Africa is really blessed with lots of plants to classify as food, of which the African breadfruit is included. Have you come across this plant and it's seeds before ? How can it be prepared? What are it's nutritious benefits? African breadfruit is very popular in Igbo land popularly known as ukwa . Ukwa is usually prepared in different ways and eaten as a main dish. It is a perennial plant. The African breadfruit is rich in vitamins and minerals which includes vitamin b1, b2,b3, b5,b9, potassium, calcium among others. It contains carbohydrate, protein and fat. Benefits Some of its benefits among others includes: It contains enough calories which is good for the day's activities. It is energy giving. African breadfruit contains free radicals which helps to reduce aging marks and other age - related diseases. It prevents heartburn, ulcer and other digestion related illnesses. It contains antioxidants which helps in fighting against som
Have you wondered why our fathers of old didn't experience some of the illnesses we are experiencing today? Before the advance of technology, food preparation were based on crude ingredients. Natural sweetners, aromers/ flavonoids and spices were used in meal preparation and this helped them alot in living a healthy life. But in this modern time, technology has made feeding to be " easily difficult" for all. It is easy because we all can grab a sachet of this spice or that flavonoids and continue with our cooking. It is however difficult because we use more of this packaged stuffs which contains lots of chemicals and some of these chemicals are causing health issues due to excessive usage. We have neglected the old habit of " everything natural". Africa is really a blessed continent with lots of vegetation at our disposal, but sadly, we don't know what most of the grasses, leaves, seeds and nuts all around us are used for, of which the Ehu
