| Juhana Harju 2005-07-20, 2:08 pm |
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Jim Chinnis wrote:
:: "GaryG" <sorrynoemail@NOSPAMX.com> wrote in part:
::: "PeterB" <pkm@mytrashmail.com> wrote in message
::: news:1121434910.905366.32290@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
:::: GaryG wrote:
::::: "Dr. Jai Maharaj" <usenet@mantra.com> wrote in message
::::: news:qoaPe2380oVVso@PyiUc...
:::::: In article <e5DBe.171202$sy6.62304@lakeread04>,
:::::: " dwacon" <ronald.mcdonald@supersize.me> posted:
::::::: Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
:::::::
:::::::: GARLIC - BETTER THAN STATIN DRUGS FOR PREVENTING HEART ATTACKS
::::::
::::::: So what if you take both?
::::::
:::::: Consult, in person, a duly trained and licensed health
:::::: professional in your jurisdiction. It will be better if
:::::: he or she is also trained in the use of herbs and wholistic
:::::: health systems such as Ayurved -- an Ayurvedic physician
:::::: with an MD is my recommendation.
::::::
:::::: Jai Maharaj
:::::: http://www.mantra.com/jai
:::::: Om Shanti
:::::
::::: 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
::::
:::
::: There are many natural diuretics (I'm drinking a cup of coffee right
::: now...an excellent diuretic). But, the claim is that garlic can
::: "prevent heart attacks". Can you provide us with links to studies
::: that back up this claim?
:::
::: GG
::
:: Of course not. Certainly no study that compared garlic consumption
:: levels with heart attack rates, even in a
:: retrospective/observational design.
:: --
:: Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
Its ability to reduce cardiovascular risk factors has been estimated in
studies based on its effects on cardiovascular risk factors. This is just
one example:
Franco OH et al, The Polymeal: a more natural, safer, and probably tastier
(than the Polypill) strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than
75%. BMJ 2004;329:1447-1450.
"Daily consumption of garlic reduced total cholesterol concentrations by
0.44 mmol/l (17.1 mg/dl), corresponding to 66% of the reduction (0.66
mmol/l) that was found to be associated with a 38% reduction in
cardiovascular disease at age 50.Therefore, we considered 66% of the effect
previously reported and assumed a reduction of 25% (21.7% to 27.7%) in
cardiovascular disease events for garlic. Most of the randomised controlled
trials included in the meta-analysis used 600-900 mg/day of dried garlic
powder preparations, equivalent to 1.8-2.7 g/day of fresh garlic. We
selected 2.7 g/day of fresh garlic for the Polymeal. Consuming 68 g/day of
almonds produced half the reduction in total cholesterol (10 mg/dl) observed
with garlic, so we assumed a reduction in cardiovascular disease half the
one assigned to garlic."
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Juhana
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