14/02/2020
Health Benefits of Taro Root, in Oromoo language Goodarree jedhama.
The health benefits of taro root are variety.
Digestive Health:
Its high level of dietary fiber makes it very important for gastrointestinal health.
Fiber food intake helps to prevent excess gas, bloating, cramping, and constipation.
Helps Managing Diabetes:
If we have a sufficient level of dietary fiber like a taro roots, we can better manage our glycemic leves and decrease our chances of developing diabetes.
Improve Heart Health:
Taro root is reach in essential minerals such as Potassium which facilitates healthy fluid to tranfers between memberances and tissues through out the body and helps to relieve stress and pressure on blood vessels and arteries.
Also, by relaxing the veins and blood vesses, blood pressure reduced.
Potassium not help only in blood pressure reduction even help cognitive function by boosting neural connections when blood pressure is reduced.
Boosts Immune system:
The most important ingredients of taro root is for health is its role in the immune system.Its high level of of Vitamin C helps to stimulate the immune system to creat white blood cells, which defend the body from foreign pathogen agents.
And Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant and help to prevent the development of serious health problems.
Increase Circulation:
The dual presence of iron and copper in taro root makes it a very important food to help to prevent anemia and boost circulation through the body. Iron and copper are essential for the production of red blood cells which carry oxygen to our body organ's system.
Aging Process:
This very nutritious food provides many vitamins-A, B, C, and minerals like copper, manganese, zinc, magnesium, calcium, iron, selenium, potassium, beta-carotein and cryptoxanthin. All these are very essential antioxidants are useful to protact against different diseases and slow down the aging process.
Cooking of taro roots.
Taro roots and leaves both have good flavors. Whereas the leaves taste like cabbages.
Taro roots are used to prepare fried for chips, roasted, boiled, steamed etc.
Do not eat raw, taro roots can't be eaten raw due to high content of calcium oxalate. It must be cooked well before consumption.
To summarise, taro root is a great source of various nutrients that many individuals may not get enough including fiber, potassium, magnesium and vitamins and minerals, so let us cook well and consume taro leaves and roots to get health benefits in natural way.