| type="text/javascript"> ch_client = "articlealley"; | | | | Some people prefer to take garlic supplements. |
| ch_type = "mpu"; ch_width = 590; ch_height = 250; | | | | These pills and capsules have the advantage of |
| ch_non_contextual = 4; ch_noborders = 1; | | | | avoiding garlic breath. |
| ch_vertical ="premium"; ch_sid = "590x250 Article | | | | Healthy Antioxidant: |
| Mixed Top"; var ch_queries = new Array( ); var | | | | Studies have shown that garlic - especially aged garlic |
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| ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected]; } | | | | Antioxidants help to protect the body against |
| Health Benefits and Uses of Garlic | | | | damaging free radicals. |
| Garlic health benefits and medicinal properties have | | | | Health Effects of Garlic |
| long been known . Garlic has long been considered a | | | | Garlic has long been used medicinally, most recently |
| herbal wonder drug, with a reputation for preventing | | | | for its cardiovascular, antineoplastic, and antimicrobial |
| everything from the common cold and flu to the | | | | properties. Sulfur compounds, including allicin, appear |
| Plague! It has been used extensively in herbal | | | | to be the active components in the root bulb of the |
| medicine (phytotherapy, sometimes spelt | | | | garlic plant. Studies show significant but modest |
| phitotherapy). Raw garlic is used by some to treat | | | | lipid-lowering effects and antiplatelet activity. |
| the symptoms of acne and there is some evidence | | | | Significant blood pressure reduction is not consistently |
| that it can assist in managing high cholesterol levels. It | | | | noted. There is some evidence for antineoplastic |
| can even be effective as a natural mosquito repellent. | | | | activity and insufficient evidence for clinical |
| In general, a stronger tasting clove of garlic has more | | | | antimicrobial activity. Side effects generally are mild |
| sulphur content and hence more medicinal value. | | | | and uncommon. Garlic appears to have no effect on |
| Some people have suggested that organically grown | | | | drug metabolism, but patients taking anticoagulants |
| garlic tends towards a higher sulphur level and hence | | | | should be cautious. It seems prudent to stop taking |
| greater benefit to health. In my experience it | | | | high dosages of garlic seven to 10 days before |
| certainly tastes better and I buy organic whenever | | | | surgery because garlic can prolong bleeding time. |
| possible. | | | | |