BENEFITS OF PALM WINE YOU SHOULD KNOW
PALM WINE IS NATURAL JUICE FROM PALM TREES, IT IS GOTTEN THROUGH FEW PROCESSES BEFORE THE JUICE OR WINE IS EXTRACTED FROM THE PALM TREE, AND IT IS COMMONLY FOUND IN AFRICA. PALM WINE IS SAID TO BE ALL NATURAL WINE WITH LOTS OF NATURAL VITAMINS, MINERALS, ANTIOXIDANTS AND VARIOUS BENEFITIAL COMPONENTS TO THE BODY THAN OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHICH HELPS TO BUILD CELLS, TISSUES, SKIN, VISION/SIGHT ETC
WE SHALL BE DISCUSSING FEW BENEFITS OF PALM WINE WE SHOULD KNOW AND SOME PRECAUTIONS WE SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF, WHEN IT COMES TO PALM WINE.
HERE ARE THE FEW SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN BENEFITS OF PALM WINE
PALM WINE IMPROVES EYESIGHT/VISION
PALM WINE HELPS IN MAINTAINING GOOD EYE HEALTH, BECAUSE IT CONTAINS THE ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINB C (ASCORBIC ACID) WHICH IS FOUND IN OTHER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, WHICH IS GOOD FOR OUR VISION. VITAMIN B1 (ALSO KNOWN AS THIAMINE) WHICH ALSO HELP IN IMPROVING OUR VISION/SIGHT. THIS IS WHY SOME SCOLARS AND RESEARCHERS ARGUE THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN THE VILLAGE(S) HAVE BETTER SIGHT THAN PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITIES BECAUSE PALM WINE IS THEIR PRIMARY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
PALM WINE HELPS TO REDUCED RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR (HEART) DISEASES
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT DRINKING MODERATE AMOUNT OF PALM WINE HAS BEEN HELPING TO REDUCE RISK OF DEVELOPING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE SUCH AS HEART FAILURE; THIS STUDY CONDUCTED BY (LINGBERG THOMAS AND EZRA LIZZY IN 2008 USA),SHOWS THAT PALM WINE CONTAIN POTASSIUM WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN BY RESEARCH TO IMPROVE HEART HEALTH AND BRING DOWN HYPERTENSION.
HOWEVER, DRINKING IT IN EXCESS HAS AN ADVERSE EFFECT LIKE DESTROYING THE LIVER
PALM WINE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
PALM WINE CONTAINS VITAMINS B2 (ALSO KNNOWN AS RIBOFLAVIN), RIBOFLAVIN IS AN ANTIOXIDANT WHICH HELPS IN FIGHT AGAINST SOME CANCER CAUSING AGENT CALLED RADICALS AND REDUCES THE RISK OF SOME CANCER (BREAST, KIDNEY ETC..)
PALM WINE HELPS IN HAVING A HEALTHY SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS
IN PALM WINE, IRON AND VITAMIN B COMPLEX IS FOUND AND THEY ARE A GOOD IMPORTANT FOR HEALTHY SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS.
ALSO, IRON IS VERY GOOD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH AND FUNCTIONING OF SOME CELLS IN OUR BODY WHICH PROMOTES HEALTHY LIVING. THIS ALSO HELPS TO HEALING OUR WOUNDS, CUT ON THE SKIN, REPAIRING OUR TISSUES ETC... AND HENCE, HELPS TO GROW HEALTHY CELLS
PALM WINE HELPS LACTATION IN BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS
PALM WINE HAS BEEN PROVED BY RESEARCHERS (PROF LARRY, MIT 1986), USING SOME AFRICANS COUNTRIES AS CASE STUDY e.g. NIGERIA, CAMEROON, GHANA AND OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA THAT PALM WINE HELP BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS WHEN THEY HAVE LIMITED BREAST MILK TO FEED THEIR BABIES TO PRODUCE MORE MILK.
RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE THE EXACT PROPERTY(S) OF PALM WINE THAT HELPS STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION OF BREAST MILK IN BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS.
HERE ARE THE FEW PRECAUTION
AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD WITH BENEFITS WITHOUT DISADVATAGES. WE STATE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTION TO AVOID IMPLICATIONS
DO NOT DRINK FERMENTED PALM WINE IN EXCESS, FERMENTED PALM WINE IN EXCESS IS DETRIMMENTAL TO OUR HEALTH. FERMENTED PALM WINE IS LOCALLY CALLED “WHITE MIMBO”
FERMENTED PALM WINE CONTAINS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ALCOHOL, WHICH IS PROBABLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE BRANDED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WE DRINK
EXCESS INTAKE OF FERMENTED PALM WINE MAY DESTROY OUR KIDNEY, LIVER AND OTHER IMPORTANT SYSTEMS IN OUR BODY
DRINKING EXCESS ALCOHOL IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR HYPERTENSION(ESPECIALLY IN MEN)
DRINK RESPONSIBLY
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I never knew of these palm wine benefits. Good stuff Samuel.
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