'I NEVER CHOP SINCE MORNING' SYNDROME .

Like it or not this is a 'disease '. It is rampant in Nigeria. It's neurological.  The symptoms range from mild to moderate to severe. There is no medication yet invented for its cure. 
Okay, it may not be a disease but it's a phenomenon.  
Over the years in my nutrition practice, I've observed this phenomenon play out over and over again. 
While clerking patients (taking down diet history), to determine their dietary pattern and predisposition, there is provision for 24 hour diet recall. In 24 hour diet recall, the patient is asked what he/she has eaten from the previous day to the present moment. That is usually when I get this response ' I never chop since morning'(I've not eaten since morning) .
Now, upon further probing, the same patient /client that said he/she has not eaten since morning, will start giving responses like ;
Na only bread I chop for morning. I never chop since morning.
Na only tea(beverage) I drink since morning I never chop.
Na only gala(beef sausage roll), I eat o.
Na banana and groundnut(peanuts)  dey my belle (stomach), I never chop.

Truth is, whatever you eat or drink that is not water, contains calories and as such is food. Yes, if it's not water then it's food, sorrrrrrrry.

Bon Weekend.
Do Eat Responsibly!