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Article: Garlic: potent protector against heart disease, cancer ... or mere hype?
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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From mythical to medicinal, the healing powers of garlic have been touted for millenia. Garlic is also legendary for warding off vampires and evil spirits. Even today, garlic is used with hopes of fending off high cholesterol and cancer, as well as fighting high blood pressure and infections, such as the common cold.
Interest in garlic exploded in the 1990's, triggering more than 1,000 published studies. By 1999, global sales of garlic reached $250 million. In the U.S., garlic ranks among the top five best-selling herbs. Yet recently, researchers have called some of garlic's purported benefits into question. EN reviews the latest research on garlic and what form ...