Ashoka Fellow’s fortified supplementary food has beneficial effects

Basil Kransdorff has been working with HIV/AIDS and TB patients in South Africa for a decade. He realized that part of their difficulty in combating the disease comes from their (often extreme) malnourishment. So he developed a “cocktail” of 28 micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), embedded in a pre-cooked whole grain meal (which contains some essential oils). The micronutrients are in complex forms that increase their bioavailability to the body.  Putting AIDs and TB patients on this advanced nutritional supplement has resulted in dramatic gains in lean body mass, energy levels, and immune system functioning—and, in the case of TB patients, significantly lower rates of re-infection.  These results have now been firmed by an independent university study, which can be found here.