Garlic POWDER

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Hi folks:

This is not the first study I have seen that suggests garlic POWDER

has no apparent benefits. It seems likely to me that the same may

also apply to onion POWDER. (But the garlic/onions themselves appear

to have considerable benefit):

" Effect of garlic (Allium sativum) powder tablets on serum lipids,

blood pressure and arterial stiffness in normo-lipidaemic volunteers:

a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

B, Molgaard C, Marckmann P.

Recent studies have cast doubt on the proposed lipid-lowering and

blood pressure-lowering effects of garlic. We tested the effect of

dried garlic (Allium sativum) powder on blood lipids, blood pressure

and arterial stiffness in a 12-week randomised, double-blind, placebo-

controlled trial. Seventy-five healthy, normo-lipidaemic volunteers

(men and women aged 40-60 years) were assigned to dried garlic powder

tablets (10.8 mg alliin (3-(2-propenylsulfinyl)-l-alanine)/d,

corresponding to about three garlic cloves) or placebo. Sixty-two

subjects were eligible for the per-protocol analysis. The primary

outcome measure was serum total cholesterol concentration. Secondary

outcome measures were LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and

triacylglycerol concentrations, blood pressure and arterial stiffness

(assessed by pulse wave velocity). No significant differences between

the garlic and placebo groups were detected for any of the outcome

measures. However, garlic powder was associated with a near-

significant decrease (12 %) in triacylglycerol concentration

(P=0.07). In conclusion, garlic powder tablets have no clinically

relevant lipid-lowering and blood pressure-lowering effects in middle-

aged, normo-lipidaemic individuals. The putative anti-atherosclerotic

effect of garlic may be linked to risk markers other than blood

lipids.

PMID: 15522140 [PubMed - in process] "

[Guest guest]

I seriously doubt that it would be possible to design a double-blind

trial using real garlic.

The nose knows!

Tony

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From: " Rodney " <perspect1111@y...>

Date: Sat Nov 6, 2004 4:59 pm

Subject: Garlic POWDER

This is not the first study I have seen that suggests garlic POWDER

has no apparent benefits. It seems likely to me that the same may

also apply to onion POWDER. (But the garlic/onions themselves appear

to have considerable benefit):

" Effect of garlic (Allium sativum) powder tablets on serum lipids,

blood pressure and arterial stiffness in normo-lipidaemic volunteers:

a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

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