A naturopath and medical director, Safeway Biogenics, Lagos, Dr. Abel Durojaiye has warned Nigerians who totally avoid animal protein food sources either due to religious belief or nutritional grounds that total avoidance of animal protein foods could lead to sudden and untimely death.
He revealed this in an interview with FirstNigeriaTV recently in Lagos.
According to him, there are some very essential nutrients/vitamins the body needs which cannot be synthsised by the body but can only be gotten through diets consumption, especially Vitamin B12, the deficiency of which results in sudden and unannounced outcomes of symptoms of very deadly ailments.
“For instance, vitamin B12 is a very important inclusion in the overall human well-being and it functions in making red blood cells and the DNA which is the genetic material in all body cells. Lack of this vitamin can lead to anemia, among other very deadly physical, neurological and psychological symptoms, he said.
He advised doctors to disengage in prescribing total avoidance of any class of food to patients as every food matter consumed in reasonable and optimum quantity has its positive role in ensuring human survival and continuity.