Crayfish (edé) is one of the most calcium-dense whole foods available in Nigeria.
100g dried crayfish = 1,500mg calcium which more than a litre of cow's milk.
Plus: phosphorus, magnesium, and zinc in the ratios required for calcium absorption and bone mineralization.
Western nutrition says: drink milk for bone health.
The calcium in cow's milk has approximately 32% absorption rate.
Calcium from marine sources in the presence of natural co-factors: significantly higher bioavailability.
Your grandmother put crayfish in everything.
Not for taste but for architecture.
She was building bone.
Who does your family put in charge of the soup pot?
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🗣️| 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘀-𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗔𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶—𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝘁-𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸.
Interviewer: Patrice, let’s look away from the players and focus on the officials. The referee, Szymon Marciniak, had a clear view, and the VAR room didn't even ask him to look at the monitor. How does that happen?
Patrice Evra: This is what makes me crazy, bro! This is why managers lose their hair! What is the point of having fifty cameras, high-definition replays, and three guys sitting in a dark room eating popcorn if they aren't going to call this? It’s a total disaster!
Interviewer: The official explanation coming from the VAR hub is that it didn't meet the threshold of a "clear and obvious error" because the contact wasn't full-force.
Patrice Evra: Not full-force?! The man’s leg bent like a banana! The rulebook says "endangering the safety of an opponent." If studs planted into a calf from behind isn't dangerous, what do we want? Do we need to see blood? Do we need a broken bone before the VAR wakes up and presses the button? It’s a joke!
Interviewer: So you think the VAR officials choked because of the pressure of the moment?
Patrice Evra: Of course they choked! The VAR system was brought in to fix human mistakes, but instead, it’s just protecting them. The referee made a terrible mistake on the pitch—fine, the game moves fast.
But for the VAR to look at the slow-motion replay from five different angles and say, "Yeah, looks good to me, play on"? That is cowardice. They didn’t want the drama of ruining the biggest match of the tournament. Tonight, the technology failed football.
Do you think Patrice is right?
🚨 Patrice Evra on why Pep Guardiola's silence on Michael Carrick says everything:
“I never really saw Pep publicly praise Carrick, and I think there's a reason for that. I can remember when Amorim arrived at United and Pep said something along the lines of: 'Finally United have a manager with a style of play.' A lot of people took that as a compliment.
Me and a few of my guys looked at each other and said: 'He means a style he can read.' (laughs) And what happened? City beat Amorim's United 3-0. Pep understood what he was looking at. That's the thing with football. People are comfortable with what they understand.
Since Carrick arrived, Pep has barely said a word. Why? Because I don't think he enjoys trying to solve puzzles he can't read. Look at the 2-0 derby. Carrick completely outplayed him. City looked confused. They didn't know when United would press, sit off, speed the game up or slow it down.
And when Pep can't predict what's coming, that's when you know there's a problem. Maybe I'm wrong. But if that derby gets replayed ten times, I'm backing Carrick's United to win more of them than Pep's City. And I think Pep knows that too.”
🚨 Matheus Cunha on his winner against Arsenal in United's 3-2 victory:
🗣️ Cunha:
“We went into that game with one mindset: We were not losing. Then Arsenal scored and honestly, it was frustrating because we felt we were the better team. Mbeumo got us level. Then Dorgu gave us the lead with a world-class goal. Everything about it was perfect. The build-up, the movement, the finish.
The disappointing part was how Arsenal equalized. We felt we had control of the game and suddenly it was another set-piece, another scramble in the box and the score was level again. I remember looking at Case, Bruno and Kobbie and saying: 'Is this really how Arsenal play every week?' (laughs)
Case just said: 'Relax. We'll win the game the right way.' That stayed with me. Three minutes later Kobbie found me. I saw a bit of space and thought: Why not? I hit it. Goal. Emirates went quiet. Our own fans exploded. The game was basically over.
After the final whistle, me and Case had a little conversation with Gabriel. I told him: ‘For a team that loves set pieces that much, I thought you'd have found another one before the game ended.' Gabriel angrily gave us a response. But we understand it was in the emotions of the game”.
But what I will say is that it was one of our best performances of the season. Not because we won. Because of the mentality. We approached that game like we were fighting for the title. And when a team starts thinking like that every week, special things can happen.”