Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Garlic: Ancient Cure Backed by Science

Studies have shown that aged garlic extract lowers blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides. But its greatest benefit may be reducing arterial plaque, also called calcification of arteries, which many integrative physicians believe to be the most reliable predictor of ill health and death from heart disease.

Aged Garlic Benefits in Clinical Studies

Studies have shown that aged garlic supplements improve crucial markers for good health. Below are some of the benefits found by researchers in recent years.
 
Health Marker
 
Improvement
Platelets sticking to artery walls
34-58 percent
 
Platelet clumping
10-25 percent
 
LDL cholesterol
5-12 percent
 
Total cholesterol
6-31 percent
Triglycerides
10-19 percent
 
Blood pressure
6-8 percent

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