Black soup is one of the most common soups in Nigeria. The three main ingredients used in preparing it include bitter leaf, scent leaf and the juice from palm fruit. It is one of the most common local foods or soups that can impact your blood sugar level and I will tell you how it does that below…..CONTINUE READING
Black Soup is a delicious soup and it is widely consumed in Nigeria especially in the Eastern part of Nigeria. As I’ve said already, the soup is prepared using bitter leaf, scent leaf and palm fruit as the major ingredients and these three play a role in lowering blood sugar.
According to WebMD, the palm fruit contains soluble fibre which helps to regulate the rate at which glucose or sugar is absorbed from the digestive tract into the blood stream to cause a spike in blood sugar level. On the other hand, the bitter leaf component or ingredient contains flavonoids, anti-viral compounds and glycosides which all help in lowering the level of sugar in your blood. This is also the same way scent leaf helps to Lower the level of sugar in your blood.
Incase you’re wondering why the blood sugar level even need to be lowered let me indulge you a little. High blood sugar level is largely tied or is a major risk factor for obesity which in turn is a major risk factor for a number of health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, liver disease etcetera.
Black soup is a good diet option for people seeking to Lower the level of sugar in their blood. You too can add it to your diet to help control the level of sugar in your blood…..CONTINUE READING