Palm wine plays a vital role among the Igbos, a particular traditional setting in Nigeria. It is widely consumed at homes, at social events, and during festivals.

It’s a choice of drink whenever there is a traditional wedding rite because of its significance in the culture.

Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage produced from the fermentation of sap from different palm trees.

Health Benefits Of Palm Wine

• Healthy Heart: Palm wine has a good amount of potassium which can improve the situation of heart health.
• Improves Hypertension: It is said that palm wine also helps to reduce hypertension. However, taking palm wine more than enough can damage your liver as it has an alcohol element
• Production of Lactation: Some have argued that palm wine promotes breastmilk.
• Improves Eyesight: Palm wine is good for eye health. It is rich in antioxidant vitamin C (ascorbic acid). The presence of thiamine property of vitamin B1 in palm wine is said to improve eye vision.
• Improves Healthy Hair: Palm wine contains iron and vitamin B complex. These elements are known to promote healthy hair, skin, and nails.
• Prevents Cancer: Palm wine prevents cancers as it contains vitamin B which is a free radical that reduces the risk of cancers.

Harmful Causes Of Palm Wine To Pregnant Women

Palm wine is high in sugars and has an alcoholic content of about 5%. Its consumption among pregnant women is dated due to the belief that it promotes lactation and has beneficial medicinal effects.

But then, it contains 5% alcohol, and therefore should not be taken by a pregnant woman because the alcohol is harmful to the fetus. Again, its high sugar content can cause hyperglycemia, especially in obese women.

There is no safe level of alcohol intake during pregnancy as alcohol also increases the risk of stillbirth and sudden infant death syndrome. However, there are little or no benefits to alcoholic intake during pregnancy.

Can Palm Wine Cause Infertility?

It’s said that Palm wine has been reported to cause a malfunction in the testicular by decreasing testosterone levels, sperm motility, and sperm viability which are the major requirements for reproduction.

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