Tiger nuts (also known as chufa nuts or earth almonds) belong to the sedge family of plants that can be found in various
parts of the world, but they were first found in Ancient Egypt.
Tiger nuts, as they are usually called, are not actually nuts. They are marble-sized and wrinkled tuberous rhizomes of a
sedge grass (cyperus esculentus platinum), also called yellow nutsedges. It has a sweet almond-like flavor.
In Nigeria, tiger nuts are mainly grown in the Northern region. They are called “aya“ in Hausa, “imumu“ in Yoruba, “ofio”
in Igbo, and “ake” in the Southern region of Nigeria.
Tiger nuts provides lots of health benefits to a woman. With its high content of amazing vitamins, nutrients and
antioxidants such as potassium, phosphorus, zinc, calcium, vitamin C, E, and B6
Consuming tiger nuts have being very helpful in increasing the levels of oestrogen hormone in a woman, thereby making her
become more fertile and sexually active.
Essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients in tiger nuts helps to maintain menstruation levels in women making them more
prone to becoming pregnant. Even during pregnancy women should consume more tiger nuts for enough production of breast milk
for their baby, this will in turn make the new born baby healthier and stronger. Let’s look at some of the importance and
benefit of tiger nuts to a woman.