Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 63:The Lies I Grew Up Believing

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What were the lies you believed while growing up?

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While growing up and seeing a lot of mango fruits in the area where I grew up, I was not only told but was warned on several occasions never to soak Garri after eating mango or drink minerals such as Coke, Fanta, Pepsi, etc which to date I am yet to find out what consequences there are in doing so.

While growing up, I believed in the lies and deceit myself anything that had to do with the lies I was told about, until I saw someone take Garri and Mango in my very present. While growing up, I was told if one should soak Garrium Sulphate after eating Mango he or she would die immediately I became so scared, and even at every time I saw someone taking both, I shouted at the person saying do you want to die or what and he just smile at me, which till date he is looking healthy and strong.

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What was your reaction after finding out the truth as an adult?

Well, I didn't react more, rather than to surprise about the reason why I was told about such lies. I had to calm down and watch someone taking it, after asking the person he told me, he was also fed with the same lies while growing up, I then said to myself that it is a way of telling or stopping children from eating too much such as mixing of foods which can cause stomach pain.

You know every child likes taking something sweeter and I believe the reason for the lies is for me to be mindful of the things I eat as mixing both can be harmful to my immune system. However, I felt bad initially that my parents had lied to me but at the end of the day, I found out that I was not the only one who was told about such lies.

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Do you subscribe to telling lies to young minds in a bid to protect them or do you choose to call a spade a spade?

Yes, I will subscribe to telling lies to young minds in a bid to protect them rather than allowing them to do something that can be too risky for their health. I discovered that young minds obey lies rather than the truth which I will tell them to keep them safe.

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I am inviting my friends; @dave-hanny, @ruthjoe, and @vickyson to also join me.