A Nigerian doctor has confirmed a long standing belief about the consumption of yam and how it influences the birth rate of twins. In the southern part of Nigeria, the belief about how twins can be easily conceived has been one of the powerful and as it is, effective beliefs.
According to the people of a small town in Oyo State called Igbo-Ora, if a woman consumes a lot of yam, she tends to give birth to twins. Statistics have shown that they have the highest rate of twin births in the world. Just recently, a Nigerian doctor identified as Dr. Olufunmilayo also confirmed this to be true.
According to him, scientist believe that the yam diet causes a woman to produce more than one egg a month, making it likely to have a twin pregnancy.
He revealed this while answering a Twitter user who questioned his chances of having twins since his parents also have twins. See post below:
Yes. Your parents having twins strongly make it likely you would. And yes, women who eat a lot of yam have a higher tendency of having twins. This is shocking but true. Do u know a small town in Oyo State called Igbo-Ora has the highest number of twin births in the whole world? https://twitter.com/mrbanksomishore/status/995339376073826304 … Bamikole Banks Omisore @MrBanksOmishore I won’t mind having twins. Considering my parents had two sets of twins, the possibilities are strong. Heard eating yam increases the chances, how true is that?
He went on to explain this in a series of tweets. And it is strongly believed the yam diet quite common in that area explains why they have the highest twin birth rate in the whole world. As a matter of fact, the BBC as at 2001 released an article on this. As far back as many years ago, gynaecologists from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital did a research into this and the conclusions suggested the regular yam diet was probably the most likely explanation for it. Fascinating isn’t it? But beyond that it is true.
And the scientific reason that support the findings of the research was the fact that yam was found to contain very high amounts of natural chemicals that make the woman release more than one egg per month when she ovulates, making it very likely to have a twin pregnancy.
So in simple terms, the yam seems to contain naturally similar chemicals that induce ovulation (egg production) in women.So a regular diet of this yam makes it extremely likely to have twins if the woman gets pregnant. One of the most amazing but beautiful facts from Nigeria.
Source: legit.ng
