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Garlic and High Cholesterol

Written by Mita Majumdar   
Thursday, 17 April 2008
 
According to a single blind, placebo controlled study, garlic tablet was found to be significantly beneficial in treating hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol). The trial was conducted in the cardiology department of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, to study the effect of garlic on the lipid profile of 150 hyperlipidemic patients. It was found that garlic had a favorable effect on the total cholesterol level (12.1 per cent reduction), 17.3 per cent reduction in LDL-cholesterol (bad cholesterol), and 15.7 per cent increase in HDL-cholesterol (good cholesterol).

References:

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17328819
2. Kojuri J, Vosoughi AR, Akrami M.: Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients. Lipids Health Dis. 2007 Mar 1; 6: 5.
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Carly said:

In a meta-analysis published in the Annuls of Internal Medicine which analyzed the results of 13 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, it was found that supplementation with garlic was significantly more effective than a placebo in reducing total cholesterol level.
 
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