The Health Benefits of Bitter Leaf
What are some of the touted health benefits of bitter leaf? Bitter leaf juice is known to have nutritional and therapeutic benefit which depends on its constituents for its efficiency when consumed. In Nigeria, bitter leaf juice is prepared and consumed at room temperature and elevated temperatures for treatment of malaria, reducing blood sugar levels, as anti-oxidants, anti-bacterial and other numerous medicinal and pharmaceutical properties. Paradoxically, most of the nutrients, tend to be destroyed in the cooking process. Usually, stews containing the leaves are cooked for prolonged periods of time, partly to rid the leaves of the bitter taste, but in so doing ruining the nutritional benefits. (So it’s best to steel yourself and eat the leaf raw.) Read on for some of the claims of this magical leaf. Contains lots of vitamins and mine...
