Contest Series || I Love To Take Photos || My Green Leaves Photography || By @joymm

10% Payout To @steemkidss

^{Good day friends and kids in steemkids Community. I hope everyone is doing good? Am glad to take part in this week contest. And also want to specially thank @madilyn02 for organizing this contest. I would have posted since but something came up. Nevertheless, let's begin.😊}

Introduction

_{Green leaves means life, growth and development. Leaves means alot of things in different cultures, but the most common meaning of leaves is they represent fertility, growth, victory, death, peace and rebirth. So today, am going to show you some pictures of green leaves around me.}

Vegetable Leaf

_{Pumpkin is a very good and a well known leaf in Nigeria. This leaf are good source of vitamins, minerals, and potassium. They are perfect source of dietary fibre which helps to maintain a healthy body and prevents other constipation problem. Some of the vegetables include; Spinach, Cabbage, Lettuce, etc. Potassium in green leafy vegetables helps to control high blood pressure which keeps cholesterol in check. It's medicinal value is that it's improves blood pressure, freshening our skin, reduces cancer, and also reduces blood sugar.}

Costus Afer (Okpete)

_{Costus Afer is also known as Ginger Lily. The Igbos calls it Okpete, the Hausa calls it Kakizawa, and the Yoruba calls it Tete- egun. This leaf serves many different purposes. For instance, the oil from the herb is used to cure asthma, cholera,dystenry and cough. Costus Afer oil is also used in foods and beverages. It helps to stimulate digestion and can be used as a blood tonic. It's medicinal value is that it helps to cure alot of sicknesses and diseases which has been mentioned above.}

Water Leaf

_{Water Leaf is a excellent source of vitamin A and C, fibre, lipids, and minerals which makes them highly medicinal. The Vitamin A helps to enhance vision in poor light and also helps to improve the skeletal tissue in the skin. It's medicinal value includes;}
• _{It helps to reduce diarrhea and live enlargement.}
• _{Eating water leaf regularly as soup helps to regulate hypertension and diabetes.}
• _{It prevents cancer due to the high antioxidant found in it.}
• _{Water Leaf is good and safe for pregnant women and their growing children because it boots their blood levels.}

CONCLUSION

_{Most people think that rich people are healthy because they are rich. Money may help you to get better treatment when you fall sick, but it won't prevent you from falling sick. So inoder not to get sick, you need to have knowledge of what to eat. So i advise everyone of us to eat good vegetables inorder to look fresh and healthy.
Thanks for reading my post.}🤗

_{I invite @jaminsamuel @beautybb @precious123 to participate.}

_{Camera model: Tecno Spark 2
Location: Ugwunagbo LGA, Off Asa Umunka road}

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