Jumat, 04 November 2011

Garlic as Alternative Treatments for High Cholesterol

Garlic contains many nutrients. This plant serves to maintain health and ward off diseases, ranging from worms to cancer and other degenerative diseases. Another benefit to improve memory and immunity, and prevent premature aging.
Garlic bulbs consist of a few cloves (3-12 cloves) are clustered together to form large bulbs, white and shaped like a top. The name for garlic is very diverse, namely garlic (UK), knoflook (Germany), suan (China), pills (Korea), ninniku (Japan), aglio (Italy), thoam (Arabic), ajo (Spanish).
Efficacy onion recovered to prevent and cure various diseases has been known since ancient Greece. Hippocrates advocated the use of garlic to treat wounds and grievances toxic bronchitis (inflammation of the lungs). In fact, in China famous for an old adage. If you have reached the age of 50 years and then eat the garlic for 50 days, you will increase the age of 50 years. The phrase is not true 100 percent, but suggests that garlic is important for health, so it can extend life expectancy.
Some of the herbal and nutritional supplements said to lower cholesterol include garlic. According to some studies, garlic may decrease blood levels of total cholesterol by a few percentage points. Other studies, however, suggest that it may not be as beneficial as once thought. It may also have significant side effects and/or interactions with certain medications. Garlic may prolong bleeding and blood clotting time, so garlic and garlic supplements should not be consumed prior to surgery and should not be taken with blood-thinning drugs such as Coumadin (warfarin).  

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