EL HOTEL KRAFT APOYA LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN SPIRULINA
EL ALGA QUE VENCE LA MALNUTRICION
Espirulina un alga microscopica de la cual bastan dosis minimas para evitar y contrastar los daños de una alimentaciòn pobre. Sus efectos son tangibles: su riqueza de vitaminas, sales minerales, hierro y calcio logran combatir los retrazos en el desarrollo fisico e intelectivo y con disfunciones a nivel inmunitario. Se calcula que la malnutriciòn afecta 300 millones ne niños en el mundo y para salvar 36000 jovenes vidas al dia no es necesario inundar de alimentos el sur sino que bastan pocos gramos de espirulina por 6 semanas para tratar un niño desnutrido.
Antenna Technologies puso en funcionamento un sistema de produccion en estanques, facilmente aprovechables en las zonas menos favorecidas.
Por ejemplo un estanque de 20 metros cuadrados suministra la cantidad de spirulina suficiente para equilibrar la condiciòn nutricional de 150 niños.
Esta alga microscopica es uno de los pocos organismos que se desarrollan en un ambiente acuàtico extremadamente alcalino, una particularidad importante, considerando que se trata de una planta acostumbrada a crecer en latitudes tropicales.
Facil de producir, poco costosa y sobre todo portentosa.
Otra prerrogativa es aquella de proporcionar una alternativa de desarrollo economico a los paises mas pobres.
Attualmente Antenna è attiva in circa 12 paesi e 30.000 bambini beneficiano dei suoi programmi.
It is time to recognise the role of spirulina in the fight against chronic malnutrition
On behalf of the Swiss
ANTENNA Technologies Foundation, we are pleased to present you with our latest report 'Spirulina in the fight
against malnutrition: Assessment and prospects'. It is an introduction to the
nutritional and therapeutic properties of spirulina, and an overview of the many
studies on the topic.
The importance of spirulina, a micro-alga rich in proteins and micro-nutrients,
is already very well established. For many years, health agencies and NGOs have
used it to successfully treat mild and moderate child malnutrition in the countries
of the South. It also has considerable development potential as a local, low-cost
crop and has been subjected to due diligence in standards and safety checks.
Despite its proven value in the field, spirulina has not been recognised by those
who lead the fight against malnutrition – governments, inter-governmental organisations
and the key NGOs. And yet they have a significant say in its development, and
their support is vital. At present, the FAO and a number of countries stand out
alone for having acknowledged the potential of spirulina and including it in national
health and nutrition programmes.
Help us, please, to secure the recognition of spirulina's role in the fight against
mild and moderate malnutrition!
We invite you to nominate your organisation's spirulina specialist to us.
ANTENNA is working on the production and distribution of spirulina and spirulina
products in 15 developing countries. We would like to share our rich knowledge
base of scientific data and our extensive field experience.
http://www.antenna.ch/en/research/malnutrition
Denis von der Weid
Director
ANTENNA Technologies Foundation
Prof. Dr méd. Claude Regamey
Former medical director of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Cantonal
Hospital of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Former chair of the Central Ethics Committee of the Swiss Academy of Sciences
Fondation ANTENNA Technologies
29, rue de Neuchâtel, CH – 1201 Genève, Suisse
Ph.: 0041 22 731 10 34 - Fax: 0041 22 731 97 86
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