Prof. Yorke reacts to Dr Lamptey's 'the size of banku you eat shouldn't be bigger than the size of an egg' statement

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Kwame 1 year ago

Why use "hyperboles" to communicate to to public on important issues like public nutrition? Who does that? And when people interpret what you have communicated, then you seek refuge under using hyperboles. Theatre of the absu ...
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Why use "hyperboles" to communicate to to public on important issues like public nutrition? Who does that? And when people interpret what you have communicated, then you seek refuge under using hyperboles. Theatre of the absurd.
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Agya Koo 1 year ago

Gyae gyimii no. Kwasea kwa. Whenever serious issues are being discussed you bring in this trumutrumu nonsense. Who cares about your gyimii practice.

Gyae gyimii no. Kwasea kwa. Whenever serious issues are being discussed you bring in this trumutrumu nonsense. Who cares about your gyimii practice.
Fame 1 year ago

She must be referring to eggs from a different continent, not Africa

She must be referring to eggs from a different continent, not Africa
IN FACT, GHANA HAS ILLITERACY PROBLEMS 1 year ago

The size of your Banku should not be bigger than an egg quite easily says small Banku. If you eat 2 kg Banku with peppers and small amount of fish regularly, you’ll end up with Diabetes and Stroke some time later.

The size of your Banku should not be bigger than an egg quite easily says small Banku. If you eat 2 kg Banku with peppers and small amount of fish regularly, you’ll end up with Diabetes and Stroke some time later.
WaLL 1 year ago

Amount of single food consume by one person in ghana absurd.No balance diet .Same food ,same size all day..We have lot of diabetes ,fibroid and other diseases generated by excessive intake of carbohydrates food!!

Amount of single food consume by one person in ghana absurd.No balance diet .Same food ,same size all day..We have lot of diabetes ,fibroid and other diseases generated by excessive intake of carbohydrates food!!
Me - Me 1 year ago

Next time she must put her statement in better ways that will drive understanding to the audience and also stimulate the desire to control certain food intake in the audience and not use the size of an egg as hyperbole. It wi ...
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Next time she must put her statement in better ways that will drive understanding to the audience and also stimulate the desire to control certain food intake in the audience and not use the size of an egg as hyperbole. It will rather put people off. I like my banku and how can you tell me to eat one as small as an egg. It will take one palm squeeze.
Yaw Wontumi 1 year ago

all these third world medics. Our grandfathers has been enjoying their banku long ago. These tribal idiots with the help of an ugly midget hybrid akyem weed smoking ape akuffo addo are still denigrating our dishes. Why not ...
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all these third world medics. Our grandfathers has been enjoying their banku long ago. These tribal idiots with the help of an ugly midget hybrid akyem weed smoking ape akuffo addo are still denigrating our dishes. Why not make reference to fufu which is your local staple? Making tribalistic and ethnocentrism out of medical sciences. Gbemela and dzimakpla fools in the useless npp government led by an ugly ape akuffo addo. Idiots.
Joe Wise 1 year ago

Hɛɛɛ, wagyimi saa?, go ahead and eat all banku and akple as much as you can fill your stomach, okay?, Gyimifour, dwan

Hɛɛɛ, wagyimi saa?, go ahead and eat all banku and akple as much as you can fill your stomach, okay?, Gyimifour, dwan
Okponglo Guy 1 year ago

Where is our Kontomire, Agushie, Melons, Okro(a), Garden Eggs etc? We have the healthiest foods. Why list Tofu, and Lentils and not mention our local stuff.

The doctors must also campaign the excessive use of pesticides ...
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Where is our Kontomire, Agushie, Melons, Okro(a), Garden Eggs etc? We have the healthiest foods. Why list Tofu, and Lentils and not mention our local stuff.

The doctors must also campaign the excessive use of pesticides and weedicides.

GH8 1 year ago

I m wondering o he never mentioned any of our foods o. No akple, fufu, yam, cassava, plaintain, banana, and most of our vegetables. What is going on among our western trained scientists and nutritionist?

I m wondering o he never mentioned any of our foods o. No akple, fufu, yam, cassava, plaintain, banana, and most of our vegetables. What is going on among our western trained scientists and nutritionist?
WaLL 1 year ago

.He not Ghanaian.Last Name as Yorke not Ghanaians ,Akuffo Addo daughter’s husband I supposed!!

.He not Ghanaian.Last Name as Yorke not Ghanaians ,Akuffo Addo daughter’s husband I supposed!!
Ariel 1 year ago

The problem is that our professionals don't research and adapt their knowledge to African and ghanaian standards. They read western books and that is all. Even if the Ghanaian writes a book, it is a photocopy of the white man ...
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The problem is that our professionals don't research and adapt their knowledge to African and ghanaian standards. They read western books and that is all. Even if the Ghanaian writes a book, it is a photocopy of the white man's textbook.
WaLL 1 year ago

You could realized by His last name not Ghanaian breed.UK by origin elevated to That position by Akuffo Addo gov’t .We have a lot of ingredients like ‘Agushie,inkotomre,kwasusuaa,egg-plant(ngyaadua,) so many to go with o ...
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You could realized by His last name not Ghanaian breed.UK by origin elevated to That position by Akuffo Addo gov’t .We have a lot of ingredients like ‘Agushie,inkotomre,kwasusuaa,egg-plant(ngyaadua,) so many to go with our food,but ,the irony is Ghanaians obsession with foreign made poisonous food that is the problem killing middle-class people in ghana!!
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Ph 1 year ago

May she was referring to the egg of an ostrich

May she was referring to the egg of an ostrich
Jack Toronto 1 year ago

Salaries of doctors must also not better than that of a teacher

Salaries of doctors must also not better than that of a teacher
Oklemekuku 1 year ago

Guess she meant ostrich egg.

Guess she meant ostrich egg.
Kwesi 1 year ago

Then, am finished!

Then, am finished!
Donatus 1 year ago

What is the point speaking to people in a language they do not understand?

What is the point speaking to people in a language they do not understand?

Shit hole 1 year ago

So much confusion in morden day medicine anyone woke from a dream and talk trash ... meanwhile when they make mistakes they turn around to justify it ....no wonder a country with an acceptable mortality death rate 30%... who ...
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So much confusion in morden day medicine anyone woke from a dream and talk trash ... meanwhile when they make mistakes they turn around to justify it ....no wonder a country with an acceptable mortality death rate 30%... who will cook theat banku.....or when it that egg size we wont die again Dr . Lamptey at what age did realize that banku is evil..go to hometown and tell them and see ..such nonsense research gives more panic and unnecessary sickness
Badu 1 year ago

Then her hyperbole backfired

Then her hyperbole backfired
Ghanabi Kofi 1 year ago

Window dressing after a big time guff!!!!!

Window dressing after a big time guff!!!!!
Kaplorkor 1 year ago

Balanced or unbalanced diet, "all die be die". Eat all the balanced diets , death is awaiting you. So, what are we talking about. 2 ; 67; 220 years or what have you ?. All die be die. Offa, death is in the corner to level you ...
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Balanced or unbalanced diet, "all die be die". Eat all the balanced diets , death is awaiting you. So, what are we talking about. 2 ; 67; 220 years or what have you ?. All die be die. Offa, death is in the corner to level you up.
Eternal Life, Eternal Love 1 year ago

Wise comment ; so : eternal life, eternal love

Wise comment ; so : eternal life, eternal love
Water Yam 1 year ago

I know one guy who rolls several balls of banku,fat ones like size 4 football. Africans eat a lot because we do man power jobs

I know one guy who rolls several balls of banku,fat ones like size 4 football. Africans eat a lot because we do man power jobs
Gborlahn 1 year ago

There might be a problem with the way we eat here in Ghana. We heap banku in the form of a mountain and clear everything at a sitting. Or yam or just name it. The Chinese eat rice with a lot of vegetables. Westerners, from th ...
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There might be a problem with the way we eat here in Ghana. We heap banku in the form of a mountain and clear everything at a sitting. Or yam or just name it. The Chinese eat rice with a lot of vegetables. Westerners, from their movies, have a little bit of everything on their plate.

I believe that's what the doctor is saying.
Clifford 1 year ago

You go explain, explain, explain Taya.

You go explain, explain, explain Taya.
Hey 1 year ago

Copy and paste doctors. No discoveries.

Copy and paste doctors. No discoveries.
WaLL 1 year ago

Great advice as diabetic

Great advice as diabetic

Ghanaian 1 year ago

I believe these write ups are directly for persons with diabetes and those exposed to the conditions. Can one imagine a fisherman or mason or carpenter or an shs form one student eating a ball of kenkey the size of an egg, or ...
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I believe these write ups are directly for persons with diabetes and those exposed to the conditions. Can one imagine a fisherman or mason or carpenter or an shs form one student eating a ball of kenkey the size of an egg, or a soldier trainee given a ball of Banku the size of an egg?
Edward Wiredu 1 year ago

She means well. Doctor Lampley is my doctor and she knows what she is talking about. As a diabetic im advised by doctors abroad to either fast most part of the day or reduce my meal size and time to the barest minimum.
Her ...
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She means well. Doctor Lampley is my doctor and she knows what she is talking about. As a diabetic im advised by doctors abroad to either fast most part of the day or reduce my meal size and time to the barest minimum.
Her advice is for diabetes and prediabetics. She aims at complete reversal of the condition and not management. Im sure diabetics who listened to her understand what she was saying.

Over indulgence is what got most of us into our current debilitating situation. May wisdom prevail for the overall health of Ghanaians
Ex-Pope 1 year ago

BANKU LOGIC

These experts are confused because they've chosen to step into a territory that is clearly out of their area of expertise. When it comes to matters pertaining to bank and eggs, that should always be deferred to ...
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BANKU LOGIC

These experts are confused because they've chosen to step into a territory that is clearly out of their area of expertise. When it comes to matters pertaining to bank and eggs, that should always be deferred to the sole expert in that area in Ghana, the one and only Bukom Banku. Whatever Bukom says about banku, goes.
Atadikatsa 1 year ago

Prof whatever just stop the lies. The actual statement should be "the size of banku you eat shouldn't be bigger than the size of one's own HEAD " . If any it should be the same size of your own head but not bigger than it. T ...
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Prof whatever just stop the lies. The actual statement should be "the size of banku you eat shouldn't be bigger than the size of one's own HEAD " . If any it should be the same size of your own head but not bigger than it. This is the true medical statement. So prof whatever just stop the lies
David? 1 year ago

Head? Are you building a castle in your stomach?

Head? Are you building a castle in your stomach?
Kow 1 year ago

Too much Banku is bad. You can get diabetes

Too much Banku is bad. You can get diabetes
Nabb 1 year ago

How can I understand what ur explaining with this big terminology

How can I understand what ur explaining with this big terminology
Fuseini 1 year ago

Are you now Roberta's spokesperson?
Allow her to speak for herself and clarify if she meant Lizard eggs or Dabodabo eggs.

Are you now Roberta's spokesperson?
Allow her to speak for herself and clarify if she meant Lizard eggs or Dabodabo eggs.
Fuseini 1 year ago

All these stuff on nutrition are well explained in the Integrated Science Textbook of SHS. Our children are better educated now.

All these stuff on nutrition are well explained in the Integrated Science Textbook of SHS. Our children are better educated now.
Nana 1 year ago

In other words the good Prof has just diplomatically told us that Dr. Lamptey goofed big time.

In other words the good Prof has just diplomatically told us that Dr. Lamptey goofed big time.
Naa Adorkor 1 year ago

Dr Lamptey draws attention to the fact that the average adult, especially those with sedentary jobs are overeating. Overeating has become part of the regular lifestyle, and the associated trajectory of obesity and associated ...
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Dr Lamptey draws attention to the fact that the average adult, especially those with sedentary jobs are overeating. Overeating has become part of the regular lifestyle, and the associated trajectory of obesity and associated conditions are becoming normalized. How and when do we arrest that trend?
Kwasi 1 year ago

Knowledge gained must be explained well otherwise it will be interpreted to be madness

Knowledge gained must be explained well otherwise it will be interpreted to be madness
KWABENA KASAPREKO. 1 year ago

DR. LAMPTEY IS A FOOL INDEED. WHERE DID HE GET THAT NOTION FROM ? SHAME ON HIM. WHERE DID HE GET HIS SCIENCE EDUCATION FROM ? SILLY ASSHOLE !!!

DR. LAMPTEY IS A FOOL INDEED. WHERE DID HE GET THAT NOTION FROM ? SHAME ON HIM. WHERE DID HE GET HIS SCIENCE EDUCATION FROM ? SILLY ASSHOLE !!!
KWABENA KASAPREKO. 1 year ago

DR. LAMPTEY IS A FOOL INDEED. WHERE DID HE GET THAT NOTION FROM ? SHAME ON HIM. WHERE DID HE GET HIS SCIENCE EDUCATION FROM ? SILLY ASSHOLE !!!

DR. LAMPTEY IS A FOOL INDEED. WHERE DID HE GET THAT NOTION FROM ? SHAME ON HIM. WHERE DID HE GET HIS SCIENCE EDUCATION FROM ? SILLY ASSHOLE !!!
Joseph Wireko-Adumatta 9 months ago

The damage control approach is not enough.
Simply say it's not true for the ordinary person.

The damage control approach is not enough.
Simply say it's not true for the ordinary person.

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