Popular Nigerian Doctor, Media Personality and the founder of The 100k Club, Dr Chinonso Egemba recently made a post on His Twitter handle in response to a particular notion that sipping Garri for a long extended period causes Blindness of the eye. The Aproko Doctor as he is commonly called made this explanation on his Twitter handle a little while ago.
See his explanation below 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽:
“Who told Nigerians that drinking garri automatically means going blind?
If it’s processed properly, garri will not affect your eyesight.
If you constantly take garri that’s poorly processed, it can contain small amounts of cyanide that can reduce oxygen supply to your eyes, causing severe macular degeneration.”
Dr Chinonso Egemba continued:
But it won’t just affect the eyes alone.
It can get to the thyroid, it can lead to hypothyroidism
Your kidneys and pancreas, too, might be affected as it can reduce insulin production. This insulin is what regulates your blood sugar.
So except you buy garri from wicked people who do not pass the cassava through ALL the processes to properly remove cyanide. It can be poisonous. But the chances are slim.
However, properly processed garri will NOT affect your eyesight.
Don’t forget to drink water.
If you have problems with your vision, it is best you go see an eye doctor to get your eye checked out properly.
There are a number of visual problems that are not linked to garri. Get your eye checked but we need the agencies in charge of food and drugs to check the garri being pushed into the markets, random checks in different batches to ensure that it doesn’t contain cyanide.”
So there you have it, what are your thoughts on the subject matter? Drop your comments below.
