Fufu Brouhaha: Dietician backs Pastor Otabil

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AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

Have you wondered why fufu spoils within a short time of its preparation. It is because of the unhygienic way it is prepared. The turning and turning alone absorbs a lot of pathogenic microbes and gases which renders it unhea ...
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Have you wondered why fufu spoils within a short time of its preparation. It is because of the unhygienic way it is prepared. The turning and turning alone absorbs a lot of pathogenic microbes and gases which renders it unhealthy. As for the filth in the finger nails and the sweat, the least talked about it the better since if I want to go into it, people will weep.
peter 7 years ago

theres no evidence for your claim than just a thought

theres no evidence for your claim than just a thought
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

It clear that fufu spoils easily after its preparation. In order to make it stay longer without spoiling, people add a lot of salt to preserve it. This method is also crude and dangerous for the fufu patrons because it could ...
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It clear that fufu spoils easily after its preparation. In order to make it stay longer without spoiling, people add a lot of salt to preserve it. This method is also crude and dangerous for the fufu patrons because it could have adverse effect on their kidneys. Please, believe Otabil and live longer. Don't be too artistic about fufu.
Apraku 7 years ago

Any other food will get spoiled when you don't keep it the way it should be kept or prepared, your assuption has nothing to do with fufu.

Any other food will get spoiled when you don't keep it the way it should be kept or prepared, your assuption has nothing to do with fufu.
Pelicles 7 years ago

All these idiots making senseless statement about fufu, love to lick pussy and swallow anything their tongue extracts into their stomach and to them, that is hygienic.

Name any Ghanaian who died just because of eating fufu ...
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All these idiots making senseless statement about fufu, love to lick pussy and swallow anything their tongue extracts into their stomach and to them, that is hygienic.

Name any Ghanaian who died just because of eating fufu?
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

The leading cause of death is food related. Why did the whiteman say 'you are what you eat'. Imagine a home where fufu is eaten everyday. The husband comes home late everyday to meet a big bowl of fufu seasoned with plenty sa ...
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The leading cause of death is food related. Why did the whiteman say 'you are what you eat'. Imagine a home where fufu is eaten everyday. The husband comes home late everyday to meet a big bowl of fufu seasoned with plenty salt to make it stay longer. After being on this kind of menu for a long time, the husband will suffer kidney problems and start experiencing waist pains, high blood pressure, joint pains and so on. If such a person does not meet a true man of God like Otabil to tell him the truth, doctors will chop his money till death.
Kutsii 7 years ago

if u continue to blaspheme against the fufu that our ancestors handed over to us, u might be knocked down by a sewage truck. Repent .

if u continue to blaspheme against the fufu that our ancestors handed over to us, u might be knocked down by a sewage truck. Repent .
KK 7 years ago

Hahahahahahh

Hahahahahahh
Jo Alaa 7 years ago

Agbesi is foolish

Agbesi is foolish
Nana Bawuah 7 years ago

Nonesense! I eat Fufu several times a week. Sometimes several times a day. Fufu is healthy and won't cause any health related problems. I've never heard of this nonesense like keeping Fufu by adding salt to it. How can someon ...
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Nonesense! I eat Fufu several times a week. Sometimes several times a day. Fufu is healthy and won't cause any health related problems. I've never heard of this nonesense like keeping Fufu by adding salt to it. How can someone eat such a type of Fufu. It clearly shows that you have no clue of how to prepare proper Fufu. A life without Fufu is not a real life.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

Because you always swallow fufu hook, line and sinker you don't even know how it tastes like. Please, ask the woman who prepares fufu for you what she uses to preserve it. I know I am stepping on raw nerves but I have to in o ...
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Because you always swallow fufu hook, line and sinker you don't even know how it tastes like. Please, ask the woman who prepares fufu for you what she uses to preserve it. I know I am stepping on raw nerves but I have to in order to save my compatriots.
CORNEY 7 years ago

Ask them that question again,that so called dietician is foolish like Otabil.
When did these fools realize fufu is not good for human consumption.

Because of this foolishness especially in social media when I get whatsApp ...
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Ask them that question again,that so called dietician is foolish like Otabil.
When did these fools realize fufu is not good for human consumption.

Because of this foolishness especially in social media when I get whatsApp messages about food, I don't care what it is, I delete them immediately, because if you follow these fools a time will come you may not have any food left for you to eat,I hit the delete key right away without even reading it.
These fools should tell us when they will die,if they will not die,how on earth can this idiot be a dietician telling us we will get food poison if we eat fufu,who told him that food poison is entirely as a result of where the food was prepared,how many people ever get food poison eating fufu?

If you don't like what others eat don't run it down,leave the people alone to eat their food.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

The dietitian was more charitable and so he was sounding a bit more diplomatic. If he had decided to let out or the harmful effect of fufu you would have been crying Mahahamahaha by now.

The dietitian was more charitable and so he was sounding a bit more diplomatic. If he had decided to let out or the harmful effect of fufu you would have been crying Mahahamahaha by now.
K. M., Australia 7 years ago

Perhaps the guy has neat ffu factory and he wants a nice way to discourage people from eating pounded fufu so that he can get more market for his neat fufu.

Some of the pieces of advice given by the dietician on how to pr ...
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Perhaps the guy has neat ffu factory and he wants a nice way to discourage people from eating pounded fufu so that he can get more market for his neat fufu.

Some of the pieces of advice given by the dietician on how to preserve the mortar and pestle are worth taking.
Sam 7 years ago

Fufu is bad, so we go for pizza, papaye or mawarko rice. Thanks Mr know all dietician.

Fufu is bad, so we go for pizza, papaye or mawarko rice. Thanks Mr know all dietician.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

Any food that is chewed in the mouth by humans is good. We have such foods in Ghana including yam, cassava, cocoyam, etc. Processed foods like banku, konkonte, TZ, etc, are good if they chewed in the mouth.

Any food that is chewed in the mouth by humans is good. We have such foods in Ghana including yam, cassava, cocoyam, etc. Processed foods like banku, konkonte, TZ, etc, are good if they chewed in the mouth.
JH New York. 7 years ago

Don't pollute the public with your non- performance imaginations!.Have you noticed the difference in the Oil prepared from the original local Palm Tree fruits and that from the later day Palm Tree populary called "Agric", fr ...
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Don't pollute the public with your non- performance imaginations!.Have you noticed the difference in the Oil prepared from the original local Palm Tree fruits and that from the later day Palm Tree populary called "Agric", fruits!.What do you say about that?. Do you think the difference in the " Agric" variety is as a result of "pathogenic microbes!". What you don't know is that, fufu in the past could stay for 24 hours without the use of refrigerator. Therefore, fufu Spoiling within less than 7 minutes is as a result of genetic engineering of the Cassava Tree(Agric Variety),which means,it's also deficient in nutrients. And just like the Palm Oils example. That's why persons like you are termed "Book Long, non -performance,or educated illiterate"!. (theories which is not the case).Learn more.
JH New York. 7 years ago

Correction:.. fufu Spoiling within 7 minute,etc,after prepared...

Correction:.. fufu Spoiling within 7 minute,etc,after prepared...
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

Fufu in Ghana is a very bad food. This is the very food that has made a lot of Akans grow short and instead of tackling the menace some useless academicians are glorifying it by claiming Akans in general and Ashantis in parti ...
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Fufu in Ghana is a very bad food. This is the very food that has made a lot of Akans grow short and instead of tackling the menace some useless academicians are glorifying it by claiming Akans in general and Ashantis in particular are short people. I was once at a spiritual center and stayed in the same room with a young Ashanti who was born and bred in Canada. The guy is very tall, lean, energetic and had strong set of teeth but the parents were not. It was there and then I asked myself, are Ashantis really short? The fact is that fufu is carbohydrate and digestion of carbohydrates takes place in the mouth and so any carbohydrate which is swallowed hook, line and sinker will not digest thereby starving patrons of fufu the much needed energy they will need for 12 hours of their daily growing life. This could be good for the old but not the young and I believe fufu is a food for the old. Eventhough Nigerians, especially Igbos and Yorubas, eat fufu and grow taller, their version of fufu is hard and so they chew it for some time before swallowing, if not, the lafu or pounded yam could either choke them to death or cause corrosion in their oesophaguses . Akans are not the only culprits. In fact all those who eat Tuo Zafi and Konkonte also stand accussed. No wonder northerners of late have started experiencing charllenges in their growth. In my family, whenever the children eat fufu, I insist they chew it.
peter 7 years ago

is there any word beyond stupid? please consider yourself that

is there any word beyond stupid? please consider yourself that
Hohoho, montreal 7 years ago

80% of Ghanaians children born in Canada are taller than their parents. It's the milk and the environment. Dude, it has nothing to do with Akans .

80% of Ghanaians children born in Canada are taller than their parents. It's the milk and the environment. Dude, it has nothing to do with Akans .
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

Besides the milk, most western foods are chewable. Compare that to what most Akan children eat in Ghana. Everyday most Akan Children eat fufu. The Energies spent in preparing and pounding the stuff is not the same energy they ...
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Besides the milk, most western foods are chewable. Compare that to what most Akan children eat in Ghana. Everyday most Akan Children eat fufu. The Energies spent in preparing and pounding the stuff is not the same energy they derive from it since to derive maximum energy from carbohydrates it needed to be chewed.
SASU BOATENG 7 years ago

Lol! Very funny!!
Who thought you science, the alchemist?

Lol! Very funny!!
Who thought you science, the alchemist?
KK 7 years ago

Guess you have not seen a short man in any other society apart from fufu eating societies? Did you think before writing this post?

Guess you have not seen a short man in any other society apart from fufu eating societies? Did you think before writing this post?
Komla Ganyo, Leklebi Dafor 7 years ago

Flawed analysis based on a single child with parents in Canada. Is it only Ashantis of the Akan family who mostly eat fufu? Stop This Nonsense Agbesi Kwesi. WHAT ABOUT Gari eaters? Do they chew gari? Banku eaters also don't ...
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Flawed analysis based on a single child with parents in Canada. Is it only Ashantis of the Akan family who mostly eat fufu? Stop This Nonsense Agbesi Kwesi. WHAT ABOUT Gari eaters? Do they chew gari? Banku eaters also don't chew? Don't mislead people with your narrow outlook on the effects of certain diets.
Wisdom. 7 years ago

Ashantis are not the shortest tribe in the world. Are the Chinese short because they eat Fufu? There are many tribes in Ghana that eat fufu as much as the ashantis but they are taller. Remember, Konkonte, banku, tuozafi and m ...
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Ashantis are not the shortest tribe in the world. Are the Chinese short because they eat Fufu? There are many tribes in Ghana that eat fufu as much as the ashantis but they are taller. Remember, Konkonte, banku, tuozafi and many other staples in Ghana are not chewed. There is a difference between digestion and absorption of nutrients. What is the difference between eating with a dirty spoon and a dirty hand?
peter 7 years ago

these people are making too much noise about fufu eating killing africans.this advice goes for every food need to be prepared under proper hygeine. the so called pastor also made mentioned of not eating with your hands. what ...
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these people are making too much noise about fufu eating killing africans.this advice goes for every food need to be prepared under proper hygeine. the so called pastor also made mentioned of not eating with your hands. what happened to just telling ppl to wash their hands before eating. eating with your hands is not what make people sick but its not washing it right and that goes for fork,spoon and knife too. so please dont attack the food but tell people the proper hygeine which goes to each meal and not just fufu
Bobbyñ, Atebubu. 7 years ago

Agbeshi Kwesi, is only Ashanti's who eat figure Ghana? Talk sense you stupid ayigwe boy, what do you eat there?

Agbeshi Kwesi, is only Ashanti's who eat figure Ghana? Talk sense you stupid ayigwe boy, what do you eat there?
akofena 7 years ago

Ewes and Ayigbes leave corn doughs to rot and stink before preparing banku with them.Is that hygienic?You dry 'keta school boys'on dirty floors and along the sea shores for months and weeks before using them to prepare okro s ...
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Ewes and Ayigbes leave corn doughs to rot and stink before preparing banku with them.Is that hygienic?You dry 'keta school boys'on dirty floors and along the sea shores for months and weeks before using them to prepare okro soup.Is that hygienic?We shall continue to eat fufu despite the scaremongering..
KOO MENSAH 7 years ago

Ok guys I have been eating fufu since 56 years ago and still growing strong.
I don't know if fufu has started to kill the Ghanaian populace.
Wayo! So what are we going to do now..fufu eaters for it seems we are in trouble.
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Ok guys I have been eating fufu since 56 years ago and still growing strong.
I don't know if fufu has started to kill the Ghanaian populace.
Wayo! So what are we going to do now..fufu eaters for it seems we are in trouble.
So our next topic of discussions will be on.....Banku, Commey and fried fish
Aj 7 years ago

Koo Mensah,the problem here is that dieticians/ pastor otabil know that most of our Ghana foods preparation are unhygienic but due to the reactions of some tribes against them would be horrible, so they choose fufu to make th ...
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Koo Mensah,the problem here is that dieticians/ pastor otabil know that most of our Ghana foods preparation are unhygienic but due to the reactions of some tribes against them would be horrible, so they choose fufu to make their case be'cos they knew the Akans won't take it very personal on like yaa num..from north, east,west and south of Ghana tell me which of those tribal foods are more hygienic than the other.funny
KK 7 years ago

Fufu is eaten all over West Africa and Akans are a minority when you consider all those who eat fufu in West Africa. The fact that Akans glorify fufu does not make it an Akan food

Fufu is eaten all over West Africa and Akans are a minority when you consider all those who eat fufu in West Africa. The fact that Akans glorify fufu does not make it an Akan food
boakye 7 years ago

shut the fuck up you ewes want everything we have it started from kente now it is fufu kwasia fufu is akan food from akanland. jollof is from senegal but it is eating in west africa. take your banku away do you see akans clai ...
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shut the fuck up you ewes want everything we have it started from kente now it is fufu kwasia fufu is akan food from akanland. jollof is from senegal but it is eating in west africa. take your banku away do you see akans claiming banku because we dont want what you have please stay away from our food fucking haterz
Jeff, UK 7 years ago

This is different from Otabil's assertion. Fufu is made from cassava and plantain or cocoyam. What consumers should be made aware of is what happens when these compounds come together. Probably the science department of otabi ...
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This is different from Otabil's assertion. Fufu is made from cassava and plantain or cocoyam. What consumers should be made aware of is what happens when these compounds come together. Probably the science department of otabil's central some information that he is privy to that he used his church platform to disseminate to his congregation and by extension, the general public. What is this dietitian is alleging is just what happens in "street" conversation. He should do us the favour of consulting "Dr" Otabil for what is really behind his pronouncements.
Francis, Flagstaff House. 7 years ago

This is irrelevant. Every food is not safe depending on how it is prepared; rice & stew or even tea is not safe all depending on how it is prepared. Why do you have to make mention of only fufu. It is fufu that has mafe me w ...
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This is irrelevant. Every food is not safe depending on how it is prepared; rice & stew or even tea is not safe all depending on how it is prepared. Why do you have to make mention of only fufu. It is fufu that has mafe me who I am today; he cant with-hold me from my favourite delicacy/meal. It is his choice & all bores to how you prepare your own. Period!
ghanani 7 years ago

foolish talk

foolish talk
ogya 7 years ago

Go away with this nonsense . our forefathers ate fufu when there was nothing like hygiene but lived more than 100 year . nonsense you ate fufu under bad condition and should have been poison before you sit and spree this nons ...
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Go away with this nonsense . our forefathers ate fufu when there was nothing like hygiene but lived more than 100 year . nonsense you ate fufu under bad condition and should have been poison before you sit and spree this nonsense
Kutsii 7 years ago

Put fufu and light soup with dry fish, and also put Pizza with ice cream and I will always go for the 'unhygienic' fufu. Nonsense.

Enough of the fufulogical nonsense, fufunisms and fufutologies. Ask Otabil if he uses BENTO ...
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Put fufu and light soup with dry fish, and also put Pizza with ice cream and I will always go for the 'unhygienic' fufu. Nonsense.

Enough of the fufulogical nonsense, fufunisms and fufutologies. Ask Otabil if he uses BENTOA. If not, then he is not as wise as King Solomon, bcos Solomon used BENTOA. Nonsense
Mr Carpenter 7 years ago

What this diatecian is saying can be applied 2 all kinds of food being prepared. Do not single out fufu.
Why all this nonsense about fufu suddenly?
There is nothing the matter wrong with fufu. If u do not like, do not eat i ...
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What this diatecian is saying can be applied 2 all kinds of food being prepared. Do not single out fufu.
Why all this nonsense about fufu suddenly?
There is nothing the matter wrong with fufu. If u do not like, do not eat it.
Stop bothering us who like our fufu with all this rubbish about fufu killing us!
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago

MEXICANS EAT BURRITOS AND SALSA WITH THEIR HANDS ARE THEY BACKWARDS?
AMERICANS ALL EAT CHICKEN WINGS AND CHIPS WITH THEIR HANDS ARE THEY LIVING IN DARK AGES.

MEXICANS EAT BURRITOS AND SALSA WITH THEIR HANDS ARE THEY BACKWARDS?
AMERICANS ALL EAT CHICKEN WINGS AND CHIPS WITH THEIR HANDS ARE THEY LIVING IN DARK AGES.
Uncle Pee 7 years ago

If fufu was a killer, those criticizing wouldn't be living. I will pick fufu over hamburger and French fries 100 anytime!

If fufu was a killer, those criticizing wouldn't be living. I will pick fufu over hamburger and French fries 100 anytime!
Hohoho, montreal 7 years ago

Do you know what is bacteria? You are ignorant. Ask what is bacteria and what can kill it before you come and comment about it

Do you know what is bacteria? You are ignorant. Ask what is bacteria and what can kill it before you come and comment about it
KWABENA 7 years ago

I wil eat fufu prepared the traditional way at all times.My father ate it that way and lived beyond 100 years.I have been eating it that way and I am almost 70 years.Otabil's scaremongering will not stop me from eating fufu t ...
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I wil eat fufu prepared the traditional way at all times.My father ate it that way and lived beyond 100 years.I have been eating it that way and I am almost 70 years.Otabil's scaremongering will not stop me from eating fufu the traditional way and with my fingers.
Dziko Kwame 7 years ago

Hmmmnnnn.

Dietician indeed. Where does he practise this dietetics?

How sanitized is the cornhusk in which we prepare kenkey?

How sanitized is the leaf in which we prepare Agidi (Kafa in Ewe)?

In which restaurant ...
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Hmmmnnnn.

Dietician indeed. Where does he practise this dietetics?

How sanitized is the cornhusk in which we prepare kenkey?

How sanitized is the leaf in which we prepare Agidi (Kafa in Ewe)?

In which restaurant in Ghana do we have OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CARDS of the staff displayed?

How sanitized is the calabash we use for Nsafufuo?

How safe is Apio, and how sanitized is the water into which the sellers "dip the glass" before serving another customer?

What is the chemical composition of PURE WATER?

Shall we go on?

I have friends in Tonga, in Nuku Alofa, we prepare Preko-nam, roast it and spread it on PLANTAIN / BANANA leaves spread on the GROUND as a high honour for you Mr Guest!!

How many of us didn't grow up in farming villages, where in the farm, we place Cocoyam, Cassava, Yam etc into fire, scrub the skin somehow and eat these?

Long live "WHAT IS HEALTHY" DEBATE.

long live Ghana
Pelicles 7 years ago

Can you tell me why White people die? You are commenting as if Ghanaians are under unrelenting attacks from pathogens due to our food. Name any Ghanaian who die from eating fufu, agidi or whatever. Name just one.

Can you tell me why White people die? You are commenting as if Ghanaians are under unrelenting attacks from pathogens due to our food. Name any Ghanaian who die from eating fufu, agidi or whatever. Name just one.
Jo Alaa 7 years ago

Otabil and this bogus dietician are going mad

Otabil and this bogus dietician are going mad
Paa Kwesi 7 years ago

The pestle and mortar are sanitized with hot water that is poured from the boiled cassava. Its only lazy men who can't pound fufu that won't like it.

The pestle and mortar are sanitized with hot water that is poured from the boiled cassava. Its only lazy men who can't pound fufu that won't like it.
STARLINGARD 7 years ago

Another BASTARD

Another BASTARD
K. M., Australia 7 years ago

Perhaps the guy has neat ffu factory and he wants a nice way to discourage people from eating pounded fufu so that he can get more market for his neat fufu.

Some of the pieces of advice given by the dietician on how to pre ...
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Perhaps the guy has neat ffu factory and he wants a nice way to discourage people from eating pounded fufu so that he can get more market for his neat fufu.

Some of the pieces of advice given by the dietician on how to preserve the mortar and pestle are worth taking.
MARWAKO 7 years ago

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MENTIONING METAL, EVEN SOME FO THE BUILDING MATERIALS USED IN THE COUNTRY ARE CANCER BOMBS,ALL THESE NICE ROOFING SHEETS ARE ALL CANCER BAZUGA.THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE IN THE STATES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MENTIONING METAL, EVEN SOME FO THE BUILDING MATERIALS USED IN THE COUNTRY ARE CANCER BOMBS,ALL THESE NICE ROOFING SHEETS ARE ALL CANCER BAZUGA.THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE IN THE STATES.
MARWAKO 7 years ago

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MENTIONING METAL, EVEN SOME FO THE BUILDING MATERIALS USED IN THE COUNTRY ARE CANCER BOMBS,ALL THESE NICE ROOFING SHEETS ARE ALL CANCER BAZUGA.THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE IN THE STATES.GHANAIANS FOLLOWS ...
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MENTIONING METAL, EVEN SOME FO THE BUILDING MATERIALS USED IN THE COUNTRY ARE CANCER BOMBS,ALL THESE NICE ROOFING SHEETS ARE ALL CANCER BAZUGA.THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE IN THE STATES.GHANAIANS FOLLOWS BEAUTY AND NEVER THINK OF THEIR HEALTH.
Odikro Mununkum 7 years ago

The whole article don't make sense. Any food not hygienically prepared is not good to eat. Also, any food left above 45 degree Fahrenheit for 30 minutes can develop harmful bacteria that can cause food poison. Fufu is a natu ...
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The whole article don't make sense. Any food not hygienically prepared is not good to eat. Also, any food left above 45 degree Fahrenheit for 30 minutes can develop harmful bacteria that can cause food poison. Fufu is a natural healthy food especially with low sodium light soup. Banku and Dokono are high in sodium be careful preparing it , Emoo tuo is high in sodium and high in cholesterol. Chinese food are all high in cholesterol. Salad without or with litle dressing is healthy.
KK 7 years ago

Our grandparents ate fufu and lived for over 100 years. Ghanaians started dying early as soon as they started adopting foreign lifestyles. Give us a break!

Our grandparents ate fufu and lived for over 100 years. Ghanaians started dying early as soon as they started adopting foreign lifestyles. Give us a break!
master 7 years ago

Our grandparents drank from the well and lived over hundred so we should also keep drinking from those holes. Also, our grandparents didn't have fridges so we should not buy one.

Sometime when I read these comments I feel ...
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Our grandparents drank from the well and lived over hundred so we should also keep drinking from those holes. Also, our grandparents didn't have fridges so we should not buy one.

Sometime when I read these comments I feel vomiting. We live in a country where open defecation is the norm. We keep the pestle wet and uncovered overnight and used to pound the fufu next day. Most food we eat in Ghana are hot food except fufu. That's what is killing.

You know, typhoid is very common in Ghana but do you know that having typhoid means you directly or indirectly eating someone else's faeces? Yes! think about it. The next you see a fly sitting on the pestle or the mortar, think of the faeces you could eating with your cold lump of fufu.
J.B 7 years ago

No food in this world is 100% safe. Thus why God created humans with immune system. Talking about old ages. Akans fufu eating communities produced more nd more old men and women than most of the city dwellers. Otabil might be ...
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No food in this world is 100% safe. Thus why God created humans with immune system. Talking about old ages. Akans fufu eating communities produced more nd more old men and women than most of the city dwellers. Otabil might be swallowing by his ill gotten money by preaching vices to exhorting monies from the innocent poor to create wealthy for him and his family to enjoy. I don't blame him but pity those who have contributed thier hard worn money to make him rich. Agbesi Kwasea must know how to balance his comments next time.
Ashootings 7 years ago

The problem with fufu is very serious. A lot of people are walking around with big and not too big stomachs. They are grossly overweight and do not exercise enough. They are deemed as rich. some people eat fufu in the morning ...
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The problem with fufu is very serious. A lot of people are walking around with big and not too big stomachs. They are grossly overweight and do not exercise enough. They are deemed as rich. some people eat fufu in the morning and in the evening. This will definitely have a serious health consequence. Strokes , high blood pressure, kidney problems, diabetes can all be traced to , among others, too much carbo , which fufu is a very rich source. We need to start thinking about eating properly. Its a worldwide problem. So Otabil is doing the nation a great service by starting this very important conversation.
Pelicles 7 years ago

Whites who have kidney problems, high blood pressure, strokes etc get that from eating fufu right? Also, there are people who weight as much as 600 hundred pounds in the US and where did they get that from?

Some of you arg ...
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Whites who have kidney problems, high blood pressure, strokes etc get that from eating fufu right? Also, there are people who weight as much as 600 hundred pounds in the US and where did they get that from?

Some of you argue for arguing sake. You don't make sense.
boka 7 years ago

Not just fufu, any food not prepared under hygienic conditions can kill you.Stop scaring people, if you have choices just go ahead and enjoy your varieties.

Not just fufu, any food not prepared under hygienic conditions can kill you.Stop scaring people, if you have choices just go ahead and enjoy your varieties.
CONCERNED GHANAIAN 7 years ago

Pastor Otabil concentrate on spiritual things. Because you are so frustrated with spiritual things that s why you have resorted to these things. Consider parts of the country that eat fufu and parts that do not eat fufu and t ...
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Pastor Otabil concentrate on spiritual things. Because you are so frustrated with spiritual things that s why you have resorted to these things. Consider parts of the country that eat fufu and parts that do not eat fufu and tell which of them are more productive. You have to be careful when preparing every kind of food. Yale is a private University. You don't need to be a pastor to start a university. Concentrate on spiritual things. Your teaching is only sense knowledge. You don't have revelation knowledge. Is only the one that has only listened to you can appreciate your teaching. Your teaching is for baby Christians . You were teaching about two weeks ago on GTV. I recommend you read thoroughly the book of Romans. Word for word. Line by line. Meet an I CGC member and you know this is a baby Christian. They only talk their feelings and physical situation. Dare to lay hands on the sick Pastor Otabil. Do you believe. You are frustrated with spiritual things. Concentrate on your calling. But have you ever said something that everyone does not know
King George 7 years ago

Otabil is one intelligent pastor I admire among the many false "men of God" on the market these days. His reasoned judgement on fufu should be treated with all seriousness. I stopped eating fufu at about twelve years old when ...
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Otabil is one intelligent pastor I admire among the many false "men of God" on the market these days. His reasoned judgement on fufu should be treated with all seriousness. I stopped eating fufu at about twelve years old when I saw a lizard playing around the head of a pestle of our neighbour. The pestle was as usual left leaning against the kitchen wall.
JH New York. 7 years ago

Cheap Dietician. Cheaper than Fufu pestle and mortar!.

Cheap Dietician. Cheaper than Fufu pestle and mortar!.
Odikro Mununkum 7 years ago

Otabil and the dietician are both wrong they should stop confusing themselves are Ghanaians. Hygienic in food preparation and nutrition facts are two different things. They don't know what they talking about.

Otabil and the dietician are both wrong they should stop confusing themselves are Ghanaians. Hygienic in food preparation and nutrition facts are two different things. They don't know what they talking about.
Wisdom. 7 years ago

Why won't you just advice on hygienic ways of preparing food. What about the stick used in preparing banku, and the way the dough is fermented? What about drying cassava for Konkonte? What about cooking utensils for rice? (wh ...
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Why won't you just advice on hygienic ways of preparing food. What about the stick used in preparing banku, and the way the dough is fermented? What about drying cassava for Konkonte? What about cooking utensils for rice? (which am sure you consider as most hygienic). What about the toxic chemicals in the air we breathe. What about the chemicals used to plant the crops? My point is, there is danger everywhere. Singling out fufu as poisonous because someone may prepare it in unhygienic way is misleading. People should stop going all lengths to defend whatever is or done by so 'so called' celebrities and 'men of God'. After all, they are human. To air is human.

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