25-05-2025
Experts explain benefits of garri and wetin too much consumption fit cause
Garri na one kain flour wey dem dey make from cassava tubers, and pipo for Nigeria and oda parts of West Africa dey chop am well-well.
Some pipo dey use am make eba or soak am inside water join am wit milk, sugar, and groundnut.
E get pipo wey believe say too much of garri fit affect pesin eye and dem believe say e also get oda health implications.
Na dis kain tok-tok wey dey go round from pipo make BBC News Pidgin sidon wit health experts like Dietitian Sa'adatu Sulaiman and Dr Abdulmalik Ibrahim wey dey work for Gwarzo General Hospital for Kano, to know about di benefits and health implications of too much consumption of garri.
Dietician Dr Sa'adatu Sulaiman tell BBC News Pidgin say "Pesin wey dey chop garri as balanced diet, e fit give im body plenty beta tins."
On di oda hand, Dr Abdulmalik tok say garri fit get implications but only if dem no process cyanide wey dey inside well.
E tok say, "Garri get one chemical wey dem dey call cyanogenic wey be dangerous poison for health."
Some implications wey garri get
Dis na some implications wey Dr Abdulmalik tok say dey inside garri wey fit affect health especially for pipo wey dey too exposed am.
Health benefits of garri
Dietician Sulaiman tok say If pesin chop garri as part of balanced diet, e fit give di body plenty beta tins:
