One garlic capsule a day can lower blood pressure and protect the heart and brain

Garlic is a super health food and has been used to fight the black death (the plague that spread in Europe and Asia in the 14th century) According to foreign media reported on August 18, the European Journal of menopause published a new discovery by Australian researchers that garlic can also be used to deal with modern epidemic heart disease After a 12 week course of garlic capsules (or tablets), you can use significantly lower blood pressure, which in turn significantly reduces the risk of heart disease or stroke The researchers said that patients with high blood pressure can increase garlic while taking conventional drugs, making it easier to control their condition The new study, led by Dr Karin Reid of the University of Adelaide in Australia, tested 50 hypertensive patients taking antihypertensive drugs Most patients are taking antihypertensive drugs, some patients even take four different antihypertensive drugs, but the blood pressure is still high and difficult to control Participants were given garlic capsules (960 mg of garlic clove extract per capsule) The reason why garlic capsules are used instead of raw garlic cloves is to ensure that the participants obtain sufficient garlic active substances such as allicin The results showed that patients taking garlic capsules daily had significantly lower mean blood pressure 12 weeks later than those taking placebo In patients with systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg, systolic blood pressure decreased by an average of 10.2 Some patients have a healthy blood pressure Medical research has confirmed that reducing systolic blood pressure by 5 mmHg can reduce cardiovascular disease by 8% - 20% According to Dr Reid, the results of this new study show that garlic can be an effective adjuvant therapy for controlling high blood pressure But she also pointed out that eating raw garlic or cooked garlic can not get the health care effect of garlic capsule (tablet) One reason is that allicin, the active substance of garlic, will be destroyed during cooking In addition, taking garlic capsules or tablets will not cause bad breath It is also reported that garlic tablets have been approved to be widely used in the treatment of atherosclerosis in Germany.