At a certain age in life we are advice to cut down on food with carbohydrates. I have come to discover most Nigerian foods are basically high in carbohydrates . from garri, fufu , yam, rice, noodles, sweet potato etc.

Apart from beans and groundnuts what other options do we have in Nigeria that are good sources of protein and vitamins .

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pafra:
At a certain age in life we are advice to cut down on food with carbohydrates. I have come to discover most Nigerian foods are basically high in carbohydrates . from garri, fufu , yam, rice, noodles, sweet potato etc.

Apart from beans and groundnuts what other options do we have in Nigeria that are good sources of protein and vitamins .

Beans are not a good source of protein, they are referred to as protein because the percentage of protein is highest, it's not necessarily proteinous.

Good source of protein?

Egg (basically)
Fish
Meat( shouldn't be too much)
Milk

Plant source-
Soy, groundnut

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This list is sooooo short.

There are other food that are not carbohydrates, but, may not also 100% be protein either, like:
Unripe plantain,
Nuts,
Vegetables,
Meats,
Milk,
Oats, etc

ftosino:


Beans are not a good source of protein, they are referred to as protein because the percentage of protein is highest, it's not necessarily proteinous.

Good source of protein?

Egg (basically)
Fish
Meat( shouldn't be too much)
Milk

Plant source-
Soy, groundnut

This food you mantion can not be served as meal . The Will certainly be combine with carb.

Can we get food rich in protein and vitamins with out carb combine

pafra:


This food you mantion can not be served as meal . The Will certainly be combine with carb.

Can we get food rich in protein and vitamins with out carb combine

Swallow with vegetables, egusi
Rice, with coleslaw in it

Na still beans na .

Any other thing I'll suggest will still be in the beans family ( legumes) like soya beans in the form of Soy milk and Green peas.

Except you wanna go with meat/fish and diary proteins. Or better still take protein supplements like fish oil capsules.

Groundnuts are not proteins. They are under fats and oils I think.

Nuts are proteinous
Peanuts, groundnuts

ftosino:
Nuts are proteinous
Peanuts, groundnuts

I can not take ground nut for a meal. It is obvious 95,% of Nigerian food are carb

Take your swallows with lots of vegetable soup and meat/fish. For rice, do more of brown rice like ofada rice. Yam and potatoes ain't bad carbs

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