GARLIC HEART

Throughout the ages, healers have attributed medicinal powers to garlic, but few scientific studies have backed the bulb's protective effects -- which is why new research documenting garlic's potential to prevent heart damage is so exciting.

Chinese scientists studied how garlic oil impacted a particular kind of heart disease common to diabetics. High blood sugar can triple the level of free radicals -- unstable molecules that attack healthy tissue, including the heart, which may explain why diabetics have up to four times the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease compared to non-diabetic heart patients. But researchers found that rats receiving high doses of garlic oil enjoyed a 40% reduction in diabetes-induced damage to heart cells. The garlic oil group also experienced up to 12% improvement in heart function.

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