Name: Jose Alberto D. Pagharion Class: 11-Simplicity Date: Sept.

24,2018

Question Does Moringa Oleifera have health benefits?

Moringa (aka horse radish/drumstick tree) is an edible

plant which is native to Asia and Africa. So how exactly
was I enjoying the shade of a Moringa in Arizona? It
seems that British colonists brought the tree from India
to Africa and Jamaica. Thanks to globalization, Moringa
has been planted around the world and is now
Introduction cultivated worldwide.
Moringa is a hardy tree which requires less than 800mm
per year of irrigation. It grows quickly and can reach
heights of 12 m in just a few years. On the plus side, that
means Moringa is seen as a reliable crop, but on the
negative side, it is discriminated in poorer countries as
just a “famine food.”
Some medical uses of Moringa leaves are used for
malaria, typhoid, parasitic infections, arthritis,
hypertension, diabetes, immune boosting, cardiac
stimulation, contraception, and as a lactation aid
Central Claim seeds are used for stomach ulcers, toothache, poor vision,
hemorrhoids, and as biomass for biodiesel production
roots are used as a “sex enhancer”
flowers are used as an aphrodisiac, to treat hysteria and
enlargement of the spleen.

Author’s Point of I had to do my own research. Feeling a little guilty, I sat under
View or Purpose
the shade of a large Moringa tree and checked out its
credentials as a “natural superfood” and “miracle tree.”
Claim I Claim II Claim III Counterclaim I

Does it have
Does it balance
Does it affect bloodsugar? antioxidant Is moringa safe?
hormones?
properties?

Evidence I Evidence II Evidence III Evidence I

Moringa inhibits
There is a single Studies the activity of
Laboratory
healthy-volunteer done in the cytochrome
studies suggest
study looking at the vitro show P450 3A4
that Moringa
antidiabetic effects that Moringa system in the
influences
of Moringa. Further leaves liver (19). This
hormones, but it
studies in patients significantly raises the
is very unclear as
with the metabolic decrease gene possibility of
to what specific
syndrome+/diabetes expression clinically
role Moringa
are needed and significant drug
plays. Much more
production of interactions
research is
inflammatory with
needed to
markers in medications
untangle the
macrophage metabolized by
hormonal role of
white cells this system,
Moringa before it
would be ready such as anti-HIV
for human drugs, anti-TB
studies. Only then drugs, and some
could BP medications.
recommendations The leaves are
be made on the more potent
hormonal effects inhibitors of the
of this tree cytochrome
system as
 compared to the
roots.

Minor detail I: Minor detail II: Minor detail III: Minor detail I:

study in rats A study in ten Laboratory Moringa oleifera

showed that healthy studies confirm is safe at levels ≤
Moringa leaf volunteers in the anti- 1,000 mg/kg
exerted an Thailand inflammatory body weight but
antifertility measured the and antioxidant has been shown
effect in female insulin response properties of to be genotoxic
rats, primarily to increasing Moringa, but at supra-
by modulating doses of Moringa. this has yet to supplementation
the expression There was a be replicated in levels of 3,000
of estrogen and statistically human clinical mg/kg body
progesterone. significant trials. weight
reduction in the
insulin secretion
rate following 4 g
of Moringa as
compared to
baseline.
 Does Moringa Oleifera have health benefits? My opinion about the research of
moringa oleifera is yes there are some health benefits but the author says that
the plant needs to be studied more to prove that the claims of the author to be
true and the only research that they have done are only on lab rats or animals
some research that they had done on humans worked some didn’t.

Moring oleifera is a useful plant it is used in some dishes, it can even be used for
water purification, In developing countries, moringa has the potential to
improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development, and
support sustainable landcare. It may be used as forage for livestock, and a
micronutrient liquid.

But I still cant give my pros and cons about its health benefits because the
research is still not complete for the claims to be true.
Reference:
https://healthybutsmart.com/moringa-oleifera-benefits/
Dr Merry FRCPI PhD
Dr. Merry is an practising M.D from Ireland. She holds a Ph.D in
pharmacology from Trinity College in Dublin, and a fellowship in
infectious disease at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Dr Merry has published extensively in high impact factor peer reviewed
journals and acts as reviewer for a number of medical journals. A sample
of Dr Merry’s contributions to journals can be seen below.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera