7 HEALTH BENEFITS OF TIGER NUTS

 

Recently, I discovered a new food I could eat. Its crunchy, sweet and altogether delicious, and it has a ton of nutritional benefits.

I’m happy to introduce you to tiger nuts from Organic Gemini and I am sure that you will enjoy them, even if you follow a specific nutrition protocol or not.

Tiger nuts are misnomer, because these aren’t nuts, they are actually a vegetable – a type of starchy tuber. Tiger nuts are also called chufa, nut grass or yellow nut sedge.

Popularly called aki awusa in Eastern part of Nigeria (Igbo), and ofio in many parts of Nigeria. It is highly nutritious and contains ingredient that:

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1.    Helps to prevent heart attacks.

2.    Improve blood circulation.      

With its high amino acid content, especially one called arginine, it has been shown to be beneficial to those suffering with high blood pressure.

Tiger nuts were highly valued food in ancient Egypt interestingly there is ancient Egyptians and depicting the careful sorting of tiger nuts.

What do tiger nuts look like or taste like?

They taste sweet, they also taste nutty, earthly, vanilla flavor, milky, infact they are just delicious. I like the taste and I know you will like it too.

NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF TIGER NUT

1.    Allergen free: Tiger nuts allergies are probably one of the rarest food allergies ever. Since they are a tuber, tiger nuts are completely soy, diary, gain, nut, seed free. Further, Organic Gemini has a dedicated gluten-free, peanut-free and tree nut-free facility to prevent gross-contamination.

2.    Resistant starch: Tiger nuts are the highest whose source of a unique type of taste of fiber called resistant starch. Besides the pleasant flavor and texture. The resistant starch content makes people to eat tiger nuts on a regular basis. Resistant starch is a highly beneficial pre-biotic which feeds the good bacteria in your digestive tract known to be rich in fiber, the nuts helps the digestive system and also aids weight loss.

Resistant starch has been a hot topic lately in the health world as more and more research shows the unique benefits of this plant fiber. For example research indicates that resistant starch could be a powerful component in preventing diabetes and obesity.

3.    Healthful fats: Unlike other starchy vegetables tubers such as potatoes, tiger nuts are a good source of healthful fats. Tiger nuts have a fatty acids. Composition similar to olive oil. With the fat composition being about 73% mono unsaturated fat, 18% saturated fat and 9% poly unsaturated fat.

Tiger nuts are good:

Sources of Magnesium

Tiger nuts are a good natural source of magnesium which is needed by the body’s muscle and nerves. It has also been noted that magnesium also helps to regulate the heart beat and maintain healthy blood pressure levels.

Sources of Protein

Protein is vital for every young person. Tiger nuts are veritable source of protein which is vital ingredients weed in the buildings of muscle, skin and bone, tiger nuts are infact nature’s best, non-meat, source of protein that there.

As I said earlier tiger nuts are good for diabetic patient. The insoluble fiber found in it can be a great help to diabetics. Insoluble fiber is important to diabetics because unlike other carbohydrates it does not cause peaches and troughs in the blood sugar levels.

Tiger nuts contain no lactose but plenty of calcium, so it makes a great alternative to cow’s milk for people who are lactose intolerant.

 Also recent studies have found that tiger nuts are brimming with vitamins and minerals. They are a superb source of vitamins C and E, and minerals such as potassium and phosphorus. Some yoghurt drinks are now being made with added tiger nut milk to boast their nutritional content.

The black specie of the tiger nut is an excellent medicine for boson lumps and cancer, as well as any type of internal concentration and inflammation. It could be used as eye compress and to bandage wounds.

Tiger nuts are beneficial to everyone, the young, the old, the healthy and non-healthy. Have good life time and enjoy your tasty “tiger nuts”.

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