Health Benefits of Garlic – Garlic Complex Supplement

Garlic’s Amazing Powers:
The Evidence Mounts

With more than two decades of use as a supplement, you can imagine that the tiny herb and cooking spice has been studied constantly. Its power over cholesterol seems to hold up over and over again!

A study took 220 individuals, divided into two groups. One group took 800 milligrams of powered garlic for a period of four months. The other group took an inert placebo.

The group with the active garlic supplement experienced a 12 percent drop in their lipid levels. The group that took the placebo, by the way, experienced no significant change in their lipid levels.

Interestingly, garlic is so effective at reducing cholesterol that it’s considered a licensed medicine in Germany for the treatment of atherosclerosis — hardening of the arteries. (Imagine your physician instructing you, “Take two cloves of garlic and call me in the morning!”)

In a German study, a group of individuals were placed on a low-fat diet. Their cholesterol count fell by 10 percent before it stabilized. The researchers then added a garlic supplement to their daily habits. This prompted another 10 percent drop in their cholesterol. Pretty impressive!

In A Study Closer to Home…

In another study, this one conducted at Tulane University of Medicine in New Orleans, 42 individuals were divided into 2 groups. Each group had elevated cholesterol levels. One received 900 mg of garlic extract — divided among three capsules daily. The second group received a placebo.

At the end of 12 weeks, those who took the garlic had a six percent drop in total cholesterol. On average, total lipid counts went from a high of 262 mg/dL to 247 mg/dL. Specifically, the bad cholesterol dropped about 11 percent, from 188 to 168 mg/dL.

This compared with those participants who took the placebo, whose total cholesterol fell no more than three percent.

If you decide to take a garlic supplement, you can expect to experience a drop of close to 10 percent in your total cholesterol.

Garlic

Studies show that garlic promotes cardiovascular health by helping to retain normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels naturally when used as part of a diet low in fat and cholesterol. Allicin, a compound found in garlic, has been shown to be responsible for many beneficial actions, including the support for the maintenance of healthy levels of beneficial microorganisms.*

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Garlic Complex

• Helps retain normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels*
• Promotes cardiovascular health*
• Helps maintain healthy levels of beneficial microorganisms*
• Unique Shaklee formulation
• Combines the health benefits of garlic with the antioxidant properties of spearmint and rosemary*

¹ Silagy C, Neil A. Garlic as a lipid lowering agent—a meta-analysis. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians London. 1996; 30:329-334.