Unbelievable Nutritional Benefits of Eating Tiger Nuts (Ofio) Popularly called, 'Ofio' by the Yorubas, 'Aya' by the Hausas and Imumu (Aki Awusa) by the Igbos. This Nigerian snack which the contributor has also tagged 'African Tiger-N' or the more generally accepted term, tiger nuts, have not been seen as a staple high nutritious food item and so have long been abandoned only to be consumed by the lower class locals. In fact, in many societies in Nigeria, tiger nuts are only seen as snacks for the northerners, they do not have any believe that the small round shape tuber could be loaded with health benefits. The consumption of this tuber is not only peculiar to Nigeria or West Africa. Tiger nuts tubers constitute diets of many people in North Africa and Spain. It is know to be eaten in its natural form in North Africa while the tubers are consumed as a drink called chufa in Spain. Nutritional Benefits Of Tiger Nuts Very few snacks are loade...
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