Potent and Precious Ingredients in Garlic

Garlic is extensively used in herbal medicine to treat a variety of ailments and today there is evidence that it can help reduce high cholesterol levels.

We may already know that garlic is good for us, but its strong scent can sometimes deter us from taking enough of this potent antioxidant.

Fortunately, the amazing curative properties of garlic can now be enjoyed by all, thanks to Belgian scientists who worked in collaboration with several European universities to develop superior varieties of garlic that yield higher actives of vinyldithiins and sulfides. In addition, they came up with a special super-critical extraction process using extremely low temperature with liquid carbon dioxide and nitrogen, unlike other garlic supplements that do not contain standardized amounts of vinyldithiins and sulfides due to the outdated extraction methods used.

Only the vinyldithiins and sulfides in garlic will increase HDL and reduce LDL.

The efficacy of vinyldithiins and sulfides on cholesterol was noted in the major clinical study published by Arun Bordia in 1981 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

This double blinded, randomized, placebo controlled study demonstrated the efficacy of a garlic preparation on the different lipid blood fractions, in particular on TG and HDL.

The results obtained after 6-10 months showed the significant efficacy of the product on HDL (increased to ~+40%), LDL (reduced ~-16.7%) and on triglycerides TG (around ~-36%). No other natural supplement was able to match vinyldithiins and sulfides in lowering LDL whilst increasing HDL without any side effects.

Point to consider:

Potent combination: vinyldithiins and sulfides and omega-3 fish oil?

Reference:

Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) on blood lipids in patients with coronary heart disease. Arun Bordia, M.D. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 34: October 1981, pp.2100-2103