Eid-El-Kabir: Health Professional Warns Against Over Eating And Drinking

By Francis Ezediuno 

As Muslims celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir festival, Nigerians have been advised to desist from over consumption of food and drinks as this might have health repercussions later on.

This advice was given by Mrs. Esther Oke, a Chief Nursing Officer in a chat with OSUN DEFENDER in Osogbo.

The experienced nurse revealed that the reason for the advice was that research had discovered that over-eating puts much stress on the digestive system and in the long run leads to constipation and other digestive diseases like gastroenteritis, reflux and acidity.

According to her, “it is clear that during festive seasons like this, people tend to eat and drink a lot.

“Some even jokingly say that they would use Andrews Liver Salt to clear their bowels in order to eat and drink more.

“This belief is erroneous and at the end they end up causing unnecessary health problems for themselves.

“As rational beings, we should allow wisdom dictate our actions. What will we gain from eating and drinking to excess in just one or two days and at the end of it spend months and lots of money to treat the consequence of such action.

“There is no point in binge drinking and gluttonous eating. All these things have consequences and some are dire and will leave with us atimes for the rest of our lives. By this, I mean diseases that may arise as a result of the gluttonous eating and binge drinking could last for a lifetime”.

“Some of these diseases coming from the effect of heating and drinking too much are expensive to treat and they also require specialist attention and not a general one”, she said.