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Garlic: A Natural Cholesterol Lowering Herb & One of the Best Cholesterol Treatment Alternatives
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Garlic: A
Natural Cholesterol Lowering Herb
One of the
best
cholesterol treatment alternatives
Garlic (Allium Sativum) is the world 's best example of a
medicinal food and a common part of popular
heart health recipes. It's also
one of the most intensively studies herbs in the natural medicine
today.
Heart Health & Healthy Cholesterol Level
Garlic and cholesterol
are the two words that have been used
together extensively. Clinical studies have shown the Garlic can
help lower the risk of atherosclerosis, a hardening and narrowing of
the arteries, and also lower blood pressure thus preventing heart
attack and stroke.
Garlic contains sulfur-based compounds known as allyl sulfides and
other phytochemicals that studies show may help
lower cholesterol naturally. It may also
raise HDL cholesterol to improve the ratio of beneficial &
healthful high-density lipoproteins cholesterol to LDL (harmful)
cholesterol (cholesterol
hdl ldl ratio). Garlic appears to directly inhibit production of
cholesterol by the liver and to enhance the excretion of
cholesterol.
F. Gilbert McMahon, MD, and other researchers found a reduction of
both cholesterol and LDL cholesterol in 12 weeks with 900 mg/day of
powdered garlic or equivalent of 1 cloves of garlic or less than 1
softgel of garlic oil concentrate 500:1 (equivalent of 1500mg of
garlic)
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Researchers at Memorial
Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket found that supplementation
with aged garlic extract have beneficial effects on the lipid
profile and blood pressure in people with moderately high levels of
cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol dropped by 4.6 percent in the treatment
group when compared to the controls and there was also a 5.5 percent
decrease in systolic (beating) blood pressure. |
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Dr Khalid Rhaman and
colleagues from a nutraceutical research group at Liverpool John
Moores University in the United Kingdom have previously demonstrated
in a clinical trial that a daily supplement of aged garlic extract
inhibits platelet aggregation in healthy people. The group also said
that the supplement could significantly reduce the chances of heart
attacks in heart patients by reducing the chances of blood clots
forming.
Cancer, Antioxidant & Antimicrobial Effects
Garlic is an antioxidant that helps to prevent the oxidation of
blood fats, a major cause of atherosclerosis and other heart
disease. Laboratory experiments have demonstrated that garlic has
powerful effects against various disease-causing microbes, including
bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
One of the most exiting areas in garlic research involves its
potential cancer preventive properties. At a meeting of the American
Institute for Cancer Research help September 2-3, 1999, in
Washington D.C, Lenore Arab Kohlmeier, Ph.D, reviewed the literature
from 1966 and present an analysis of 19 case studies. There was
strong evidence of garlics effectiveness in reducing the risk and
occurrence of various cancers, especially stomach and colorectal
cancers.
Researchers at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom
suggested that Allium vegetables (garlic & onion) have a protective
effect, especially on gastrointestinal tract cancers. The
antibacterial and antimutagenic effects of garlic are probably the
reason for its beneficial effects against cancer.
Garlic is featured in
Natural Assets'
AbsoGreens,
CholestMIN and
CardioHealth.
References:
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Warshafsky S, Kamer RS,
Sivak SL. Effect of garlic on total serum cholesterol. A
meta-analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 1993; 119: 599-605
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Gebhardt R. Multiple
inhibitory effects of garlic extracts on cholesterol biosynthesis in
hepatocytes. Lipids 1993; 28(7): 613-619
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Golub, Catherin,
Pungent, Powerful Garlic May Help Fight Infection, Heart Disease,
Environmental Nutrition 18(12): 1, 6, Dec 1995
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Steiner, Manfred, et al.,
A Double Blind Crossover Study in Moderately Hypercholesterolemic
Men that compared the Effect of Aged Garlic Extract and Placebo
Administration on Blood Lipids
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Botanical Headline
Cancer and Liver Disease Conference, CRN New, Oct 1999, 2-3
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Cholesterol, Blood
Pressure, and Garlic, Nutrition Week 27(20): 7, May 23, 1997.
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Raloff, Janet, Aged
garlic could slow Prostate Cancer, Science News 151(16): 239, April
19, 1997
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