{"id":4331,"date":"2019-07-26T12:37:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s805784321.onlinehome.us\/?p=4331"},"modified":"2019-07-26T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:54:23","slug":"the-nutritive-effect-of-ewedu-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/2019\/07\/the-nutritive-effect-of-ewedu-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nutritive Value of Ewedu Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ewedu soup is a traditional Nigerian recipe mostly eaten by the Yoruba people, but is now a favourite of most other ethnic groups. Ewedu also known as Corchorus<\/em> is a genus of about 40-100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae<\/em>, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you know that:<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Ewedu is called Rama in Hausa, malukhiyah in Egypt, molohiya in Isreal, krain krain in Sierra Loene and mrenda in Kenya.<\/em>Ewedu is used to produce soup (taushe) or mixed with kuli kuli (groundnut cake) to form a dish known as kwado in Hausa.<\/em> Ewedu is good for weight loss because of its low calorific content and it helps strengthen the immune system, fights off stress and heart disease.<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Ewedu is a folk remedy for aches and pains, dysentery, enteritis, fever, dysentery, pectoral pains, and tumors.<\/p>\n\n\n\newedu and okra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
This green, leafy vegetable is rich in beta-carotene for good eyesight, iron for healthy red blood cells, calcium for strong bones and teeth, and vitamin C for smooth, clear skin, strong immune cells, and fast wound-healing. Vitamins A, C and E present in Ewedu \u201csponge-up\u201d free radicals, scooping them up before they can commit cellular sabotage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One-half cup cooked Ewedu leaves contains: 1.3g protein, 0.3g fat, 3.1g carbohydrates, 0.4g fiber, 87.3mg calcium, 22.5mg phosphorous, 1.0mg iron, 0.02mg thiamine, 0.04mg riboflavin, 0.3mg niacin, and 10mg Ascorbic Acid or vitamin C. Ewedu has an antioxidant activity of 77%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contributed by Ebuka Ezeji.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ewedu soup is a traditional Nigerian recipe mostly eaten by the Yoruba people, but is now a favourite of most other ethnic groups. Ewedu also known as Corchorus is a genus of about 40-100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Do you know that: Ewedu is called…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61],"tags":[567,569,571,570,566,563,573,564,568,565,572],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/stnicholascdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/23065835\/ewedu-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4331"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.saintnicholashospital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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