoneleigh, Shroshire, England
The Berkeley Reafforestation Trust
The Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning International
Togo Nature Environment
Tokyo University of Agriculture, Department of Nutritional Science,
Japan
Trees for Africa
Trees for Life Moringa Project
TULUM Ltd.
UNICEF
United Methodist Committee on Relief
United Nations World Food Program
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Social, and Cultural
Organization
Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil
Université Abdou Moumouni, Niger
Université Cadi Ayad-faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Maroc
Universite Cheikh Anta diop de Dakar, Senegal Laboratory of
Nutritional Physiological Chemistry
Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Benin
University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
University of Botswana
University of Dschang, FASA, Cameroon
University of Ghana, Biochemistry Department
University of Hawaii - CTAHR
University of Kansas School of Medicine
University of Leicester, England
University of Stellenbosch, Dpt of Physiological Studies, South
Africa
University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands
University of Wageningen, Division of Human Nutrition
U. S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service - NFTA
Wangari Maathai Foundation
WECADI - Wakiso Environment Conservation and Development Initiative,
Uganda
WAECHE -Williams Adedayo Enter Community Health Evangelism, Nigeria
West Indies Self Help WISH Mission, Haiti
World Vision
World Water Forum
Zimbabwe Forestry Commission
Zimbabwe Rural District Council
It impressed me because supposedly this "miracle tree" is being fed
to the starving people of the world.
My question is... Is it ok for me to believe in this tree? Shoot I
want to live long and prevent cancer. That damn drink was way too
expensive. ( I had to tell my cousin that it would be a luxury for
me to get auto-shipment of that crappy juice, so that she wouldn't
feel bad. But she hates me anyway because I told her that they sell
the tree (pods, flowers, leaves, powdered, and even seeds to grow in
your own backyard) at my local Asian supermarket. And there is a
farm growing that stuff locally here in San Diego.) I told her about
it and I think that is what pushed her over the edge to hate
me. "You didn't do the research, didn't you know that cooking it
will strip it of it's nutrients?" I said that I would eat it as a
salad. She said it would be too bitter. I said I am going to grow
one in my backyard. She said it won't grow here. She said, the
drink is formulated JUST RIGHT, so you absorb ALL the nutrients.
Dude, I am a fitness, nutrition, and health major. I told my Aunt
about our fight... I told her I was no longer going to debate with
her because I felt like I was in the boxing ring with a
quadraplegic. (please don't take offense, I hope you get the point)
I think this is a really good SCAM, let me know what you think? Zija
International
www.drinklifein.
Thanks for letting me vent again!
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