GOES JEWISH
MALNUTRITION EXPLAINED
• Modern agricultural systems and food refining has
caused the nutrient content of food to drop by up to
76% over the past 50 years
• The result is ‘hidden hunger’ (micro nutrient
deficiencies) - when, even with a full stomach, a
person hasn’t absorbed enough vitamins or minerals
• Many man-made vitamins cannot properly be
absorbed by the body, or are destroyed by cooking
• Nutrients need to be supplied in a ‘food-state’ form
to be effectively absorbed by the body
NUTRIENT REPLETENESS
• Nutrient repleteness refers to our body’s optimal
nutritional condition that will result from a wellbalanced, nutrient-rich diversified diet
• Nutrient Repleteness is the basis of good health,
well-being, and sustainable development
• The body will perform optimally when it is‘nutrient
replete’as a result of it biologically absorbing the
necessary quantities of nutrients on a daily basis
NUTRITION EXPLAINED
• For good quality of life, the body requires essential
nutrients on a daily basis
• When a person gets ill, is under stress or is doing
physical exercise, the body’s nutritional processes,
including the immune system, require extra nutrients
to address the challenges
• This is particularly so for the elderly who generally
eat smaller quantities of food that may lack nutrients
BENEFITS OF GOOD NUTRITION
• Helps to keep weight stable
• Helps prevent muscle loss and maintain strength,
thereby enabling the person to remain active
• Helps replace nutrients that are lost due to stress,
disease or due to poor quality of food
• Improves wound healing
• Faster recovery from infections
• Person is able to deal better with medication and
treatment
• Foods / nutrients help drugs work more effectively
e’Pap TECHNOLOGY
• Industrial chemist Basil Kransdorff and his wife Rose,
set out to combat‘hidden hunger’
• They developed e'Pap’ which, in one food portion,
delivers 28 nutrients – many of the important
nutrients found in a well balanced diet
• Currently, e'Pap is used in many programs, from
sport, HIV/TB support to crèche and school feeding
and company wellness programs
e’Pap FOR THE ELDERLY
• Ailments including general health issues, bedsores,
brittle bones and chronic diseases can be better
managed with improved nutrition
• Sandringham Gardens (SG) has been using e’Pap in
their frail care section to help patients who are unable
to get adequate nutrition because of eating difficulties
• Because of the noticeable benefits, it is worthwhile
incorporating e’Pap into meals at SG
• Will enable residents to better get their daily vitamin
and mineral quota and will have an enormous positive
impact on residents’ health, energy and well being
resulting in an improved quality of life
CHALLENGES
Serving a non-traditional meal such as e’Pap in porridge
form may:
•Not be a popular option amongst residents
•Generate boredom by not encouraging menu diversity
•Not allow SG residents to play an active role in
choosing what they like to eat
e’Pap RECIPE BOOK
• Residents at SG will be invited to submit traditional
Jewish recipes based on what they enjoy and what they
are eating at mealtimes
• These recipes will be modified to integrate fixed
quantities of fortified e’Pap flour
• Recipes will be tested by the residents to select the best
options
• The nutrients can then be incorporated into the SG food
chain through its catering facility
• Could benefit many people, including the residents at
the Selwyn Segal, Arcadia and the TLC
• The best recipes will form an‘e’ Pap Jewish Recipe
Book’ available to the larger community
SAMPLE RECIPES
e’HAMANTASCHEN
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 cups of flour
1 cup e’Pap
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
SAMPLE RECIPES
INGREDIENTS
4 large potatoes
1 onion
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp salt
2 Tbs e’Pap
Pepper to taste
Oil for frying
e’LATKES
SAMPLE RECIPES
e’KNEIDLACH
INGREDIENTS
2 eggs
2 Tbs schmaltz
4 Tbs soda water
3 Tbs matzo meal
3 Tbs e’Pap
Salt and pepper
SAMPLE RECIPES
INGREDIENTS
1 kg minced fish
2 eggs
½ cup oil
¼ cup matza meal
¼ cup e’Pap
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup water
Salt & pepper
e’GEFILTE FISH
The Torah recognizes that sustenance
and food security are the necessary
foundations of life.
Mishna, Pirkei Avot 3:20
Without sustenance, there is no Torah;
without Torah there is no sustenance.
‫ אין קמח‬,‫ אין תורה; אם אין תורה‬,‫אם אין קמח‬