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Zara & Omie: Mango Madness

Zara & Omie: Mango Madness
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Mango Madness

Mango season brings out the best in everyone — especially Zara and Veer, who believe the stickier the hands, the better the day. There’s sticky joy, bright sunshine, and zero restraint…
until Jay shows up with a sugar fact-sheet and a reality check.

In this strip, the gang is deep in mango bliss when Jay delivers the cold, pulpy truth: one mango can have over 45 grams of sugar. Zara pauses. Veer doesn’t. And then Omie shows up — sticky, dazed, and clearly regretting every mango molecule.

It’s a moment many of us can relate to: we love what we’re eating… until our gut reminds us it has limits.

Even healthy, fiber-rich, vitamin-packed foods like mangoes can overwhelm the digestive system when we go overboard — especially when there’s no balance or break. Gut microbes thrive on variety and moderation, not sugar spikes (even the natural kind). And when they get too much of a good thing?
Well… let’s just say Omie ends up fermenting.

Read the full comic below 👇

zara and omie comic #18 - mango madness

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