Do you want to look young, healthy and beautiful? You better start eating jute leaves or “saluyot”. Research reveals that this plant originated in Egypt and was the source of health and beauty of the Egyptian royalties, including Cleopatra. Due to the high anti-oxidant activity of saluyot, eating it reduces the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines in the face and body. Regular consumption of saluyot can make you appear young.
This vegetable popularly known as “Saluyot” is a favorite vegetable of the Ilocanos. Saluyot thrives almost anywhere in the Philippines, requires little care in cultivation, and can be grown year-round. This green, leafy vegetable is rich in beta-carotene for good eyesight, iron for healthy red blood cells, calcium for strong bones and teeth, and vitamin C for smooth, clear skin, strong immune cells, and fast wound-healing. Vitamins A, C and E present in Saluyot “sponge-up” free radicals, scooping them up before they can commit cellular sabotage.
Saluyot can be prepared into dishes like dinengdeng of the Ilocano, bulanglang, or sauteed with bamboo shoots or dried beans. It can be steamed and pureed, mixed with chicken, or prepared into soup like how the Japanese prepare it as molohiya.
One-half cup cooked saluyot leaves contains:
1.3g protein, 0.3g fat, 3.1g carbohydrates, 0.4g fiber, 87.3mg calcium, 22.5mg phosphorous, 1334Aug AY-carotene or 222Aug Retinol Equivalent(vitamin A), 1.0mg iron, 0.02mg thiamin, 0.04mg riboflavin, 0.3mg niacin, and 10mg Ascorbic Acid or vitamin C. Saluyot has an antioxidant activity of 77% or Au-tocopherol equivalent (vitamin E) of 48.9.
hi….i a new consumer of this and my question is this… is it okay to eat it during breakfast or is more suitable to eat this before bed time…. kindly e-mail me.. thanks…
of coarse it’s got to be eaten at lunch or dinner,youll enjoy comfort as youll be having easy time
at the c room in the morning. i keep it frozen so i have it year round. its my most fave leafy vege.
My children love it vmuch and have learned it from me.
i am bangladeshi. we eat jute leaf by making curry.we use two variety of jute leaf such as chorcorus capsularies and olitorious. some people make it sauce( palcca shak)
i don’t like veggies but with labong, i barely notice it, yummy!
This is also eaten a lot in Nigeria mostly by the Yoruba people. It is called Ewedu. Very yummy.
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Where can you purchase the jute leaves?
is/are there research/es that can be conducted using jute?
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We call it malikhiea, made as a thick stew broth created from chicken and poured over rice.
Hello,
can dried saluyot leaves be used as soup thickener?
I would say yes to using saluyot leaves as a thickener. They are super healthy and grow like a weed. I never tried to dry them yet.
sir it is okay if i always drinkd boiled saluyot leaves? even though im under chemotherapy? thank you
Hi Elvie
Yes boiled saluyot leaves is fine to eat or drink under chemotherapy. You can add them to a fresh juice mix to boost the vitamins and minerals. Please to to http://fasting.ws/cancer for our new research on holistic cancer.
FOUND THIS ALSO IN SYRIA MIXED WITH CHICKEN WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH AL FURAT PETROLEUM @ OMAR POWER PLANT.
hi..is dried jute leaves is still nutritious? i want to utilize dried jute leaves in my thesis…
Hi Kristar,
Yes, dried herbs maintain therapeutic capacity but some what less than the live plant.
Is this for disease treatment?
thnx. tom.. no it isn’t. just an experiment for my thesis requirement. i’m planing to fortify it on ice cream.so, maybe i might use fresh leaves since it is more nutritious than dried one. just to make sense.
Hi Kristar
If you added some mint it would cover for the flavor of the Jute leaves. You may not sell too much LOL.
hi kristar, im very excited when i read your comment. im on my way to do a research for one of my subjects in my masteral (Advance Nutrition in Hospitality Industry). would you mind sharing your thesis so i can quote your name in my research? this is just a baby research but i need it for my review of related lit and others.
you can always develop strong bones if you have enough calcium and magnesium to support bone growth’-.
Hi Garden,
The western diet get more calcium and magnesium than any other group throughout history. The problem is high meat consumption that need calcium in the blood to neutralize the acids of digestion.
We make this in Liberia, West Africa. We call it Palava Sauce. We add beef, chicken, and seafood, cooked in a broth. Then add the Jute leaves and add Palm oil. We eat this with white rice.
Where can you purchase jute leaves?
I love saluyot(Jute leaves) I eat this breakfast,lunch and dinner with rice, just boiled with garlic and salt or chicken broth or put some fried fish or just plain Jute,It’s so delicious…..Iate this kind of vegetable everyday.
if i buy saluyot then store it in refrgiirator would it be alright???? is it ok to boil the leaves thus making it a tea??? will it maintain its nutritious value??? thanks
Hi, where can I buy jute leaves(saluyot) in Netherlands