Have you eaten soup spiced with
locust bean before? If your answer is no, then you are denying yourself a whole
lots of health benefits. It is not easy to look at, and the smell is
unpleasant but consumers say it is at best when well fermented.
Locust bean is the single, most
significant ingredient guaranteed to take soups, stews or mixed vegetables from
being okay to the next level.
Locust bean also known as carob, Iru
by the Yorubas and ogiri, dawa dawa by Igbos, is one of the common cooking
condiments that is gradually disappearing from dinning table of many families.
These names all refer to one and the same thing – this bean-like non-fleshy
seed with a naturally sweet taste is widely used by Nigerians.
Local research has shown that locust bean helps to promote
good sight and drives away hypertension and diseases conditions like stroke and
diabetes.
Locust bean
It also contains tannins, astringent
substances found in many plants. Foods rich in tannins are often recommended
for treatment of diarrhoea.
The portion of carob that is made
into locust bean gum contains soluble fibre in the galactomannan family. Like
other forms of soluble fibre, it has shown potential benefit for enhancing
weight loss and controlling blood sugar levels.
In another results published in
Science Journal based in Dakar, Senegal, researchers tried out locust beans on
rats to find out whether it actually has any impact on controlling blood
pressure and the result obtained showed that adequate doses of locust beans
helped to decrease arterial blood pressure.
The findings showed that the
diastolic blood pressure measurement enjoyed more reduction than even the
systolic blood pressure. It also revealed the many wonders of African
locust bean tree. The pulverised bark of African locust bean tree, for
instance, is employed in wound healing and serves as one of the ingredients
that are used in treating leprosy.
Locust beans is added to everything
– not only because it tastes good and can serve as a tastier alternative to
other spices cubes, but also due to its health benefits among which are vision
improvement, digestion aid and much more.
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