- Family history of cardiovascular disease
- Obesity
- Age(older than 55years in men and 65 years in women but now common in the youth because of our lifestyle)
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Impaired renal failure(GFR<60ml/min and or microalbuminuria)
- Elevated LDL or low HDL(common in Artherosclerotic heart disease patients).
Hwentia has a wide range of biological and anti microbial activities. It is used for the treatment of cough, convulsions, inflammations, high blood pressure, asthma, cancer, rheumatism, dysentery, constipation, epilepsy, dermatosis, headache etc and these are attributed to the wide variety of secondary metabolites in its plant. It gives a good flavoring to soup, stews and even porridges. It can be crushed, grounded or used in whole and removed from foods after cooking and about to be served.
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