Garlic: Medication for the heart

The pills contain garlic extracts, vitamins and other essential nutrients that can slow down the process of cardiovascular disease.

This is the conclusion from a new study in middle-aged subjects in the middle of cardiovascular disease, mainly atherosclerosis (atherosclerosis).

After being tested for cholesterol levels, scanning the cardiovascular system details and blood tests every 3 months, study subjects were given a medicine containing garlic and vitamin B-12 extracts, Folic acid, vitamin B-6 and arginine minerals for a period of 1 year, while the control group used placebo.

In the week of the American Heart Association special issue, authors include Dr. Matthew Budoff and Professor Naser Ahmadi at UCLA's Center for Biomedical Research, saying the results are encouraging when the level of improvement is Atherosclerosis is more positive in subjects using garlic and vitamin tablets compared to the placebo group.

'Although it is unclear which of the ingredients in the synthetic pill is the most important - Budoff says - but the most likely is that the garlic extract has the main benefit, although others are also low levels of homocysteine ​​- a type of amino acid in the blood associated with high risk of cardiovascular . '.