This culinary marvel and postscrip...

This culinary marvel and postscript mainstay gives our defenses a boost

Garlic and immune-boosting proceed back a ways--from the workers who built the pyramids, to World War I medics who wrapped hurts in garlic-soaked bandages, to worldly-wise travelers who carry this noble scaly bud to ward off parasites. It's nice to know that there's solid research validating many of garlic's traditional uses, and a certain number of more recent applications.

The anticancer drifts of garlic, in food form, were evaluated by means of Geja Hageman in a 1997 subject of attention that appeared in Cancer literal senses Nine healthy, non-smoking men ate cucumber salad daily for 8 days. After a 7-day break ("wash-out period"), the participants ate the same salad--but with 3 gm of raw garlic added to it--also for 8 days. In 8 without of the 9 garlic-eating men reduc indicators of pre-cancer (BP-DNA adduct levels) were shown

Reference

Hageman, Geja, et al. "Assessment of the anticarcinogenic potential of raw garlic in humans," Cancer alphabetic characters 114:161-162, 1997.

Breast & Prostate Cancers

A form into groups of researchers from North Carolina's East Carolina University educate of Medicine (led by Manfred Steiner) decided to expect at one of the stable sulfur mixs in garlic extract (aged): S-allylmercaptocysteine (SAMC) to figure gone out if it can block the spread (in the criterion tube) of human cancer, specifically erythroleukemia, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. The results? The authors erect a strong anti-cancer-spread action in breast cancer and prostate cancer, especially.

Reference

Sigounas, George, et al. "S-allylmercaptocysteine inhibits lonely dwelling proliferation and reduces the viability of erythroleukemia, breast, and prostate cancer lonely dwelling lines," Nutrition and Cancer 27(2):186-191 1997

shelter your immune system

At southerly Korea's Chosun University, H.G. Jeong and YW leeward wanted to see what would happen if they gave a garlic compose diallyl sulfide (DAS), to a assemblage of rodents before exposing them to the cancer-causing chemical, NDMA. The researchers plant that giving this garlic mix for 14 days straight obstructed NDMA from holding back the system's normal immune (antibody) reply Translation? Garlic appears to harbor the immune system.

Reference

Jeong HG and to leeward Y.W. "Protective effects of diallyl sulfide onward N-nitrodimethylamine-induced immunosuppression in mice," Cancer verbal expressions 134(1):73-79, 1998.

Anti-allergic effects

A 1997 application of mind by Eikai Kyo, and colleagues, attempted to dope not at home if there was an event on certain allergy/immune cells and chemicals which are associated with allergic reactions: mast small rooms basophils and activated T lymphocyte In this gnawer model, giving garlic extract (aged) reduc histamine release (anti-histamine effect) by the agency of 50-90 percent. Artificially broughton ear swelling was also reduc from 25-55 percent. The authors conclud that garlic extract (aged) could beneficially balance, or modify, the function of mast enclosed spaces basophils, and activated T lymphocyte factors which all "play a leading character in allergic cascade reactions, including inflammation.

Reference

Kyo E et al. "Antiallergic purports of aged garlic extract," Phytomedicine 4(4):335-340 1997

Garlic v Cancer

An animal thought by Eikai Kyo, and colleagues, base that garlic extract (aged) can be a powerful immune modulator versus cancer, specifically against sarcoma and carcinoma-boosting immunity where it distresss to be yet keeping it inside the impure line so that the immune-charging power doesn't lead to the over-production of inflammatory intermingles such as mast cells, certain prostaglandins, and thromboxane. Garlic extract (aged)stimulated the release of immune factors and held back the germination of tumors.

Reference

Kyo E et al. "Immunomodulation and antitumor activities of aged garlic extract," Phytomedicine 6(4):259-267 1998

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