Saluyot, jutes or Corchorus olitorius is an edible leafy vegetable that is widely found in the Philippines. This plant is so common, that it is mistaken as weed. Unknown to many however, saluyot has long been used as food staple since ancient times by the Jewish people and the Egyptians. It has been grown since 6000 B.C. and accordingly was eaten by Cleopatra for its health and beauty benefits. 28 Comments
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Oldest Saluyot, jutes or Corchorus olitorius is an edible leafy vegetable that is widely found in the Philippines. This plant is so common, that it is mistaken as weed. Unknown to many however, saluyot has long been used as food staple since ancient times by the Jewish people and the Egyptians. It has been grown since 6000 B.C. and accordingly was eaten by Cleopatra for its health and beauty benefits.
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Because saluyot or jute plant is by nature a vegetable, preparation is easy and can be incorporated to various dishes. This allows individuals to benefit from its vitamins and mineral content.
Since saluyot or jute plant can be found easily, there are a lot of local viands and/or dishes that use it as an ingredient. For instance, the Ilocanos use saluyot in their preparation of dinengdeng and bulangbulang. Fried saluyot are also mixed with sautéed bamboo shoots and dried beans. Other dishes include, but are not limited to chicken viands, wherein saluyot are mixed in either sautéed or pureed form. It is also integrated in mongo dishes, and in soups.
Here are some of its benefits:
>For pregnant women
pregnant-woman
This jute leaf is widely used as a remedy for pregnant women experiencing prolonged labour. When a pregnant woman is experiencing such condition, a bunch of saluyot leaves can be squeezed to extract the juice so to be given as a drink. It has also been discovered to aid milk secretion for lactating mothers.
>For weight loss
weight
The green leaf has been described as a source of weight loss. It contains 97 calories, so for those who are trying to lose some weight, this is a helpful dietary option.
>As vegetable and medicine
Studies have shown that this green, leafy vegetable is also rich in the following nutrients:
beta-carotene which is best for promoting 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.
The Vitamins A, C and E present in Saluyot “sponge up” free radicals, scooping them up before they can commit cellular sabotage.
As a vegetable, it contains an abundance of antioxidants that have been associated with protection from chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and hypertension and other medical conditions. Ayurvedics (ancient Hindu system of healing) use the leaves for ascites, pain, piles, and tumours.
Elsewhere, the leaves are used for cystitis, dysuria, fever, and gonorrhoea. The cold infusion is said to restore the appetite and strength.
>It is also used as herbal medicine to control or prevent dysentery, worm infestation and constipation.
Saluyot leaves are rich in vitamins, carotinoids, calcium, potassium and dietary fibres. Saluyot is acclaimed also for its anti-aging benefits.
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Source: Philippine Herbal Medicine
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Angelita Labbao Acorda · Manila, Philippines
Ok i will share we and my family are eating saluyot every time i cook dinendeng specially when we were still in the province because saluyot used to grow in the rice field and corn fields after harvest time and also in grow in our backyard but we did not know that this vegetable is very helpful to our body and can cure sickness thanks for the info
Like · Reply · 2 · Jun 21, 2016 2:29pm
Tarcisa Rambacal · Works at None
We and my family had been eating saluyot for ages l mean before computers and cp were not been existing and thanks there are abundant nutrition found from this food
Like · Reply · Jun 21, 2016 4:11pm
Raymond L. Tosch
so where do I get this plant ?
Like · Reply · Jun 21, 2016 4:47pm
Jose Emperado · Works at Self-Employed
I'm fond of eating this vegetable!
Like · Reply · 1 · Jun 21, 2016 7:30pm
Carmelita Dehling · Adventist University of the Philippines
these plants are really very helpful at masarap sa soup
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 12:04am
Ging Ging
I always eat this saluyot so masarap I cook
always laswa in our dialect,
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 2:49am
Gloria Catubag · Cagayan State University
One of my favorite green leafy vegetables
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 4:10am
Vic Cabato · Works at Shanghai, China
wonderful news from saluyot benefits,, thanks for the INFO,, from now on i will have saluyot even every other day of my meal. more power to ur add.. God bless...
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 8:17am
Delfin Torres · Jose Abad Santos High School, Binondo, Manila
Wonderful Phil. Food.
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 8:30am
Roy Cirunay · Specialist and Block Integrator at The Boeing Company
Too bad, the plant is mainly grown and marketed in the Philippines and insignificant tropical countries. I am glad we have spinach here that we can eat raw (kilawen and naimas) and it tastes better.
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 8:55am
Kernel Olivas Corpuz · Biñan City
naimazen ti saluyot... :D
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 10:51am
Dada Cabiladas · Mountain View College
i cooked ginataang dabong with plenty of saluyot this morning so yummy...
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 12:01pm
Lilian Chua · FEU
Hi, thank you for sharing this untold Benefits of Saluyot Leaves! We put this Saluyot leaves always in Lau-uy viand here in Davao.
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 1:19pm
Ofelia De Guzman Zamora
One of my favorite saluyot pinakbet sa suka!
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 5:16pm
Dante Flosa Pascua · Works at ALF METAL FURNITURE
my favorites
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 7:39pm
Flordeliz Hackett · Author at Authored integration of thoughts
I eat saluyot.it is a delicacy of ilocano people. I add it to my deningdeng.
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 9:21pm
Lucy Villalba · University of the Philippines Diliman
It is worth knowing the informations. Thank you so much
Like · Reply · Jun 22, 2016 10:39pm
Jalandoni Arnel John Sr
nice article very informative: most powerfull green edible leaves in Philippines malunggay, saluyot, kamote leaves/tops, kulitis
Like · Reply · Jun 23, 2016 7:35am
Bely Billones · Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College
It taste good yn
Like · Reply · Jun 23, 2016 11:58am
Rolando Veyra · Divine Word College of Tacloban
You said this saluyot is mistaken for weed, then were can I find this and how can I properly identify this ? How will I know about your reply ? I am very much interested on herbals. Thanks a lot.
Like · Reply · Jun 23, 2016 3:48pm
May-may Mugar · La Consolacion College
thanks for sharing infomation it will help a lot.
Like · Reply · Jun 24, 2016 12:00am
Ferdinand Mark Palattao · High School Teacher at Maysan national high school
ang saluyot , kain na kami..............salamat
Like · Reply · Jun 24, 2016 8:45am
Chit Singayan
Saluyot is delicious for pinakbet , just the leaves, and also delicious when cooked with other vegies as dinengdeng.
Like · Reply · Jun 24, 2016 7:03pm
Editha Remoquillo · Works at DepEd
I use to cook this as adobong saluyot pure no other spicies added...how to cook put tomatoe,1 union bulb & 3garlic.& small amount of vinegar for ur taste...U have na ur viand yummy.
Like · Reply · Jun 24, 2016 7:42pm
Othello Gasataya · Feati University, Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines
Saluyot,Coconut milk,Bamboo shoot,Ginger,Dried fish are nice combination,mapalakas ang kain mo.....heheheeeee
Like · Reply · Jun 24, 2016 9:23pm
Alicia Ramirez
I agree, very healthy n inviting.
Like · Reply · Jun 24, 2016 9:55pm
Aida Laurente Odtohan · Lyseum
Thank God for the share on the benefit of eating saluyot. We always cooked it with bamboo shoots, salad, sari-sari green vegetables, etc.
Like · Reply · Jun 24, 2016 10:17pm
Imelda Omstead · Manila Central University College of Nursing
I remember these green leafy in mongo and added to soup . Does it out there in frozen form ; like malungay and Camote tops. Thanks for sharing
Like · Reply · Jun 25, 2016 12:15pm
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A new scientific review has identified 25 of the top foods and herbs which kill cancer stem cells at the root cause of cancer malignancy.
There are thousands of natural compounds that have been studied with demonstrable anti-cancer activity (check out over 600 on GreenMedInfo’s cancer research database), but only a small subset of these have been proven to target and kill the cancer stem cells which lie at the root of cancer malignancy. Turmeric, for instance, we have featured a number of times for its “smart kill” property of targeting just the heart of cancerous tumors. More recently, ginger has been found in pre-clinical research to contain a compound up to 10,000 times more effective than the chemotherapy drug Taxol at killing breast cancer stem cells. Even common foods like blueberry have special cancer killing properties, as discussed in a previous article for GreenMedInfo: Research: Radiotherapy Causes Cancer, Blueberry Kills It.
A new study published in the journal Anticancer Research, titled “Natural Products That Target Cancer Stem Cells“, has made our job much easier of identifying this special category of cancer killers by reviewing the extant literature on the topic and listing the top 25 substances in this category. They are listed here below, along with some of their commonly recognizable dietary sources.
25 Cancer Stem Cell Killing Foods
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) – Green Tea
6-Gingerol – Ginger
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Baicalein – Chinese Skullcap
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Delphinidin – Blueberry, raspberrry
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Isothiocyanates – Cruciferous vegetables
Linalool – Mint
Lycopene – Grapefruit, tomato
Parthenolide – Feverfew
Perylill alcohol – Mint, cherry, lavender
Piperine – Black pepper
Placycodon saponin – Playycodon grandifloruim
Psoralidin – Psoralea corylilyfolia
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While the cancer industry is still very much resistant to incorporating the implications of these findings into their standard of care (which is highly unethical), there are an increasing number of health practitioners that will not turn their back on the truth and are very much interested in alternative ways to prevent and treat cancer using food and/or plant-based approaches.
The new study addresses the relevance of cancer stem cells as follows:
The cancer stem cell model suggests that tumor initiation is governed by a small subset of distinct cells with stem-like character termed cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs possess properties of self-renewal and intrinsic survival mechanisms that contribute to resistance of tumors to most chemotherapeutic drugs. The failure to eradicate CSCs during the course of therapy is postulated to be the driving force for tumor recurrence and metastasis. Recent studies have focused on understanding the unique phenotypic properties of CSCs from various tumor types, as well as the signaling pathways that underlie self-renewal and drug resistance.”
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If indeed the CSC response is a vital criterion for cancer treatment evaluation, there are still no drugs in clinical use that specifically target CSCs.
The ability to selectively target cancer cells, and cancer stem cells in particular, while leaving intact the non-tumor cells in tissue is extremely important. We have created a section on the GreenMedInfo database that indexes research on these substances and now includes 67 of them here. We are also building a section that collates research cancer stem cells, a topic will no doubt become a central part of the future of cancer treatment, assuming the priority is to actually alleviate suffering and not just make money off of patients.
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