Garlic
Allium sativum
Dietary garlic raised AMPK activity in the white fat of mice on a high-fat diet.
What the evidence shows
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Human evidence on clot dissolution and platelet activity; named first among foods with antiplatelet action.
Allicin and the organosulfurs — meta-analyzed randomized trials show blood-pressure reduction of a clinically decisive magnitude, with lipid and antiplatelet benefit.
In a pooled analysis of randomized trials, garlic lowered diastolic blood pressure (9 trials) and triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (14 to 15 trials).
In mice and rats, protected marrow from gamma rays, with fewer deaths and better-preserved liver and lung.
Crush a clove and allicin forms — the sulfur compound garlic uses against intruders, now turned on the unwanted guests of the human gut.
Among the top five of 25 plants tested head to head, with its active compound confirmed in its own arm.
In 35 men for whom tadalafil alone was no longer enough, adding garlic for four weeks beat placebo.
Head to head with a prescription chelator in 117 battery workers, garlic matched the drug in lowering blood lead.
Where it appears
11 blend pages carry this ingredient. Open it and you will find this ingredient in the list.
- Adipocyte Apoptosis (Mature Fat Cell Clearance)
- Anti-Fatigue (Cellular Energy Endurance)
- EKG Cardioprotective (Contractile Reserve)
- Force Field (Genomic Radioprotection)
- Heavy Metal Detox (Toxic Burden Excretion)
- Spice (Anti-Inflammatory Polyphenol Powerhouse)
- Paraslayer (Intestinal Parasite Clearance)
- Pulsar (Vascular Pressure Regulation)
- Sabretooth (Periodontal Defense)
- Thrombolytic (Hemostatic Balance)
- Thunder (Erectile Performance)