Monday, April 04, 2005

Garlic may improve respiration---Larry King must be so proud!

HealthTalk CA reports that Garlic Does It Again: "Consuming garlic or even supplements, has long been asssociated with medicinal properties, such as reducing blood pressure and cholesterol to treating different types of cancer. The new study, by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers suggests small daily doses of allicin, the active chemical ingredient in garlic, appears to improve blood circulation in the lungs of rats and assist breathing."

"Study co-author David Ku said garlic isn't toxic, so adding it to one's daily diet is a reasonable approach, especially for people with respiratory and pulmonary ailments. Humans would have to eat two cloves of raw garlic a day to obtain the equivalent amount of allicin given to rats in the study."

Want a good way to get garlic? Toast Monk's bread and then rub the garlic on the hard toast. Instant Garlic bread with virtually none of the fat!

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