BENEFITS OF BITTER KOLA (Garcinia kola)
1. History of bitter kola
2. Helps in losing weight.
3. Helps clean the body of toxins.
4. It’s the best mouth wash ever.
HISTORY OF BITTER KOLA
Garcinia kola (bitter kola, a name sometimes also used for G. afzelii) is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae or Guttiferae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The fruit, seeds, nuts and bark of the plant have been used for centuries in folk medicine to treat ailments from coughs to fever. According to a report from the Center for International Forestry Research, Garcinia kola trade is still important to the tribes and villages in Nigeria.
BITTER KOLA AND WEIGHT LOSS.
You gain weight by eating excess and junk food, you eat excess because you always feel hungry, according to research obese people say they can’t stop eating because they always feel hungry ‘‘Binge eating is a pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrollable eating. It is a common symptom of eating disorders such as binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. During such binges, a person rapidly consumes an excessive quantity of food’’. Why do we loose weight when we fall seek? It’s not because the sickness is eating the fat in our body but it’s because we lose our apatite and eat less when we are sick. So, the bottom line is that we grow fat when we eat too much is as simple as that.
Now how does bitter kola help in losing weight, the extract of the cola nut suppresses appetite and accelerates the production of gastric juice to improve digestion and speed up the metabolism, when you eat bitter kola (2 large whole bitter kola) 2-3 times a day it helps reduce your urge to eat, in simple term it makes you not to feel hungry even when you have not eating thereby making you to eat less….
BITTER KOLA HELPS CLEAN THE BODY OF TOXINS
i. It improves the function of the lungs
The fibers and lung tissues are not only strengthened when bitter kola is consumed regularly in a considerate amount, it also stabilizes any other counter effect.
In addition, it helps in the maintenance of good respiratory track as well as treating chest cold.
Still wondering why some smokers move along with bitter kola?
ii. It improves immune system
Bitter kola has a high amount of antioxidant. This high number of antioxidants found in bitter kola does not only help fight bacteria and other illnesses, it also helps the body to increase its immunity levels.
And when the immunity level of the body is increased, it becomes strong enough to fight against any foreign contaminant.
iii. It is anti-malaria agent
Studies have shown that chemical constituents in bitter kola have anti-malarial properties. This is why traditional healers have for many years prescribed bitter kola for the treatment of malaria infections.
Additionally, the stem, bark, and seeds of bitter kola are used to treat acute fever, inflammation of the respiratory tract and throat infections.
iv. It fights glaucoma
Glaucoma is a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing a gradual loss of sight.
Glaucoma could result in permanent blindness if left untreated.
However, bitter kola has been found to be an amazing remedy for the eye.
And according to a Lagos University Teaching Hospital journal, when bitter kola is eaten, at least twice a day, it could successfully reduce the eye pressure.
IT’S THE BEST MOUTHWASH EVER
many people are looking for chewing gum every where they go because they are insecure about their breath, well the good news is that eating just one full size bitter kola in the morning is a GUARANTEE that you won’t be needing any gum for the rest of the day. As a matter of fact, most people wake up with a bad morning breath which is normal, but if you eat bitter kola before going to bed it is a GUARANTEE that you will wake up the next morning and you will have zero bad morning breath.
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