Mariangeles:


I’m serious.

As a person who’s passionate about Nigerian foods, it is my duty to change your misconception about Nigerian food.

Here's another soup- Egusi soup as we typically have it. how much nutrition dey that soup?

Kobojunkie:
Lots? You actually think here you are talking to an slowpoke or something?

Yes, I don't know about you. I speak for myself and what i eat. Protein include fish, lean cuts of chicken, snails and eggwhites.

LIVINGICON:
Yes, I don't know about you. I speak for myself and what i eat. Protein include fish, lean cuts of chicken, snails and eggwhites.

All you listed above are also staples in the diets of Western, even more so than they are the average Nigerian diets. Portion wise, the average Nigerian does not even get 1/10th of the protein recommended for each day. So how does this help your earlier assertions that Western diets are loaded with empty calories?

Kobojunkie:
All you listed above are also staples in the diets of Western, even more so than they are the average Nigerian diets. Portion wise, the average Nigerian does not even get 1/10th of the protein recommended for each day. So how does this help your earlier assertions that Western diets are loaded with empty calories?

I never said western diets but western junks. I have folks in the west and you know what, they hardly eat cooked foods. Instead they feed on MacDonalds and the likes. I guess because it is quite cheaper over there. They are looking all puffed up with fats now.

LIVINGICON:
I never said western diets but western junks. I have folks in the west and you know what, they hardly eat cooked foods. Instead they feed on MacDonalds and the likes. I guess because it is quite cheaper over there. They are looking all puffed up with fats now.

Ok, so Nigerian junk - puffpuff, buns, dodo or igbekere, chinchin, kulikuli, coconut candy...etc. is better than western junk?

McDonald's is not necessarily cheaper than cooking yourself. I live here in the west and I rarely eat McDonald's because I find I save more when I cook for myself. Also, McDonald's is not junk food. It is fast food but not junkfood. So you should be more specific about what exactly it is you mean when you label McDonald's junk food.

Your friends who you say live in the west are probably puffed up because they don't get enough exercise in their lives and not because they eat at McDonald's. If they made those same burgers or sandwiches at home, they will more than likely experience the very same issue, this because of lack of exercise and not because they eat McDonald's.

Kobojunkie:
Here's another soup- Egusi soup as we typically have it. how much nutrition dey that soup?

I’m not sure, but I think it contains some protein.

Mariangeles:
I’m not sure, but I think it contains some protein.

Protein from?

Oh, you mean Protein from the meat(minus bone) wey dey inside the soup, which when compared to eba no even reach anywhere?

Are you joking?

I don't think you know much about food to be honest.

I don't know what you mean by 'fermentation takes the nutrients away from fufu and garri'. In fact, fermented foods are actually great for good bacteria. A little goes a long way. Plus many of these foods are rarely eaten isolation.

Egusi is calorie heavy like all nuts and seeds . However, it has a lot of nutrients like most nuts and seeds.

Kobojunkie:
Here's another soup- Egusi soup as we typically have it. how much nutrition dey that soup?

Sterope:
Are you joking?

The question is genuine! How much nutrition dey that soup?

https://www.nutritionix.com/i/nutritionix/egusi-soup-1-serving/5b719f098b89395f50c2781a

Food nutritional awareness is relatively new to many Nigerians. Not many of us can afford the internet to learn about food. Cooking vegetables to death used to be a thing in the western world not long ago. Many of us are beginning to catch up. We will get there.

Kobojunkie:
The question is genuine! How much nutrition dey that soup?

Sterope:
https://www.nutritionix.com/i/nutritionix/egusi-soup-1-serving/5b719f098b89395f50c2781a

Food nutritional awareness is relatively new to many Nigerians. Not many of us can afford the internet to learn about food. Cooking vegetables to death used to be a thing in the western world not long ago. Many of us are beginning to catch up. We will get there.

Oh, so the soup has no great nutritional value then?

Define great?

Kobojunkie:
Oh, so the soup has no great nutritional value then?

Sterope:
Define great?

You tell me. I checked the website source you have me and I must say that nutritional value chart seems a bit iffy.

Lmao. Now you are funny.

Kobojunkie:
You tell me. I checked the website source you have me and I must say that nutritional value chart seems a bit iffy.

Sterope:
Lmao. Now you are funny.

I am being serious ...I even started reviewing the individual ingredients to figure out for example where the high Vitamin A content - around 80% - claimed in that link came from...

That is not even the point. The link is for Egusi soup. You said great and you don't know what constitutes great.

Egusi is a seed. Nuts and seeds are calorie dense and protein rich. It is particularly a good source
of protein for vegans and weight loss. If I need to explain the benefits of nuts and seeds for you, you shouldn't be making judgements about food.

I found a better one for you.

https://www.nutracheck.co.uk/CaloriesIn/Product/39/Ades+Whole+Egusi+100g

Kobojunkie:
I am being serious ...I even started reviewing the individual ingredients to figure out for example where the high Vitamin A content - around 80% - claimed in that link came from...

Sterope:
That is not even the point. The link is for Egusi soup. You said great and you don't know what constitutes great.

Egusi is a seed. Nuts and seeds are calorie dense and protein rich. It is particularly a good source
of protein for vegans and weight loss. If I need to explain the benefits of nuts and seeds for you, you shouldn't be making judgements about food.

I found a better one for you.

https://www.nutracheck.co.uk/CaloriesIn/Product/39/Ades+Whole+Egusi+100g

Egusi as a good source of protein for vegans?

Remember, we are here trying to tackle the soup, not just the seeds.

27g is extremely high. That is more than 1/3 RDI of many adults

Kobojunkie:
Egusi as a good source of protein for vegans?

Remember, we are here trying to tackle the soup, not just the seeds.

Sterope:
27g is extremely high. That is more than 1/3 RDI of many adults

Hence the reason I continue to research this to find numbers that make more sense.

Egusi soup is made with egusi seeds. That is the main ingredient. If you need convincing about egusi, you don't know food.

That picture you posted will do with more vegetables, less eba, less oil and without animal protein. That would be a balanced diet. I am done.

Kobojunkie:
Egusi as a good source of protein for vegans?

Remember, we are here trying to tackle the soup, not just the seeds.

The link I posted is a product sold in international markets. For international markets, you need to send your food to the food experts for the breakdown of the nutritional information which is then and put on the food packaging before you sell to people.

Egusi is a seed. You should check out nuts and seeds nutritional values.

Kobojunkie:
Hence the reason I continue to research this to find numbers that make more sense.

Sterope:
You won't need to struggle very hard because the link I posted is a product sold in international markets. For international markets, you need to send your food to the food experts for the breakdown of the nutritional information which is then and put on the food packaging before you sell to people.

You won't struggle at all if you know just a little about nuts and seeds.

The reason I doubt the values is because I know enough about nuts and seeds to doubt what is indicated there.

Compare the claim made of egusi in that earlier post to the attached images of pumpkin seeds, in the same melon family. See why that claim get as e be?

Hemp seeds is about 30g protein per 100g

Sunflower seeds is about 21g per 100g

Pumpkin seed is about 19g per 100g

This mixed melon seeds is from India. It has about 28g protein per 100g

https://www.snackfresh.co.uk/products/jcr-melon-seeds-charmagaz?currency=GBP&variant=40065122304156&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&utm_campaign=gs-2021-09-20&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiAy4eNBhCaARIsAFDVtI0LhXcokhDUtYXNm1OqF1aS1-xLa-GX0jX-cLBxHvCW1ugbAqeActoaAv-VEALw_wcB


I like that you are beginning to shift your argument from not knowing anything about egusi to how much protein it has. Which was after I took it upon myself to pont out that it's protein rich .

Kobojunkie:
The reason I doubt the values is because I know enough about nuts and seeds to doubt what is indicated there.

Compare the claim made of egusi in that earlier post to the attached images of pumpkin seeds, in the same melon family. See why that claim get as e be?

Sterope:
Hemp seeds is about 30g protein per 100g
Sunflower seeds is about 21g per 100g
Pumpkin seed is about 19g per 100g
This mixed melon seeds is from India. It has about 28g protein per 100g

https://www.snackfresh.co.uk/products/jcr-melon-seeds-charmagaz?currency=GBP&variant=40065122304156&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&utm_campaign=gs-2021-09-20&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiAy4eNBhCaARIsAFDVtI0LhXcokhDUtYXNm1OqF1aS1-xLa-GX0jX-cLBxHvCW1ugbAqeActoaAv-VEALw_wcB

I like that you are beginning to shift your argument from not knowing anything about egusi to how much protein it has. Which was after I took it upon myself to pont out that it's protein rich .

I never said any of what you claim in bold. You assumed that.

Anyways, I still don't by the egusi mixed- melon protein content claim. What I had a problem with was the Vitamin A percentage claimed for the soup, whose source I went in search of before I stumbled on the melon claim.

For a soup made with seeds with high protein content? The seeds that actually make the soup? That same soup?

Oh, so the soup has no great nutritional value then? undecided

How much nutrition? Plenty including plenty protein minus other micronutrients?

Here's another soup- Egusi soup as we typically have it. how much nutrition dey that soup?

Kobojunkie:
I never said any of what you claim in bold. You assumed that.

Anyways, I still don't by the egusi mixed- melon protein content claim. What I had a problem with was the Vitamin A percentage claimed for the soup, whose source I went in search of before I stumbled on the melon claim.

Sterope:
For a soup made with seeds with high protein content? The seeds that actually make the soup? That same soup?
How much nutrition? Plenty including plenty protein minus other micronutrients?

Kobojunkie:
Protein from?

Oh, you mean Protein from the meat(minus bone) wey dey inside the soup, which when compared to eba no even reach anywhere?

You no dey ever gree.

Oya, go through my food diary https://www.nairaland.com/5147525/food-diary#77757348

Sterope:
Hemp seeds is about 30g protein per 100g

Sunflower seeds is about 21g per 100g

Pumpkin seed is about 19g per 100g

This mixed melon seeds is from India. It has about 28g protein per 100g

https://www.snackfresh.co.uk/products/jcr-melon-seeds-charmagaz?currency=GBP&variant=40065122304156&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&utm_campaign=gs-2021-09-20&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiAy4eNBhCaARIsAFDVtI0LhXcokhDUtYXNm1OqF1aS1-xLa-GX0jX-cLBxHvCW1ugbAqeActoaAv-VEALw_wcB


I like that you are beginning to shift your argument from not knowing anything about egusi to how much protein it has. Which was after I took it upon myself to pont out that it's protein rich .

Thank you for taking the time to enlighten Kobo.
I was too exhausted and to engage with Kobo, you need energy.

Mariangeles:
You no dey ever gree.

Oya, go through my food diary https://www.nairaland.com/5147525/food-diary#77757348

I never take whatever I am told at face value... and that is why I am who I am.