DIETARY AND NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN CIRCULATORY DISEASE:
THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND GARLIC
Curious researchers, noting how much olive oil, red wine, garlic and salads the French (and for that matter the Italians and Spanish) consumed and how low, compared to Britain and USA, was their incidence of heart disease, discovered that all of these foods protected from cardiovascular conditions. Red wine contains certain protective ingredients which promote arterial health, provided it is drunk in moderation (no more than half a bottle a day of good red wine, not a cheap one which will be full of additives).
Garlic-Garlic is now an object of research supported by the British Heart Foundation, which has recently funded a 24,000 trial at the John Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford to study its
anti-cholesterol properties. Its other healing properties suggest that allium sativum is one of the most powerful medicinal herbs known. Researchers in Germany, the USA and Britain have recently confirmed its ability to regulate blood pressure, reduce high cholesterol and lipid levels, improve blood circulation and fight infections.
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Cardio & Blood/ Cholesterol
