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Howarth E. "Howdy" Bouis (born October 10, 1950), is an American economist whose work has focused on agriculture, nutrition outcomes, and reducing micronutrient malnutrition, also known as hidden hunger. [1] He is the founder and former director of HarvestPlus, [2] a global non-profit agricultural research program.
Curcuma petiolata (also known as jewel of Thailand, [3] Siam tulip, hidden ginger, [3] pastel hidden ginger, [3] hidden lily [3] or queen lily [4]) is a plant of the Zingiberaceae or ginger family. It is native to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Java .
Micronutrient deficiencies are considered a public health problem worldwide. For over 30 years it has been estimated that more than two billion people of all ages are affected by this burden, [1] while a recently published study based on individual-level biomarker data estimated that there are 372 million children aged 5 years and younger, and 1.2 billion non-pregnant women of reproductive age ...
A lack of essential micronutrients, such as vitamin D and magnesium, as well as a few others, may be behind 'hidden hunger' associated with type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
On November 21, 2004, 60 Minutes aired a report on the effectiveness of the plant as a natural appetite suppressant. [ 14 ] The media coverage and heavy marketing by nutritional supplement companies have created such a demand for Hoodia spp. plants that a protected status was imposed in several countries, such as Namibia .
A man-eating plant is a fictional form of carnivorous plant large enough to kill and consume a human or other large animal. The notion of man-eating plants came about in the late 19th century, as the existence of real-life carnivorous and moving plants, described by Charles Darwin in Insectivorous Plants (1875), and The Power of Movement in Plants (1880), largely came as a shock to the general ...
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The seeds of the plant contain between six and 20 percent 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP). [3] [4] 5-Hydroxytryptophan is an important building block for the human body to form serotonin, a neurotransmitter. [5]