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<blockquote data-quote="Humble_Gursevak" data-source="post: 24015" data-attributes="member: 602"><p><strong><span style="color: #cc0000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Garlic and health</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Garlic has long been considered a medicinal food, being used to protect against plague by monks of the Middle Ages. Hippocrates used garlic vapors to treat cervical cancer, and garlic poultices were placed on wounds during World War II as an inexpensive, and apparently quite effective replacement for antibiotics, which were scarce during wartime. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Now science is beginning to prove the medicinal properties of garlic that our ancestors took for granted. Studies have shown garlic can suppress the growth of tumors, and is a potent antioxidant good for cardiovascular health. Other studies show garlic can reduce LDL or "bad" cholesterol and is a good blood-thinning agent to avoid blood clots that could lead to heart attack or stroke. All this at only 4 calories per clove! Further information is at your fingertips by calling the <span style="color: #cc0000">Garlic Information Hotline</span> from </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Cornell</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">University</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Medical</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">College</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> at 1-800-330-5922. </span></span></p><p><a href="http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa081197.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa081197.htm</span></span></span></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/faculty/pbird/keepingfit/ARTICLE/GARLIC.HTM" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/faculty/pbird/keepingfit/ARTICLE/GARLIC.HTM</span></span></span></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Patrick J. Bird, Ph.D. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Keeping Fit </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Column 597</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1998</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Q. Is there any truth to the medicinal claims about garlic? I am 63 years old and have been told that it can relieve just about any kind of ailment.</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>A.</strong> Besides the mythical acclaim for warding off vampires and other evil spirits, garlic has a centuries-old reputation for its health and healing qualities. Today, this plant ranks as our most popular herbal cure-all. And it may indeed have some untapped medicinal potential. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">An analysis of five studies, reported last year in the <em>Annals of Internal Medicine</em> indicates, for example, that eating one-half to one clove a day reduced cholesterol levels by 9%. Another study in <em>Circulation</em>, the prestigious journal sponsored by the American Heart Association, suggests that garlic may help maintain the elasticity of aging blood vessels. (Blood vessels, like old rubber bands, lose their stretchiness with time. This is why many elderly people have high blood pressure.) In the <em>Circulation</em> study, the average garlic intake was five, 100 milligram tablets (a little less than half a medium garlic clove) a day.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Other studies have shown garlic may lower high blood pressure, retard the growth of certain bacteria, reduce the risk of breast, stomach and colon cancers, serve as a diuretic, and help in the long-term treatment of intermittent claudication (restricted leg blood flow that causes pain while walking).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Nevertheless, munching on garlic cloves or taking garlic supplements is not now being advised by the American Heart Association or any other national health organization. The reason is that appropriate experimental studies have not been conducted -- that is, long-term clinical trials where individuals are randomly assigned to consume or not consume garlic. Of the 1,000 or so garlic and health investigations to date (including those mentioned above) almost all are of the observational or questionnaire type (epidemiological) studies. Gold standard experimental studies are essential to prove the real value of a substance.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Furthermore, aside from an antibacterial compound called allicin, scientists do not know which of the many substances in garlic produce beneficial effects. They also that is, long-term clinical trials where individuals are randomly assigned to consume or not consume garlic.that is, long-term clinical trials where individuals are randomly assigned to consume or not consume garlic. do not know if there are long term negative effects from consuming large amounts of the plant (although there is no indication that there would be). Until all this is clear, health organizations will be reluctant to make any health recommendations for garlic.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">In addition, there is little market control on garlic supplements. When you purchase garlic pills, you can't be sure of exactly what you are buying. These products, like other dietary supplements, are not viewed as drugs by government regulators; therefore, they are not scrutinized for content, purity or anything else so long as the manufacturers do not make health claims on the package. Consequently, the content of the pills can and does vary. One study found that the amount of garlic ingredients released by different supplement brands varied by as much as 18-fold.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Caution.</strong> If you regularly take medications such as aspirin or other drugs that thin the blood, see your doctor before taking garlic supplements. Garlic has anticoagulant properties</span>. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Humble_Gursevak, post: 24015, member: 602"] [B][COLOR=#cc0000][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Garlic and health[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Garlic has long been considered a medicinal food, being used to protect against plague by monks of the Middle Ages. Hippocrates used garlic vapors to treat cervical cancer, and garlic poultices were placed on wounds during World War II as an inexpensive, and apparently quite effective replacement for antibiotics, which were scarce during wartime. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Verdana]Now science is beginning to prove the medicinal properties of garlic that our ancestors took for granted. Studies have shown garlic can suppress the growth of tumors, and is a potent antioxidant good for cardiovascular health. Other studies show garlic can reduce LDL or "bad" cholesterol and is a good blood-thinning agent to avoid blood clots that could lead to heart attack or stroke. All this at only 4 calories per clove! Further information is at your fingertips by calling the [COLOR=#cc0000]Garlic Information Hotline[/COLOR] from [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Cornell[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]University[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Medical[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]College[/FONT][FONT=Verdana] at 1-800-330-5922. [/FONT][/SIZE] [URL="http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa081197.htm"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa081197.htm[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL] [URL="http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/faculty/pbird/keepingfit/ARTICLE/GARLIC.HTM"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/faculty/pbird/keepingfit/ARTICLE/GARLIC.HTM[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Patrick J. Bird, Ph.D. Keeping Fit Column 597 1998[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Q. Is there any truth to the medicinal claims about garlic? I am 63 years old and have been told that it can relieve just about any kind of ailment.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][B]A.[/B] Besides the mythical acclaim for warding off vampires and other evil spirits, garlic has a centuries-old reputation for its health and healing qualities. Today, this plant ranks as our most popular herbal cure-all. And it may indeed have some untapped medicinal potential. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]An analysis of five studies, reported last year in the [I]Annals of Internal Medicine[/I] indicates, for example, that eating one-half to one clove a day reduced cholesterol levels by 9%. Another study in [I]Circulation[/I], the prestigious journal sponsored by the American Heart Association, suggests that garlic may help maintain the elasticity of aging blood vessels. (Blood vessels, like old rubber bands, lose their stretchiness with time. This is why many elderly people have high blood pressure.) In the [I]Circulation[/I] study, the average garlic intake was five, 100 milligram tablets (a little less than half a medium garlic clove) a day.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Other studies have shown garlic may lower high blood pressure, retard the growth of certain bacteria, reduce the risk of breast, stomach and colon cancers, serve as a diuretic, and help in the long-term treatment of intermittent claudication (restricted leg blood flow that causes pain while walking).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Nevertheless, munching on garlic cloves or taking garlic supplements is not now being advised by the American Heart Association or any other national health organization. The reason is that appropriate experimental studies have not been conducted -- that is, long-term clinical trials where individuals are randomly assigned to consume or not consume garlic. Of the 1,000 or so garlic and health investigations to date (including those mentioned above) almost all are of the observational or questionnaire type (epidemiological) studies. Gold standard experimental studies are essential to prove the real value of a substance.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Furthermore, aside from an antibacterial compound called allicin, scientists do not know which of the many substances in garlic produce beneficial effects. They also that is, long-term clinical trials where individuals are randomly assigned to consume or not consume garlic.that is, long-term clinical trials where individuals are randomly assigned to consume or not consume garlic. do not know if there are long term negative effects from consuming large amounts of the plant (although there is no indication that there would be). Until all this is clear, health organizations will be reluctant to make any health recommendations for garlic.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]In addition, there is little market control on garlic supplements. When you purchase garlic pills, you can't be sure of exactly what you are buying. These products, like other dietary supplements, are not viewed as drugs by government regulators; therefore, they are not scrutinized for content, purity or anything else so long as the manufacturers do not make health claims on the package. Consequently, the content of the pills can and does vary. One study found that the amount of garlic ingredients released by different supplement brands varied by as much as 18-fold.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][SIZE=4][B]Caution.[/B] If you regularly take medications such as aspirin or other drugs that thin the blood, see your doctor before taking garlic supplements. Garlic has anticoagulant properties[/SIZE]. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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