Wednesday 1 October 2014

Study finds weak evidence for garlic in high blood pressure

A vendor removes the skin of garlic at a vegetable wholesale market in Beijing By Shereen Lehman EW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of past clinical trials using garlic supplements against high blood pressure finds a modest benefit, but researchers urge longer, more rigorous studies to assess the popular alternative “treatment.” “Many individuals with high blood pressure oppose conventional antihypertensive drugs and are more open to ‘natural’ treatment,” said the study’s senior author Dr. Alain Nordmann, of the Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics at the University of Basel in Switzerland. ...




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