## Introduction Hello friends,am very happy to meet with you guys here in steemalive community as this is my first day of visiting this community and with that knowledge I will like to share with you guys about this very good food which we all have been eating for a very long time. BITTERLEAF is really a good food that we all should eat at every point in time as it serves as a good food and also a medicine.bitterleaf is used for various purpose in my locality,either for medicinal purpose or for eating. Not only for eating or for medicinal,they also serve as a means of getting money, because people come and take them and sell to others. ![IMG_20220608_160258_364.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQBEf1Gr3kGGVWjhMh5Bre1FMJHfqvvZV763zhhyy42Xq/IMG_20220608_160258_364.jpg) BITTERLEAF is really a good food that is mostly regarded in the easthern part of my country (Anambra state in Nigeria),they make sure it is used to prepare there soup in any occasion they do and that has been their culture. ![1654709284036.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNZNCNiCBTahdA4DkvqaguSR7XRKG3LHM93wFsQM2Rjbi/1654709284036.jpg) BITTERLEAF growing in my compound. Although it is very bitter when we eat it but to less it we have to boil or scrub them to reduce the bitterness and also the water coming out of it can also serve as a local medicine that we can use to reduce excess sugar in our body and also other sicknesses. ## Benefits of adding bitterleaf to our food * wow,this leaf is really one of the great gift from God to man and they are things we can do without as bitterleaf helps to regulate the blood cholesterol level.which helps to fight heart attack and other dangerous disease that can kill man easily. * bitterleaf are also great medicines that can help to treat maleria,fever, cholera,joint aches etc,by just eating them or drinking it's water. * In my locality today, bitterleaf is really doing a great job and one of them implies that it can be used to quench the flow of blood when someone has a wound in any part of his body. * Bitterleaf can go a long way by the reduction of weight which can happen by just taking a dose of it's juice daily or having it in food ## Conclusion My friends am happy to share with you people the benefits of this wonderful medicine.i know you guys learnt a lot from my little knowledge that I have shared concerning bitterleaf. Please my friends always make sure you eat or drink bitterleaf, it will help to build up your immune system and also reduce sugar in your blood. I will like to take this wonderful opportunity to thank this community @steem4nigeria and also @goodybest and @ngoenyi for their wonderful performances thanks. #### Note (burn steem25%)