In the latest research by doctors at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, garlic indeed may be as good for you as the ancients once believed it was.
Garlic has been around since the time of the Egyptians and it has always been regarded as a medicinal plant with great healing powers and a key to a long life. This healing power is now being rediscovered by today’s top researchers who are finding new evidence that of garlic’s efficacy against cancer and heart disease.
In the March issue of The Journal of Nutrition, 35 articles were presented that represented the latest research on garlic health finding that were presented last year at a symposium at Georgetown University. Dr. Richard Rivlin of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center and guest co-editor of the supplement is quoted:
“Medical texts from China, India Egypt, Greece and Italy mention medical applications of garlic. Cultures that developed independently came to the same general conclusions, namely that garlic could be administered to provide strength and to increase work capacity. Hippocrates, considered the Father of Medicine, used garlic as an essential component of one of his therapies.”
The Ancient Egyptians did use garlic to provide their workers with strength and virility in order to build their ancient structures and even the Old Testament reports the Jewish Peoples lamenting the loss of garlic as they started on their exodus. The Chinese have been utilizing garlic for thousands of years and have used it to help cure just about everything,
In the supplement Dr. Rivlin goes on to explain that while there is definite promise in the disease preventing and therapeutic effects of garlic, the plant should be looked at as a complementary medicine as opposed to an alternative therapy.
“The rapid pace of advances in garlic research provides increasing evidence that garlic has significant potential as a complement to established therapies,” is his final verdict on the fleshy, bulbous pungent herb.
Other findings on garlic that were published in The Journal of Nutrition include:
Garlic has been around since the time of the Egyptians and it has always been regarded as a medicinal plant with great healing powers and a key to a long life. This healing power is now being rediscovered by today’s top researchers who are finding new evidence that of garlic’s efficacy against cancer and heart disease.
In the March issue of The Journal of Nutrition, 35 articles were presented that represented the latest research on garlic health finding that were presented last year at a symposium at Georgetown University. Dr. Richard Rivlin of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center and guest co-editor of the supplement is quoted:
“Medical texts from China, India Egypt, Greece and Italy mention medical applications of garlic. Cultures that developed independently came to the same general conclusions, namely that garlic could be administered to provide strength and to increase work capacity. Hippocrates, considered the Father of Medicine, used garlic as an essential component of one of his therapies.”
The Ancient Egyptians did use garlic to provide their workers with strength and virility in order to build their ancient structures and even the Old Testament reports the Jewish Peoples lamenting the loss of garlic as they started on their exodus. The Chinese have been utilizing garlic for thousands of years and have used it to help cure just about everything,
In the supplement Dr. Rivlin goes on to explain that while there is definite promise in the disease preventing and therapeutic effects of garlic, the plant should be looked at as a complementary medicine as opposed to an alternative therapy.
“The rapid pace of advances in garlic research provides increasing evidence that garlic has significant potential as a complement to established therapies,” is his final verdict on the fleshy, bulbous pungent herb.
Other findings on garlic that were published in The Journal of Nutrition include:
- Garlic’s anti-cancer properties may be due to the presence of the element of selenium.
- Garlic may help slow the progression of coronary artery disease.
- Garlic may help with cardiovascular disease by suppressing calcium mobilization.
- Precancerous lesions may be reduced by garlic.
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