Ofada Rice: If Only They Knew These Other Sides

The saying that there isn’t just one side to a coin is eminently true of Ofada rice, apparently a famous delicacy on the Nigerian menu table.

Yes, it might not be on offer at every street corner, raw or prepared, but truth is that there is always a difference when it makes its appearance.

And if the immense or actual attack of sickness can make you travel the distance in search of medical remedy, then a dispassionate exploration on Ofada should be worth the trouble.

Permit however, a focus on what have been ascertained premium benefits of Ofada Rice, from which all of us could learn no matter where we stand.

1. Lower Cholesterol Levels

One condition of great health concern in the recent is High Cholesterol Levels but Ofada Rice can be a ready check to this.

Its high amount of dietary fibres checkmates excessive weight gain that results from insulin resistance.

2. Excellent For Bone Health

Everybody knows the importance of the different bone types in our body frame and stability. Ofada rice boasts of the essential body nutrients that the bones for its key functions.

These nutrients include zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, folate acid et. They keep the bone healthy and the body functional.

3. Preventing Constipation

You can imagine the discomfort of belching and belching that usually results from over-indulgrnce, and which usually forces many to start gulping antaciids. Ofada Rice, being rich in dietary fibres helps fight constipation.

It is also a fight for bloating, gastric ulcers, and diarrhoea amongst others.

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4. Boosts Immune Levels

Especially in our clime where the healthcare delivery system is still bugged down by budgetary and administrative inertia, the injestion of natural nutrients can be the best option.

And if there is one food that has natural nutrients to boost immunity, it is Ofada.

It contains minerals and vitamins for these key functions in Vitamins A, C and A.. in fact research has shown that it contains more Vitamin B and 10 times more Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B6 than other varieties of rice

5. Contains Other Antioxidants

There is 20-30’times more antioxidants in Ofada Rice than there is in other species.

And it is a known fact that these antidepressants checkmate free radicals, those unstable molecules that mutate in the body.

6. Fights Diabetes

Whereas there are increasing link of too much carbohydrates in the body to health conditions like diabetes, Ofada Rice, instead checkmates it. it is able to do this because it contains the right amount of fibre and cellulose that help calorie management.

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Now, even a nun does have critics; such is the case with the seed under review.

It is sticky,

It is local

It can be very starchy

It has so much stone.

Should these four items hold true, can they in a way outweight the other benefits already outlined for Ofada rice.