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Article: Garlic's medicinal effects seen in lab; Herb may help prevent heart disease, studies show.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- January 7, 1998
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The garlic and health bandwagon appears to be gathering support.
In its January/February edition, Technology Review, a publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says:
"Studies from several widely separated institutions have not only confirmed that garlic and its cousin the onion confer major health benefits - including such remarkable feats as fighting infection, cancer and heart disease - but have also shown how they do it."
Eating large amounts of garlic appears to reduce one's risk of some major forms of cancer and heart disease, lower serum cholesterol levels, and make blood clot-forming blood platelets (colorless discs) ...