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Hypoglycemia is a medical condition that involves an abnormally diminished content of glucose in the blood. It could also be defined as a too low level of glucose or sugar. There are several reasons why this may happen, the most common being a side effect of drugs used for the treatment of diabetes. But to understand how hypoglycemia happens, it helps to know how your body normally regulates blood sugar production, absorption & storage.  BLOOD SUGAR REGULATION During digestion, your body breaks down carbohydrates from foods such as bread, rice, pasta, milk products, vegetables & fruit into various sugar molecules. One of these sugar molecules is glucose the Main energy source for your body – Glucose is absorbed into your bloodstream after you eat but it can't enter the cells of the most of your tissue without the help of insulin – a hormone secreted by your pancreas. When the level of glucose in your blood rises, it signals certain

Cocoyam is a tropical plant notable for its edible starch corm, and leaf vegetable for stew. Its corm are an important source of starch and its leaf has a great amount of vitamins. All parts of the raw cocoyam plant contain a toxic compound, calcium oxalate, which is destroyed by cooking before consumption. NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS Cocoyam is very rich in vitamin B6 and magnesium. The leaves are good source of vitamins A and C and contain more protein than the corms. Cocoyam's richness in vitamin B6 and magnesium makes it good for controlling high blood pressure and protecting the heart. It is good in diabetes management, due to its content of loose carbohydrate in form of starch rather than sugar. It is one of the finest source of dietary fibers; 100g flesh provides 4.1g. Together with slow digesting complex carbohydrates, moderate amounts of fiber in the food help gradual rise in blood sugar levels. Cocoyam leaves as well as yellow-fleshed roots have significan