IIMSAM official Dr. Naseer Homoud urged Governments to consider usage of Spirulina

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 26, 2010 --

In his press note Dr. Homoud stressed that hunger, malnutrition, undernourishment, and poverty are some of the most crucial inter-related reasons behind the retrogressive and deteriorating situations of human development though the world today has enabled itself through technologies and infrastructure which can easily sustain the growing pressure of population and its allied emergencies. “Among these blots on the face of global humane existence, hunger and malnutrition are being situated as the first priority because of their devastating consequences in terms of progress, growth, productivity, and future implications for humanity”. Dr. Homoud said. He further added that Malnutrition is the insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients from which a number of other different nutrition disorders arise. “Malnutrition is, by far, the central biggest threat to global public health and is the largest contributor to child mortality, present in almost half of all cases. In a world in which we boast of our scientific, material and cultural advancements, these problems must be dealt with in a sincere and honest manner”. Dr. Homoud said while expressing his concern.

Dr. Homoud urged for extensive cultivation, usage and distribution of Spirulina for obvious benefits of using spirulina in humanitarian emergencies are that it can be taken directly from the packet; it does not require refrigeration or mixing with scarce clean water; it can be stored for years; and can be smoothly consumed by critically ill children. Spirulina also provides high concentrations of many other nutrients like amino acids, chelated minerals, photosynthetic pigments, rhamnose sugars (complex natural plant sugars), trace elements, enzymes, fatty acids that are in an easily assimilable form. It use in human, animal, agricultural and nutritional needs has been well documented and researched.

“The role and contribution of spreading spirulina in encountering the problems of hunger and malnutrition cannot be negated as it has proved its medicinal credentials in the prevailing social and material conditions of the world. Only by using it in the developing as well as least developed countries of the third world, we can be able to achieve the humanitarian targets set by us, thus securing humanity of all the basic evils and paving way for future peace, stability, progress, advancement and overall improvement of humanity. Its spread and use is fully concomitant and consonant with the basic and the most fundamental human rights to live and to food without which our future goals will never be achieved”. Dr. Homoud said while highlighting importance of Spirulina amid global hunger crisis.

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