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Tunde Ajobo, a clinical dietician at University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has advised Nigerians to always eat mangoes with their skin.
He gave the advice in an interview on Thursday in Ibadan.
According to him, this is to ensure that consumers of the fruit get the full nutrients and fibre required for the bbo
The dietician, however, warned that eating excess mango could cause diarrhoea.
The clinical dietician further advised people not to eat unripe or fairly ripe mangoes, as the acidic content of such fruit is high.
“It is also not good to take the riped, but let it be ripe and firm such that when you use a knife to cut it, it will be easy, and one can eat it with the skin,” stated Mr Ajobo. “Mango is best eaten when the skin (epicarp) is not yet detached from the middle (mesocarp) of the fruit.”
He emphasised that mangoes should be eaten at intervals “and not packed and taken at the same time.
“Ideally, one can use mangoes to start the day, but it should be taken at intervals. Do not eat more than one mango at a go,” the dietician explained.
He explained that from the shape of the mango down to the colour and, everything about it speaks about the caroteneous nature of it.
