Why Eating Suya Regularly Is Not Good For You

Suya and yogurt, suya and a green bottle, suya and red wine, just suya. The drinks might change but the suya is a constant. Daily, weekly, often, regularly, all you know is you love your suya with its spiciness, nicely chopped onions and every other thing the seller puts with it.

What you don’t know but should know is your beloved suya is not so loving with its harmful effects given below:

1. Suya can kill like cigarettes

Like cigarette, suya contains Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). These PAHs are in some of the plastics, woods and charcoal the suya seller throws into his fire to make it burn well to make the suya. Some PAHs are chemical carcinogens and mutagens, that is they can cause cancer and change the DNA. It can also lower a child’s IQ and cause childhood asthma when a pregnant woman is exposed to it.

2. Suya can cause cancer

Suya is cooked in an open fire. The oils from the meat undergo complex chemical reactions that produce toxins known as Heterocyclic Amines (HCAs). These HCAs are carcinogenic, that is they can cause cancer.

 

3. Danger of contacting animal disease

Remember, during the Ebola outbreak, we were warned to stay away from monkey and bat meats. This is because there are certain diseases called zoonotic disease that can be passed between animals and humans. Suya is mostly undercooked and may carry some blood on them. From that blood, one may contact any zoonotic disease.

4. Suya may have beef tapeworm ( Taenia saginata )

This is commonly known as the beef tapeworm – a zoonotic tapeworm. This is mainly gotten from eating undercooked beef. It may not come with symptoms except when one is heavily infected. Then, the symptoms would include: weight loss, dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, headaches, nausea, constipation, chronic indigestion, and loss of appetite. It may also cause intestinal obstructions which can be alleviated by surgery.

To avoid these dangers, make sure the suya is properly cooked and prepared with good wood. Be sure that the place and seller are hygienically okay and a healthy animal was killed for suya. Also, eat your suya with lots of onions, cabbage, tomatoes and other vegetables to reduce the cancer-causing risk.

The best advice, however, is to greatly reduce your suya consumption.

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