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Article of the Day :
1st October, 2006
Garlic restrain Cancer and Lowers Blood Fat and Cholesterol
Garlic is know as Allium
cepa in Latin, Lasunah in Sanskrit and Lahsun in Hindi. Garlic
is a stimulant, anticholesterol, antibacterial, aphrodisiac,
analgestic, anthelmintic, diuretic, emmenagogue and
antifungal.
Garlic
was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, chewed by Greek
Olympian atheletes and thought to be essential for keeping
vampires at bay!
But it is also good for
zapping bacteria, keeping your heart healthy, warding off
coughs and colds - and don't worry it needn't give you bad
breath!
Researchers
in 1957 who noted the enzyme activity of certain cancers
experimented to determine whether components of garlic (Allium
sativum) could affect the oxidation of those enzymes,
according to Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., in Dr. Earl Mindell's
Garlic: The Miracle Nutrient.He noted that a study in Science
reported that researchers incubated sarcoma tumor cells with
allinase and S-ethyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide, then injected the
tumor cells into mice. Tumor growth was completely inhibited
and the mice survived beyond the six. month observation period
according to researchers.
In another study, for
cancer, it is found to be effective. Trasplanted tumours of
Jensen sarcoma in rats regressed, and in some cases,
completely disappeared after the injection of 1-3 mg of 'Allicin',
an active fraction of garlic was given directly into the
tumour.
"In 1973," Mindell continued, "a Japanese
researcher treated a variety of tumor cell types with fresh
garlic extract, then injected the tumor cells into mice.
According to the results published in the Japanese Journal of
Hygiene, tumor development in the mice was 'reversed.' The
same researcher was successful in inhibiting mammary tumors
and other sarcomas with a solution of fresh garlic extract."
Garlic possesses important anti-cancer
properties, reported Michael T. Murray, N.D., in Natural
Alternatives to over-the-counter and Prescription Drugs. He
added that Hippocrates, the famous Greek physician, prescribed
eating garlic as treatment for cancers.
"Based on animal research and some human
studies," Murray said, "this recommendation may have been
extremely wise. Several garlic components have displayed
significant immune, enhancing as well as anti-cancer effects."
He added that human studies showing garlic's
immune-enhancing and anti-cancer effects are largely based on
population studies. From these studies, it appears that there
is an inverse relationship between cancer rates and garlic
consumption that is, cancer rates are lowest where garlic
consumption is greatest. For example, he added, in China a
study comparing populations in different regions found that
death from gastric cancers in regions where garlic consumption
was high was significantly less than in regions with lower
garlic consumption.
In the
Research by John Milner, Ph.D., and colleagues
at Pennsylvania State
University at University Park, reveal that
garlic inhibits both a carcinogen's binding to breast cells
and the formation and spread of breast tumors, reported Heads
Up, Cambridge, Mass.
"In the latest issue of the journal, Cancer
Letters, Milner and doctoral student Sukjatha Sundasram report
that several of garlic's oil-soluble, sulfur-based compounds
effectively inhibit growth of tumor cells in another
scientific model of breast cancer," Heads Up added. "One
compound actually kills the cells."
"A study conducted by
Tulane
University stated that total cholesterol levels in those
taking garlic tablets dropped by six percent and LDL
cholesterol was reduced by 11 percent," the Review reported..
"Researchers at the University of Kansas discovered that
garlic tablets reduced the susceptibility of LDL oxidation by
34 percent compared to the placebo group."
In a study to test the lipid-lowering effects
of garlic, 20 healthy volunteers were fed garlic (0.25 mg/kg
per day of oil in two divided doses for six months), reported
the April 1994 is, sue of The Lawrence Review of Natural
Products, St. Louis, Mo.
This therapy significantly lowered mean
cholesterol and triglyceride levels while raising levels of
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL, the beneficial
kind, the publication reported sixty-two patients with
coronary artery diseases and elevated cholesterol levels also
were randomly assigned to two subgroups: one group was fed
garlic for 10 months and the second group served as the
untreated controls.
Garlic decreased the serum cholesterol,
triglyceride and levels of low density lipoprotein
cholesterol, LDL, the bad kind, significantly, while
increasing the HDL fraction, the publication continued.
REFERENCES:
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"Garlic," The Lawrence Review of Natural
Products, April 1994.
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"Garlic Acts as An Anti-Carcinogen in Breast
Cancer Studies," Heads Up, 1994.
·
Mindell, Earl, R.Ph., Ph.D. Dr. Earl Mindell's
Garlic: The Miracle Nutrient. New Canaan, Conn.: Keats
Publishing, Inc., 1994, pp.
·
Natural Alternatives to Over-the-Counter and
Prescription Drugs. New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc.,
1994, pp. 296-297.
Today's Article - Referred Websites
http://carcin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/17/9/1979
http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/41/120.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic
http://corporate.freelife.com
www.afpafitness.com/articles/garlic.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Alternatives-Counter-Prescription-Drugs/dp/0688123589
http://www.garlic.mistral.co.uk/
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/g/garlic06.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/garlic/NS_patient-garlic
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/garlicsum.htm
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