Garlic has been called the “Stinking Rose†and it is the chemical that makes that smell (check out this aromatherapy safety guide) that brings health benefits. This chemical that gives garlic its pungent taste and smell is a sulphur-bearing compound called allicin. The benefits of garlic go back 5,000 years in India, having been recorded in Sanskrit records, and Chinese medicine has recognized garlic’s powers for over 3,000 years.
Recent research has discovered that garlic fights heart disease, lowers blood pressure helps prevent cancer and helps fight off colds.
Scientists through clinical trials have shown that taking garlic tablets lowered volunteer’s
Atherosclerosis
by Abigail B. September 12th, 2006 | Diseases, Heart Health
We all thought that the plaque deposits cling to our arteries blocking blood flow just like plumbing pipes have clogs that need to be flushed out. That thinking we had seven years ago is now proven to be wrong. The fatty deposits do not cling to the arteries but in fact are floating inside them. Most heart attacks further do not occur because of a sudden rupture of a plaque build up on a particular point in the vessel.
Inflammation of these plaques is the problem. That inflammation is caused by our defenses reaching the plaque in order to defend us
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Inflammation of these plaques is the problem. That inflammation is caused by our defenses reaching the plaque in order to defend us
Heart Disease – Female Differences
by Abigail B. August 11th, 2006 | Heart Health, Women's Health
Feelings of fatigue, abdominal or back pain, nausea, shortness of breath are sometimes the only signs a female may have before a heart attack. Although men and women’s hearts are made the same and they both accumulate plaque there is a subtle difference. The plaque in women’s hearts seems to be spread out more throughout the vessel lining. It is assumed that this may be why women don’t exhibit the same symptoms as men. Heart disease may not be discovered in women as much as it is in men because of different symptoms. Physicians are looking for the tell tale
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Prostate Cancer
by MPK July 13th, 2006 | Cancer
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men in the United States, after skin cancer. Of all the men who are diagnosed with cancer each year, more than one-fourth have prostate cancer. Prostate cancer affects the prostate, a gland in a man's reproductive system that makes and stores seminal fluid. Prostate cancer is usually treatable if caught in time. Prostate cancer often has no symptoms. Sometimes, even when symptoms are present, men do not seek medical advice. However, if prostate cancer is found early, it can often be cured. The symptoms of prostate cancer are similar
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Heartburn
by Editorial Team July 9th, 2006 | Diet, Illness
Heartburn is a painful burning in the chest, sometimes accompanied by some acid that comes up from the stomach. At latest count the number of American sufferers of indigestion and heartburn come close to 90 million people. Heatburn, acid reflux disease, esophageal reflux disease and ulcers are a big business for the prescription medicine industry. The products usually work by diminishing, or even blocking the stomach acid that the body needs to accomplish digestion. This is really not a cure, but seems to sometimes alleviate the symptoms. Some people end up with worse indigestion, increased constipation and chronic flatulence. Another
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