Is garlic an efficient lipid-lowering substance or just a placebo?

Answer 1

Hi There

Herbal Medicine: Useful herbs for protecting the health of the cardiovascular system include:

foxglove, from which the heart medication digitalis is derived;

hawthorn berry has been shown to enhance blood circulation to and from the heart and to relieve arterial spasms;

garlic helps to dissolve clots and also acts as both a potent antioxidant and natural antibiotic;

ginger has antioxidant properties and has been shown to reduce cholesterol and decrease the stickiness of blood platelets;

olive leaf extract, an antioxidant, helps to lower high blood pressure and maintain the health of the capillary walls;

motherwort helps to prevent and reverse abnormal heart palpitations;

ginkgo biloba acts as a natural blood thinner and can improve blood flow, as well as aid cognitive and memory function for those whose mental faculties are diminished as a result of stroke and/or surgical interventions such as bypass surgery.

The following herbal tonic can also help protect against heart disease: equal parts of ginkgo biloba, hawthorn berry, and linden flower, combined as a tincture. Add ½ teaspoon of this mixture to a few ounces of pure, filtered water, and take three times a day. For more powerful effects, you can simply take it straight without water.

Juice Therapy: The following juice combinations act as healthy heart tonics: Carrot, celery, cucumber, and beet, with small amounts of garlic and/or hawthorn berries; the juice of blueberries, blackberries, black currant, and/or red grapes.

Best of health to you

Answer 2

Sudan IV is an azo dye, is a dark deep red. That you are getting both pink and red suggests that there is some lipid in the pink staining substances, but not as much as the red. Corn oil and butter should stain dark. I would expect some weak staining in lettuce, but egg white and gelatin are nearly pure protein, and potato is nearly pure carbohydrate, so I wouldn't expect any staining. Apple juice and diluted honey might have minimal staining, but the lipid component is minimal

Answer 3

To my knowledge Garlic does zero for the lipids. However it does thin the blood, so perhaps in doing that is has a positive affect on the lipids?