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Garlic Oil Shows Protective Effect against Heart Disease in Diabetes

Garlic has " significant " potential for preventing cardiomyopathy, a form of

heart disease that is a leading cause of death in people with diabetes,

scientists

from the Deptartment of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical

University, Taiwan, have concluded in a new study. The report also explains

why

people with diabetes are at high risk for diabetic cardiomyopathy.

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Wei-Wen Kuo, PhD, lead researcher, noted that people with diabetes have at

least twice the risk of death from heart disease as others, with heart

disease

accounting for 80 percent of all diabetes-related deaths. They are

especially vulnerable to a form of heart disease termed diabetic

cardiomyopathy, which

inflames and weakens the heart's muscle tissue. Kuo's group had hints from

past studies that garlic might protect against heart disease in general and

also help control the abnormally high blood sugar levels that occur in

diabetes. But they realized that few studies had been done specifically on

garlic's

effects on diabetic cardiomyopathy.

The scientists fed either garlic oil or corn oil to laboratory rats with

diabetes. Animals given garlic oil experienced beneficial changes associated

with

protection against heart damage. The changes appeared to be associated with

the potent antioxidant properties of garlic oil, the scientists say, adding

that they identified more than 20 substances in garlic oil that may

contribute to the effect. " In conclusion, garlic oil possesses significant

potential

for protecting hearts from diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy, " the report

notes.

" Cardiac Contractile Dysfunction and Apoptosis in Streptozotocin-Induced

Diabetic Rats Are Ameliorated by Garlic Oil Supplementation "

Bernstein,

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Sept 29, 2010

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