By Ayo Kehinde
Dieticians in the Nigeria have sounded a note of warning that the mixture of ginger, lime and garlic for the treatment of coronavirus disease was dangerous to health and urged Nigerians to disregard those canvassing the herbal combination.
President of the Dietician Association of Nigeria, Professor Elizabeth Ugwu, in a Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, programme on Thursday, urged people to adopt a healthy life style be eating certain food such as legumes, vegetable, tuber healthy fats and oil.
“Let then go for seasonal foods which are often cheap but rich in nutrients,” she said
Corroborating Ugwu, Mrs Roseline Obia, a dietician said, garlic on its own contains vitamins and fiber and does not need to be mixed with any other herb to be effective.
She said; “The mixture with lime, ginger could affect one’s health, especially hypertensive patient.
