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Post by Tim Wescott on Mar 15, 2004 9:33:56 GMT -5
Garlic - helping your health
Most of the modern research on garlic has concentrated on its ability to lower cholesterol and blood pressure as well as offering protection against strokes and heart disease. For example, when the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians reviewed data on cholesterol in 1993, it found that after just four weeks there was a 12 per cent reduction in cholesterol levels in the research groups that had taken garlic.
While garlic is gathering a reputation for helping to maintain a healthy heart, regular amounts of garlic seems to also help the body fight off infections. These antibacterial effects were first discovered in the early 19th century during an outbreak of infectious fever - English priests caught the fever but the French priests, who ate garlic every day, remained healthy. However, you don't need to suffer with a fever to benefit from garlic's health enhancing properties.
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Post by Maximum6 on Jul 9, 2004 16:57:18 GMT -5
I'm going to add a couple gloves of this powerful food to my diet. I was wondering...can i buy the packaged version..where they broke the garlic for you..and peeled too. Also..is it best just to eat the clove like candy?
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Post by danman on Jan 14, 2005 22:12:18 GMT -5
I've heard about garlic before. I work in a sandwich shop and we offer garlic parmesian bread and that's the kind I always eat.
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