Just like the caption reveals some of our vegetables, fruits, food product are highly nutritious and medicinal, and one of such is Bitter kola. It has high nutritiounal content when eaten raw. Study reveal that Bitter Kola contain carbohydrate of 70.31% ( abundant ), moisture content of 9.28% was significantly high, ash 4.17%, crude fibre 3,94% , crude protein 11.27%, ether extract/fat 1.03 were present in appreciable amount. The level of vitamin C, calcium, potassium, and iron were significantly high. This result suggest that Bitter Kola posses nutritional and healthy benefit.
Do you know that eating a piece of Bitter Kola daily help in the treatment of low libido, erectile dysfunction and reduction of high blood pressure?
A recent study of Bitter Kola in Science Journal of Microbiology showed that seed and leaf of Bitter Kola have anti-bacterial activity on clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, salmonella typi, fever and diarrhea. The seed also is good for liver treatment.
Bitter kola is so potent that it is often used to neutralized any kind of poison and when grounded into powder and sprayed in the environment it keeps snake away. So you see that Bitter Kola is not only good for your sour throat! Bitter! Yes but very nutritious and medicinal..... Make it a a way of life to eat one Bitter Kola daily.
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