Apparently nothing is sacred anymore.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070226/hl_ ... _garlic_dc
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Study Shows That Garlic Doesn't Lower Cholesterol After All
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Study Shows That Garlic Doesn't Lower Cholesterol After All
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Well here's a recent study, as in just published. :)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... med_DocSum
Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... med_DocSum
Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: hyperlipidemia as a major risk factor of atherosclerosis is treated with different drugs. Concerning length of therapy and vast majority of side effects, herbal medication may be suitable substitute for these drugs. METHODS: In this single-blind, placebo controlled study, lipid profiles of 150 hyperlipidemic patients in cardiology outpatient department of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were checked at same conditions. They were divided into three equal groups randomly (each composing of 50 patients). They were given enteric-coated garlic powder tablet (equal to 400 mg garlic, 1 mg allicin) twice daily, anethum tablet (650 mg) twice daily, and placebo tablet. All patients were put on NCEP type II diet and Six weeks later, lipid profiles were checked. RESULTS: In garlic group: total cholesterol (decreased by 26.82 mg/dl, 12.1% reduction, and P-value: .000), and LDL-cholesterol (decreased by 22.18 mg/dl, 17.3% reduction, and P-value: .000) dropped. HDL-cholesterol (increased by 10.02 mg/dl, 15.7% increase, and P-value: .000) increased. Although triglyceride dropped by 13.72 mg/dl (6.3%) but this was not significant statistically (P-value: .222). In anethum group: surprisingly, triglyceride increased by 14.74 mg/dl (6.0%). Anethum could reduce total cholesterol by 0.4 % and LDL-cholesterol by 6.3% but these were not significant statistically (P-value: .828, and .210, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Anethum has no significant effect on lipid profile, but garlic tablet has significant favorable effect on cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol. Garlic may play an important role in therapy of hypercholesterolemia.
Wonder why they didn't mention the results of the placebo group? I can't help but wonder if there was a reason for that omission - like maybe it gave better results than anything else. Hahahaha. Just kidding.
Okay, there's a 3-day difference in the dates of those two articles. One was done in California, and the other in, (presumably), an overseas research facility, (but I'm just guessing about that). As is so often the case with medical research, both studies show a reasonably significant conclusion, but they are obviously totally contradictory. So which one is right?
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Okay, there's a 3-day difference in the dates of those two articles. One was done in California, and the other in, (presumably), an overseas research facility, (but I'm just guessing about that). As is so often the case with medical research, both studies show a reasonably significant conclusion, but they are obviously totally contradictory. So which one is right?
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It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I remember seeing all sorts of benefits that are claimed for garlic. I guess we'll see if anyone in the scientific community contests the findings of that study, (or concurs with it).
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It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.