Therapeutic Foods Fighting Global Malnurition

September 29, 2011

Hunger is one of the biggest threats to human health on our planet, and children under five are hit the hardest. It's clear that GMO wheat hasn't made the impact that Monsanto claimed it would.

Still, how do we feed a large amount of people with just a little funding? Ready to use Therapeutic Foods or (RUTFs) seems to be one solution that is making a real difference.

Doctors without borders and other organizations have be nursing many of the world's starving children back to health with RUTFs. The peanut based packaged food is also full of minerals, vitamins, and other necessary nutrients.

Check out this video, from Nourishing the Planet, to learn more.

Image Sources:

.