Spirulina

-Food for the Future

Against Malnutrition
SYED ISA SYED ALWI
CEO of Algaetech International, Malaysia

Contents
Who We Are Algaetech International World Hunger /Malnutrition The Statistics Spirulina Against Malnutrition Spirulina Food for the future Algaetechs PREMIA Spirulina-EX Conclusion

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Who We Are?
Algaetech International Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Introduction
Algaetech International was incorporated in Malaysia year 2004 as an investment holding company with group activities in Micro-Algae Research & Development, Consultancy, Production and Marketing for Renewable Energy and High Value Products of Anti-Oxidants (or functional foods)

Sales & Marketing of algae nutritional product such as Premia Spirulina, Spirulina Coffee and others. Research and development of algae for bio fuel

Cultivation of Heamatococcus pluvialis for Astaxanthin production

Consultancy of micro-algae development for renewable energy and high value products from flue gas Consultancy of Green technology solutions

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About Us
Pioneer in the Algae Bio technology in Malaysia since 2004. 100% Bumiputera company with head office in Wisma Rampai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Core competencies in providing clean technology solutions to mankind predominantly by using algae.
Algaetech envisions a greener and cleaner environment by prevention & curing approach for the major earth problems such as global warming and wastes. Successfully implemented many proven solutions for Carbon Credit Management, Methane capturing, waste and water treatment system using Algae etc. Successfully developed technologies to produce commercial algal strains specifically for Malaysian climates and surrounding tropical countries.
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Algaetechs Expertise
R & D of Algae for functional food and bio-fuels

Consultancy in CO2 Sequestration, Carbon Credit Management, Emission Control management and Integrated Renewable Energy Plant combines with algae cultivation and production

Algae Integrated Management System (AIMsys)

Primary production of high value products and anti oxidants such as Spirulina, astaxanthin

Sales & Marketing of algae nutritional product under brand named Premia.

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World Hunger / Malnutrition

..lack of food are the primary reasons why malnutrition occurs.

What is Malnutrition
Malnutrition is the insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients. Every 6 seconds a child dies from malnutrition and related causes. There are lots of causes which are responsible for malnutrition in the world which has emerged as the gravest single threat to the world's public health.

According to the UN World Food Program, over 1 billion people in the world do not have enough to eat.

Poverty is a major cause of malnourishment because it limits the amount of food available to children causing wasting and a lack of vitamins, minerals and nutritional value leading to stunting and low weight.

Malnutrition can affect anyone in any age group. However infants and children are at greater risk because of the higher need of nutrients for a healthy growing.

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World Hunger & Malnutrition Issues

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Worldwide poverty and lack of food are the primary reasons. Families of low-income households do not always have enough healthy food to eat. Children are the most vulnerable to malnutrition because of their high energy needs.

Lack of requisite amounts of vitamins, protein, and essential minerals in the broad populations diet. Medical problems occurring as the result of malnutrition are called deficiency diseases.

Causes & Effect

Their skin is pale, thick, dry, and easily bruised. Rashes and changes in pigmentation are common.
Depending on what nutrients are deficient in the body and unintentionally losing weight may be a sign of malnutrition.

Visual disturbances include night blindness and increased sensitivity to light and glare.
Hair is thin, tightly curled, and easily pulled out. Joints ache and bones are soft and tender. The tongue may be swollen, or shriveled and cracked.

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Others Symptoms
Other symptoms of malnutrition include: Fatigue Dizziness Anemia Diarrhea Disorientation Goiter (enlarged thyroid gland) Loss of reflexes and lack of coordination Muscle twitches Decreased immune response Scaling and cracking of the lips and mouth Children who are over nourished are visibly overweight or obese, and consume more food than their bodies need (or expend too little energy through physical activity).

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The Statistics
According to WHO, several hundred million people are suffering from malnutrition in different parts of the globe and majority belongs to the Third World Countries

Global Hunger
925 million people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union;
(Source: FAO news release, 14 September 2010)

98 percent of the world's hungry live in developing countries;

(Source: FAO news release, 2010)

Asia and the Pacific region is home to over half the worlds population and nearly 2/3 of the worlds hungry people;
(Source: FAO news release, 2010)

Women make up a little over half of the world's population, but they account for over 60 percent of the worlds hungry.
(Source: Strengthening efforts to eradicate hunger, ECOSOC, 2007)

65 percent of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
(Source: FAO news release, 2010)

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Child Hunger

More than 70% of the world's 146 million underweight children under age five years live in just 10 countries, with more than 50 % located in South Asia alone;
(Source: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition, UNICEF, 2006)

10.9 million children under five die in developing countries each year. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60% of the deaths;
(Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)

The cost of under nutrition to national economic development is estimated at US$20-30 billion per annum;
(Source: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition, UNICEF, 2006)

One out of four children - roughly 146 million - in developing countries are underweight;
(Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)

Every year WFP feeds more than 20 million children in school feeding program in some 70 countries. In 2008, WFP fed a record 23 million children.
(Source: WFP School Feeding Unit)

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Malnutrition
It is estimated that 684,000 child deaths worldwide could be prevented by increasing access to vitamin A and zinc
(Source: WFP Annual Report 2007)

Under nutrition contributes to 53% of the 9.7 million deaths of children under five each year in developing countries.
(Source: Under five deaths by cause, UNICEF, 2006)

Lack of Vitamin A kills a million infants a year

(Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, UNICEF)

Iron deficiency is the most prevalent form of malnutrition worldwide, affecting an estimated 2 billion people.
(Source: World Health Organization, WHO Global Database on Anaemia)

Iron deficiency is impairing the mental development of 40-60 % children in developing countries
(Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, p2, UNICEF)

Worldwide, 1.9 billion people are at risk of iodine deficiency, which can easily be prevented by adding iodine to salt
(Source: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition. World Nutrition Situation 5th report. 2005)

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Foods & HIV/AIDS

In the countries most heavily affected, HIV has reduced life expectancy by more than 20 years, slowed economic growth, and deepened household poverty. (Source: 2008 UNAIDS Global Report on the AIDS Epidemic)

In sub-Saharan Africa alone, the epidemic has orphaned nearly 12 million children aged under 18 years. (Source: 2008 UNAIDS Global Report on the AIDS Epidemic).

WFP and UNAIDS project that it will cost on average US $0.70 cents per day to nutritionally support an AIDS patient and his/her family. (Source: Cost of Nutritional Support for HIV/AIDS Projects, WFP, July 2008)

Assistance for orphans and vulnerable children is estimated at US$0.31 per day. (Source: Cost of Nutritional Support for HIV/AIDS Projects, WFP, July 2008)

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Foods & HIV/AIDS

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Spirulina is incredibly rich containing a balance of nutrients that make it virtually a whole food capable of complimenting life without the need for other dietary supplements

What is Spirulina??
Spirulina is microscopic blue - green algae that exist as a single-celled organism turning sunlight into life energy. It is one of the first life forms designed by nature more than 3.6 billion years ago. Spirulina contains billions of years of evolutionary wisdom in its DNA and is an offspring of earths first photosynthetic life forms Spirulina is exceedingly adaptable and occurs in a wide variety of environments including fresh water, tropical springs, saltwater and saltpans.

Spirulina is full of nutrients and very easily digested. Commercially, Spirulina is available as a powder, tablet and capsule or added to foods and health tonics.

Now many people around the globe realize that Spirulina is a powerful food with huge potential as a whole food source & medicine.

There are many forms of valuable algae and in the last 40 years Spirulina has been singled out for its nutritional properties & it became a favorite of the health food industry.

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Why Spirulina??
The gap between the human population and food supply has widened gradually in recent years and the balance is greatly in favor of population growth. Spirulina, micro-algae is a way out for the problems of humankind to be able to survive in the future. Micro-algae are high value, low volume biological materials with a growing demand in health food, therapeutics and specialized feeds. The potentials of microalgae as source of food or food supplements dates backs to many centuries, wherein thick surface growth in water bodies were collected and consumed by ancient Aztec tribes. In the present era, Spirulina, a spirally coiled photosynthetic cyan prokaryote, is often hailed as wonder food of our times, with unusually high protein content and nutraceutical properties.

Spirulina has been existing on the earth surface for more than 3.6 billion years, may be one of the disease preventing and anti aging wonderful nature's gift to mankind.

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Spirulina as Super Food

Spirulina is a wholesome food supplement, richest source of protein (65-71% by
dry weight), vitamins, amino acids, beta carotene, linolenic acid, minerals and other nutrients. Spirulina is claimed as non toxic, nutritious food with corrective properties against viral attacks, anemia, cancer, heptotoxicity, cardiovascular diseases, hyperglycemia, hyperlipedemia, immunodeficiency, inflammatory processes and like. 26 times more calcium than milk 1kg of Spirulina = 1,000Kg of assorted vegetables 6 times more protein than eggs 20 times protein more than milk Richest source of iron and beta carotene, as well as of vitamin B12 Has all the essential amino acids besides necessary enzymes and minerals.

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Spirulina New taste of Foods

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Spirulina Against Malnutrition

There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of Bread Mahatma Gandhi

Prospect
It appears today that Spirulina shows a significant potential for fighting chronic malnutrition and for development. In its 2008 - 2010 report, the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) made two recommendations in that regard International organization working with spirulina should consider preparing a practical guide to small-scale spirulina production. This small-scale production should be orientated towards: i) Providing nutritional supplements for widespread use in rural and urban communities where the staple diet is poor or inadequate;

ii) Allowing diversification from traditional crops in cases where land or water resources are limited

There is a role for both national governments as well as intergovernmental organizations to reevaluate the potential of spirulina to fulfill both their own food security needs as well as a tool for their overseas development

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FOA on Spirulina
Improve technical and economic solutions to Spirulina production in environmentally impoverished conditions.
Develop a practical guide to small-scale Spirulina production that could be used for development mythologies Providing nutritional supplements for use in rural and urban communities where the diet is inadequate

As a short- and medium-term solution to emergency situations where a sustainable supply of high protein/high vitamin foodstuff is required.
Establish a better monitoring of global Spirulina production and product flows Develop some form of web-based resource that allows the compilation of scientifically robust for public access.

Develop clear guidelines on food safety aspects of Spirulina so that human health risks can be managed Spirulina food for the future

UN on Spirulina
Convention for the Use of Food Micro-algae and the Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Spirulina against Malnutrition has been established in keeping with the above agreements and has been granted observer status in the work of the Economic and aiming to encourage greater attention to the production and use of Spirulina for the reduction of hunger and poverty and to combat the food crises.

Takes note of the potential of Spirulina to reduce hunger and malnutrition and to improve the prospects for sustainable development

Calls upon Member States, United Nations agencies and other intergovernmental organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to encourage the production and use of Spirulina
Emphasizes the importance of assisting national activities for the production and use of Spirulina, Use of Food Micro-algae and the Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Spirulina against Malnutrition Decides to review at its sixty-second session, the progress made in these areas, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report, through the Economic and Social Council, on the relevant efforts
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World Spirulina Program

Algaetech International Sdn Bhd, Malaysia has signed an Memorandum of Understanding with IIMSAM for the development of World Spirulina Program (in Malaysia and Asian Region). The mandate is to eradicate and endeavor to sensitize the global community of the urgent need of ending acute malnutrition and actuate collective efforts for the same by mainstreaming the use of Spirulina. With our support and initiatives would help save the lives of almost forty-thousand children that suffer and perish every day from acute malnutrition. It would also empower the lives of almost a billion that are affected negatively by malnutrition worldwide.

Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-Algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition

www.iimsam.org

IIMSAM aspires for cooperation and alliances with the private sector, NGOs, IGOs, academia, and the civil society so that the use of Spirulina be mainstreamed as a tool of policy and practice to deliver to the peoples of the world the daily nutritional requirement of a human body; and to make Spirulina a key-driver to eradicate malnutrition, achieve food security and bridge the health divide with a special priority for the Developing and the Least Developed Countries.

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Algaetech & Spirulina

There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of Bread Mahatma Gandhi

We Introduced PREMIA Spirulina-EX

How PREMIA guarantees product quality of Spirulina? PREMIA Spirulina is processed in more detail in the form of tablets and continue to be bottled Every day, our staff carry out quality control tests in the laboratory at random products the finished products are packed to ensure purity, cleanliness and effectiveness of the product is at the high level of quality Why PREMIA Spirulina is better than the wild Spirulina? PREMIA has chosen the best wild Spirulina and is cultured carefully in controlled clean environment . PREMIA Spirulina contains the same active components such as the wild type but more stable levels of effectiveness and safety. How PREMIA Spirulina is different from other brands? 1. High quality Spirulina is used 2. Cultured in a controlled clean pond environment 3. Quality management from breeding to processing 4. In the process of applying new technologies to maintain purity 5. 100% plant products without preservatives 6. HALAL certified 7. Easily digestible food; and 8. Suitable for all ages

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Our Spirulina Farm

Its located at Technology Park , Malaysia ( 2 acres of land and facilities area) and also at Sentul Jakarta, Indonesia (7 acres of land and facilities area) Target to produce: up to 5 tonne of Spirulina upon full production capacity per annum

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Longest PBR Our Algae Cultivation Project

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Conclusion
Spirulina Food for the Future,
Against Malnutrition

The Conclusion
Malnutrition not only existed, but was readily available, waiting for the opportunity to get into the hands and the solution to this heart-wrenching issue is accessible in the form of a micro-alga known as Spirulina, and the time for it to be distributed is now.

Spirulina is the richest whole-food source available in nature. It is extremely digestible and contains every natural known antioxidant a healthy body could need. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, carotenoids and perhaps most importantly for those who are malnourished- protein. ALGAETECHs, has made it its duty to bring these urgent recommendations strides towards eradicating malnutrition through the production of Spirulina & we are personally witnessed the wonderful things the consumption of Spirulina can do for the severely ill and malnourished.

Just 1 gram of Spirulina a day is sufficient to bring a child who is severely malnourished to health.
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