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Garlic (Allium
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General Information:
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Garlic
- Vitacost Health Library
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Garlic - Compiled by Chad Bradshaw, Pharm.D
- Garlic - The Natural
Pharmacist
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Garlic (Natural Standard Review) - University of Texas
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Garlic Summary - University of Texas
- Heart Health - Garlic
- natmedonline.com
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Garlic: For Maximum Benefit, Choose the Right Product! - Dr. Murray
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Garlic for Healthy Cholesterol Support and Immune Function - Dr. Murray
(.pdf)
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The Wonders of
Garlic - thenutritionreporter.com
News & Research:
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Garlic
Boosts Hydrogen Sulfide To Relax Arteries - Science Daily, 10/16/07
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Why Garlic Is Good for You - WebMD, 10/15/07 - "red
blood cells process compounds from digested garlic and turn them into the cell
messenger hydrogen sulfide (H2S), which relaxes blood vessels and increases
blood flow. Therefore, eating garlic may increase our natural supply of this
vital chemical and play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease"
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Garlic's
Goodness Best Released With A Crush - Science Daily, 10/6/07
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Garlic
May Not Lower Cholesterol - WebMD, 2/26/07 -
"The numbers just didn't move. There was
no effect with any of these three products, even though fairly high doses were
used"
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Cooking
Garlic? Crush It First - WebMD, 2/16/07 -
"most garlic studies have tested raw
garlic, and cooking can damage those anticlotting compounds ... Crushing garlic
may help prevent that damage"
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Onions
and Garlic May Prevent Cancers - WebMD, 11/21/06 -
"people whose diets are rich in onions,
garlic, and other alliums have a much lower risk of several types of cancer than
those who avoid the pungent herbs"
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Product
Review of Garlic Supplements - ConsumerLab.com, 6/27/06
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Benefits of Garlic Better by the Dozen - WebMD, 6/8/06
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Garlic could lower cholesterol levels - Nutra USA, 5/9/06
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Garlic compounds may stop liver cancer growth - Nutra USA, 5/4/06 -
"A one per cent solution of each garlic
extracts appeared to inhibit the growth of the tumour completely"
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Garlic may hold key to combating disease - naturalfoodsmerchandiser.com,
6/05
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Can 2 Garlic Cloves a Day Keep the Doc Away? - WebMD, 4/4/05 -
"Ku's team recently found that allicin -- a compound found in garlic -- prevents a mild form of pulmonary
hypertension in rats. Now they find that the garlic compound prevents a much
more severe form of pulmonary hypertension in rats"
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The high five for hypertension -
Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals, 12/04 -
"Co-enzyme Q10 ...
Omega-3 fatty acids ... Garlic ...
L-arginine ... Calcium"
- Garlic Consumption Appears to Reduce Blood Pressure
- Doctor's Guide, 10/18/04 -
"those patients with the highest consumption of garlic were more likely to
have systolic blood pressures under 100 mm Hg than individuals with lower
garlic consumption. While the group that had eaten more garlic also had
lower diastolic blood-pressure readings, the difference were not as robust"
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Garlic may reduce risk of prostate cancer - Life Extension Magazine,
3/03 - "The study indicated that
eating just a tenth of an ounce of scallions daily lowers prostate cancer
risk by about 70%; that same amount of garlic reduces the risk by about 53%.
The study authors suggest that one clove of garlic daily can achieve desired
preventive effects"
- Bad
Breath, Healthy Prostate - New Hope Natural Media,
12/20/02 - "Men who consumed more
than 10 grams per day of Allium
vegetables had almost a 50% reduction in risk of developing
prostate cancer, compared with those who consumed less than 2.2 grams
per day. Garlic was the most commonly consumed
Allium
vegetable, followed by scallions and chives"
- Garlic May Prevent Cancer - Intelihealth, 11/6/02
- Garlic, Chives Reduce Prostate Cancer - WebMD,
11/5/02 - "filling your diet with
garlic and scallions can help reduce the chance of this potentially deadly
cancer ... Garlic and scallions, along with onions, leeks, chives, and
shallots, are rich in flavonols, substances in
plants that have been shown to have
antitumor effects. All of
these vegetables have previously been linked to lower risks of cancers of
the stomach, colon, esophagus, and perhaps breast ... although fruits and
vegetables slightly reduced prostate cancer,
the lower risk associated with
allium
vegetables was much more pronounced"
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Aged Garlic: A Potent Antioxidant - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 3/02
- Garlic Supplements Can Impede HIV Medication -
Intelihealth, 12/6/01
- Compounds In Garlic Fight Malaria And Cancer -
Intelihealth, 11/13/01
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Cardiovascular Health - Nutrition Science News, 9/01
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Garlic and Heart Disease - Nutrition Science News, 9/01 -
"With botanical products, choosing the right brand is critical, because
significant differences often exist between products"
- Garlic May Protect Against Stomach and Colorectal Cancer
- Nutrition Science News, 1/01
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Consumer group says garlic's cholesterol claim misleading - CNN, 12/6/00
- Garlic
Supplements Lower Lipids Better In Women Than In Men - Doctor's Guide,
11/1/00
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Studies Suggest Eating Garlic Does Protect Against Cancers - WebMD,
10/4/00
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Phytochemicals: Nutrients Whose Time Has Come - Nutrition Science News,
7/00
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Herbal Aids for Cancer - Nutrition Science News, 3/00
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Garlic: 4 Varieties for Health - Nutrition Science News, 3/00
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Garlic in High Doses May Protect Arteries - Nutrition Science News, 1/00
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Garlic, The Bountiful Bulb - Life Extension Magazine, 1/00
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Garlic Prevents Plaque Build-up - Life Extension Magazine, 9/99
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Cancer Prevention Diet - Nutrition Science News, 8/99
- Garlic Helps Reduce Arterial Plaque - Life
Enhancement Magazine, 8/99
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Sidestep Heart Disease - Nutrition Science News, 3/99
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Cholesterol-Fighting Herb - Nutrition
Science News, 2/99
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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapeutic Effects Of Garlic Clarified -
Doctor's Guide, 10/14/97
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Garlic showing promise as anti-cancer agent - CNN, 7/21/97
Abstracts:
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Onion and garlic intake and the odds of benign prostatic hyperplasia -
Urology. 2007 Oct;70(4):672-6 - "Compared with
nonusers, the multivariate ORs for the highest category of onion and garlic
intake were 0.41 ... This uniquely large data set from European populations
showed an inverse association between allium vegetable consumption and BPH"
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Onion and garlic use and human cancer - Am J Clin Nutr. 2006
Nov;84(5):1027-32 - "The
multivariate ORs for the highest category of onion and garlic intake were,
respectively, 0.16 and 0.61 for cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, 0.12
and 0.43 for esophageal cancer, 0.44 and 0.74 for colorectal cancer, 0.17
and 0.56 for laryngeal cancer, 0.75 and 0.90 for breast cancer, 0.27 and
0.78 for ovarian cancer, 0.29 and 0.81 for prostate cancer, and 0.62 and
0.69 for renal cell cancer"
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Garlic reduces dementia and heart-disease risk - J Nutr. 2006
Mar;136(3):810S-2S - "compelling
evidence supports the beneficial health effects attributed to AGE in helping
prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and lowering the risk of
dementia and AD"
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Antiglycation properties of aged garlic extract: possible role in prevention
of diabetic complications - J Nutr. 2006 Mar;136(3):796S-9S -
"S-Allylcysteine, a key component of
aged garlic, is a potent antioxidant and can inhibit AGEP formation"
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Aged garlic extract improves homocysteine-induced endothelial dysfunction in
macro- and microcirculation - J Nutr. 2006 Mar;136(3):750S-4S -
"AGE may at least partly prevent a
decrease in bioavailable NO and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
during acute hyperhomocysteinemia"
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Effect of garlic (Allium sativum) powder tablets on serum
lipids, blood pressure and arterial stiffness in normo-lipidaemic
volunteers: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
- Br J Nutr. 2004 Oct;92(4):701-6 -
"garlic powder tablets have no clinically relevant lipid-lowering and blood
pressure-lowering effects in middle-aged, normo-lipidaemic
individuals. The putative anti-atherosclerotic effect of garlic may be
linked to risk markers other than blood lipids"
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Effects of garlic thioallyl derivatives on growth, glutathione
concentration, and polyamine formation of human prostate carcinoma cells in
culture - Am J Clin Nutr. 1997 Aug;66(2):398-405 -
"These data provide further evidence that nonessential nutrients derived
from garlic may modulate tumor growth."
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