A 12-week study revealed that people who took 2.56 grams of garlic per day not only got sick fewer times but the length and severity of their the cold or flu was improved. Hypertension or high blood pressure is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular diseases such as strokes and heart attacks. High doses of aged garlic extract seemed to help lower blood pressure even compared to conventional prescribed drugs. Taking 600 to 1,500 mg of the extract contributed to reducing hypertension within 24 weeks.
If you have high cholesterol, garlic can assist in lowering your total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Although it does not affect raising the ‘good' high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol or lowering harmful triglycerides, it does reduce the bad cholesterol. Being about 10 or 15% too high on your cholesterol test can easily be adjusted by upping your garlic intake.
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