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🌿 Cassava (Ege/Garri/Akpu) – Nigeria's root of life. Feeds 800M+ people. 🇳🇬
✅ Benefits: Resistant starch (gut health), leaves (protein, iron, anticancer potential), gluten-free.
⚠️ CRITICAL WARNING – RAW CASSAVA CONTAINS CYANIDE ☠️
Acute poisoning: vomiting, convulsions, death within hours.
Chronic poisoning: Konzo (permanent leg paralysis, 3,700+ African cases), nerve damage, goiter.
✅ How to make it SAFE (Nigerian methods):
Soak, ferment, press, roast (garri/eba)
Boil correctly – start in COLD water (92% cyanide removed)
Leaves – boil extensively, change water
NEVER eat raw cassava. Process it right.
#Cassava #Garri #FoodSafety #Eba

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