A new study has revealed that fufu causes throat cancer.
Fufu is prepared with cooked cassava and plantain, yam and or cocoyam. It is one of the favourite delicacies in Ghana and several African countries.
The study was carried out ultimately to establish the negative effect of eating fufu.
This follows a wild claim made in 2017 by influential man of God, Pastor Mensa Otabil that the meal is gradually killing Africans.
‘We realised that those who consumed more fufu at least 3 times a week are at higher risk of getting throat cancer’, lead researcher Prof Nana Yaa Akomfem said.
The study lasted for three months and involved 500 crazy fufu lovers in Kumasi, Ashanti Region.
Prof Akomfem reiterated that ‘We took the biggest challenge to investigate the claims made by Pastor Otabil on the consumption of fufu when he spoke at the National Convocation of the 2017 Springboard Roadshow on the need for a change in the attitudes of Africans’.
According to Pastor Otabil, the process involved in the preparation of fufu is too stressful and unhygienic and noted that ‘fufu’ is gradually killing the people who eat it.
He argued that ‘Any food that if you have to eat you’ll have to punish yourself like this, what’s the sense in it? And the annoying thing is when you’re pounding, the sweat will be going in and will be mixed, and even in the mortar, there are all kinds of bacteria in the corners, this is an ecosystem for bacteria, 5 years and we are still pounding and people will say, that’s what we like’.
‘It’s killing us; because you know Africans we don’t know what kills us, the thing is killing us but you say it’s a witch, because we never identify objectively the cause of the problem…..Come to think of it, this fufu in this mortar is not sanitized , what impact does it have on our lives?’.
Prof Nana Yaa Akomfem and her research team believe the outcome of the study is insightful and people who enjoy eating fufu will begin to check their consumption pattern.
In other news, the Ghana Police Service have declared Prophet Kenneth Mensah wanted.
Prophet Mensah alias Obrempong is on the run after duping a nurse, taking her GH₵ 40,000 cash (equivalent to US$ 6,403).
He also attempted to set the woman ablaze at her residence in Asankragwa in the Western Region, police report said.
Watch the video below for more details on this shocking story.
SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
Editor’s Note: The report on ‘fufu causes throat cancer-new study reveals’ is purely satire. Article is indeed for entertainment purposes and not to lay academic emphasis. If you wholly assume that the article is a scientific proof then you are a big G.O.A.T.
