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Role of Garlic In Heart Disease Prevention! Garlic (Allium sativum) has been used as a spice and food. It is a popular ingredient in cooking due to its strong smell and delicious taste. Despite causing bad breath and allergy to some people, garlic can be an excellent ingredient in making soups and sauces, or dressing. By pressing a few cloves of fresh garlic with a garlic press, and mixing with extra virgin oil and a bit of salt, one can make a healthy and tasty dressing. Fresh garlic can be an excellent flavoring for pasta sauces, too. Being highly nutritious, garlic is low in calories and rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin B6 and manganese. It also contains trace amounts of various other nutrients. Nevertheless, garlic was used medically for at least 3,000 years because of its health benefits. Major civilizations like Babylonians, Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans had documented its uses. Taking garlic regularly may help prevent many chronic health conditions. Some studies had indicated that garlic supplements help prevent and reduce the severity of common illnesses like the flu and common cold. At high doses, the sulphur compounds in garlic were shown to significantly reduce lead toxicity and related symptoms. Garlic is a natural antibacterial and antifungal. Research show that it helps lower cholesterol naturally and simultaneously acts as a blood thinner. It also boosts immunity due to its antioxidant properties, and some evidence has shown it prevents both cancer and cardiovascular disease.
When the body increases production of an enzyme
called ACE (angiotensin I-converting enzyme), blood pressure will increase.
Garlic contains gamma-glutamylcysteine, a natural ACE inhibitor. This chemical,
in combination with the high allicin content, gives garlic its ability to dilate
arteries, thereby lowering blood pressure. Doctors usually prescribe medication
called ACE inhibitors to hypertensive patients for blocking the formation of
ACE, though these drugs do have multiple side effects. As such, garlic is most
commonly used as an alternative or a complementary therapy for hypertension.
In a paper published January 5, 2015 in ‘The Journal of Clinical Hypertension’, researchers suggested that garlic supplements are superior to controls (placebo in most trails) in reducing blood pressure, especially in hypertensive patients. Garlic intake caused a 3.7 mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure and a 3.39 mmHg in diastolic blood pressure compared with controls. Earlier a paper published in 2008 in Journal ‘Cardiovascular Disorders’ also found that garlic was better than placebo in lowering blood pressure among people with hypertension after researchers analyzed 11 previously published clinical trials. For those with high cholesterol, garlic supplements appear to reduce total and/or LDL (bad) cholesterol by about 10 to 15 percent. Garlic appears to lower LDL but has no reliable effect on HDL (good) cholesterol and triglyceride levels (another known risk factor for heart disease). Researchers suggested that garlic supplements have the potential to lower blood pressure in hypertensive individuals, to regulate slightly elevated cholesterol concentrations, and to stimulate the immune system. Garlic supplements may be considered as a complementary treatment option for hypertension, slightly elevated cholesterol, and stimulation of immunity. The findings were published January 13, 2016 in ‘The Journal of Nutrition’.
One fresh clove of garlic (4 grams) contains 1
percent of allicin. So it is safe for most people to consume. Garlic supplement,
on the other hand, are available in several forms, including pills, powders,
oils, and extracts that can range anywhere from 100 mg up to 5,000 mg. Garlic
supplements are known to cause a number of side effects including heartburn,
nausea and diarrhea. People with bleeding disorders and pregnant or nursing
women should not take garlic. Furthermore, as garlic is a natural blood thinner
(anticoagulant), taking it in combination with blood thinning medications can be
risky. It is safe for patients who take ACE inhibitor blood pressure medication
to consult their doctors before taking any garlic supplements. Date: October 3, 2019
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