Knoblauch zur Gesunderhaltung
Sigrun Chrubasik-Hausmann · Zeitschrift für Phytotherapie · 2018 · Heft 05 · S. 216-220
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Abstract Garlic for health maintenance. Part 3: Evidence of effectiveness Several meta-analyses have pooled data of clinical studies and provide evidence that garlic is a natural blood pressure and cholesterol lowering option. Normal blood pressure is not affected by garlic. It remains to be investigated why certain hypertonic patients or patients with elevated blood lipids do not respond to garlic. Many clinical trials indicate that garlic decreases cardiovascular risk in terms of complications such as stroke and myocardial infarction as well as the size of arteriosclerotic plaques. Studies also indicate that g…