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Author Re: GARLIC - BETTER THAN STATIN DRUGS FOR PREVENTING HEART ATTACKS
PeterB

2005-07-20, 2:08 pm



GaryG wrote:
> "Dr. Jai Maharaj" <usenet@mantra.com> wrote in message
> news:qoaPe2380oVVso@PyiUc...
>
> I didn't see the original post. Do you have a link to a valid study showing
> the beneficial effects of garlic?
>
> It was promoted for cholesterol lowering a few years ago, but subsequent
> studies showed it had no effect.
>
> GG

Since when is cholesterol a decent marker for heart disease? Half of
all heart attack incidents occur in people without elevated
cholesterol. Garlic is a natural diuretic, which is at least one of
its beneficial effects in human health.

PeterB

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