I know that for those of us who can afford it, most have upgraded to "tusher" cereal brands. For those of us who still stick to the conventional "pap"/"ogi"/"akamu" brand, today I bring you good revelation - keep rocking the ogi/akamu times! Pap/ogi is a fermented food product of corn. Its starch content is quite reduced as fermentation breaks down and converts most of it. Now the "koko" of the gist. Fibre can be "soluble" or "insoluble". Corn has a unique combination balance of these two types of fibre. While soluble fibre helps bind away cholesterol (in other words, soluble fibre possess antioxidant properties), insoluble fibre help/aid bowel movement/excretion by increasing the bulk of waste to be excreted. Fibre(both soluble and insoluble) hydrate waste, further aiding/easing bowel movement. In summary, by enjoying your wonderful bowl of "ogi", you benefit: lowered weight gain effect (as a result of reduced starch content due to fermentation), anti cancer effects(due to the antioxidant properties of soluble fibre) in the lower digestive tract, and hydating and bulking effects of insoluble fibre (constipation prevention). Whats more? Ogi is unbelievably affordable.
You know Ogi/Pap/Akamu always goes with Akara/bean cake/awesome balls of protein..Shebi you will write about the health benefits of that one too?
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DeleteHaha.. faithful akamu fan like me. We can cook somthing up about akara balls sometime.
DeleteYou know Ogi/Pap/Akamu always goes with Akara/bean cake/awesome balls of protein..Shebi you will write about the health benefits of that one too?
ReplyDeleteLoooollll... But cool advice.... Something new learnt ..
ReplyDeleteThat makes me glad.
DeleteWow this is great news oo, though am not used to it, but I will try though it will be possible only on non working days that I want to rest or at night. Overdosing it with milk and tea, does it affects d work coz I can't take it raw or with just sugar.
ReplyDeleteMilk is good. I doubt anyone can take akamu alone.
DeleteYou've made me miss akamu the more Eby!
ReplyDeleteHahaha Neduuu m. Dont worry in no time.
DeleteYou've made me miss akamu the more Eby!
ReplyDeleteYou just got my head in a twist.
ReplyDeleteTherefore I need some clarity.
In one of your earlier posts, you vehemently condemned the consumption of "awalawa tomatoes" on the grounds that the FERMENTATION has rendered them toxic to the body, through the development of carcinogenic substances in them.
So how is FERMENTATION in corn any different and even beneficial to the body?
Or have I missed something?
Awarawa tomatoes isn't fermented tomatoes. It is fungi infected tomatoes. (The particular species of fungi that colonize awarawa tomatoes produce aflatoxins).Fermentation on the other hand involves conversion of long chained sugars By yeast and certain bacteria to alcohol.
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