The Health Benefits Drinking Bitter Leaf Juice In Pregnancy

Hi Friends!

I trust you're great! Today I would love to share with you all a very vital information about a particular leaf that is well known by majority. The leaf is known in English as bitter leaf and it's scientific name is vernonia amygdalina this plant is a shrub and it grows mainly in Africa particularly Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Cameron.

^{The bitter leaf plant}

Here in Nigeria we used to cook it as staple vegetable in soups, but we normally washed the leafs to reduce the bitterness before we cook it. But At times we dried up the leafs and used it to prepare meat dishes, also some hops places used it the brew beer 🍻.

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But in this article I want to write about the benefits of bitter leaf juice in pregnancy so stay tune!
You may wonder is it safe to drink this juice during pregnancy? well the answer to this question is affirmatively YES! Bitter leaf juice have wonderful benefits for pregnant women.

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BENEFITS OF BITTER LEAF JUICE IN PREGNANCY:

🌸The juice protect a pregnant woman against harmful toxins, it protect her body against air pollutants that comes from dangerous gases.

🌻Bitter leaf juice helps to cure memory loss:
It helps to cure memory loss even though it occurs as a result of other symptoms like diabetes etc the juice is good treating this.

🌷It Cures Abdominal/stomach Aches in Pregnant Women:
One of the common problems face by pregnant women is abdominal and stomach aches, so drinking bitter leaf juice will help in relieving this pain and it also helps in indigestion problem.

🌼Bitter Leaf juice Lowers High Blood Pressure: another major problem that most pregnant woman normally face is high blood pressure or called it hypertension in pregnancy, so drinking this juice will help to control the blood pressure (BP) because of the edotitides presence in the juice.

🌺The Juice Helps In Controlling The Synthesis Of Pregnancy Hormones:
The presence of B-carotene in the leaf control the two pregnancy hormones progesterone and oestrogen, sustaining them all through pregnancy period since they're vital. This hormones help pregnant women to remain active and healthy and younger for a longer time.

🩸Drinking Bitter Leaf juice Prevent Loss of Pregnancy or Miscarriage:
This is because the juice will stimulate progesterone a pregnancy hormone that prevents miscarriage or abortion in pregnancy.

☘️ The juice is rich in essential vitamins:
vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 it is good for the general well-being of a pregnant woman and that of her baby.

🌺 Bitter Leaf juice is good for both pregnant and lactating mothers:
it increases production of milk in breastfeeding mothers and it is used for contractions of uterus during labour, the juice improves appetite too.

🌼 Lastly, the juice aids in weight loss:
It helps in post pregnancy weight loss, it shredded the extra fat that was gained during pregnancy.

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How To Make the Juice:

• plug the leafs
• wash it
• then grate it using grater or you can pound the leafs
• add a glass of water and squeeze out juice
• sift it, then your bitter leaf juice is ready for drinking.

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Conclusion:

Bitter Leaf juice have so many other health benefits and any one can drink the juice, be it an adult or a child, it has no side effects, just that it's bitter! Now you've learned about this juice I hope you will try it out. Thanks for reading through!

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