Heart Test Gets a Boost - But so does Garlic!

Garlic has been on the breath of the physically fit, the long livedand the widely avoided for over 5,000 years! It has taken the medicalprofession that long to show some humility to this wonderful herb - Garlic.

Remember the ancients had to rely on mother nature's pharmacy to fightthe ills of poor hygiene and sanitation - The facts are that garlic worked incombating infections, wounds, dysentery, respiratory and digestiveproblems, tumors - and even the plague!

Garlic's reputation as the ultimate healer was handed down from onegeneration to another throughout the centuries. Garlic is a perfectexample of why "this food should .be your medicine and this medicineshould be your food!"

Searching for a natural way to spark and strengthen the immune system,the medical community discovered Aged Garlic Extract - organic and odorless - and the added valuethat this unique form of garlic can promote.

The aging process (up to 20 months) extracts from organic raw garlic - five distinctive water sulphurcompounds found only in the aging process of Aged Garlic Extract - These unique compounds are:1) Tetra-hydro Carboline (free radical protectors). 2) Fructosyl-Arginine (inhibits the oxidation ofLDL). 3) F-4 Protein (immune modulators). 4) Saponin (activates the endogenous anti-oxidantenzymes). 5) S-allyl mercaptocysteine [SAMC] (inhibits abnormal cell growth).

The Aged Garlic Extract" is Kyolic" - the only garlic nutritional supplement to receive a U.S. Patentfor lowering homocysteine, a marker more important than cholesterol. Kyolic is the only garlicsupplement proven to activate phase 2 enzymes - thus protecting the cells from potentialcarcinogens.

The question is...how does Aged Garlic Extract stack up against statins, aspirin and placebos?

The answer came in a double-blind, placebo controlled one-year study at UCLA Harbor School ofMedicine by Dr. Matthew J. Budoff an Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Cardiac ComputedTomography (CT). Dr. Budoff has conducted extensive research over the years using coronarycalcium screening to identify those patients at high risk for cardiac events, progression of coronarycalcium and non-invasive CT angiography. He has published over 200 articles and book chapters onthese topics. He was recently named one of the top doctors for men in 2007, and listed as a LosAngeles Super Doctor by his peers. In addition to his many titles, Dr. Budoff is a Fellow of theAmerican College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

So how do you turn a garlic skeptic into a garlic believer? Dr. Budoff's clinical study tells it all.

Kyolic Formula 108 (Aged Garlic Extract, B-6, B-12, Folic Acid and L-Arginine) was proven moreeffective than statins, aspirin and placebos in all of the following categories; 8 times more effectiveat inhibiting coronary calcification, 4 V2 times more effective in lowering homocysteine, 3 times moreeffective in increasing HDL levels. 17 times more effective in nreventino the oxidat ion of LDL ann ~ 1h

Dr. Budoff's clinical study was so impressive that he was invited to Europe's largest CardiovascularConvention in Munich Germany in September 2007. The Topic discussed was "Do we needComplimentary Medicine in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease?".

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine, funded by the National Institute's of Health,involved more that 6,400 people nationwide - disclosed that participants with a moderate amount ofcalcium buildup in their arteries had a seven times greater risk of heart disease than people with nodeposits. And people with a large build-up had a 10 times greater risk. Coronary calcium scanningstrongly predicts heart attack risk.

The procedure is non-invasive and takes only about 15 minutes. Patients are issued a score indicatingthe level of calcium build-up.

Kyolic Research Studies (over 620 clinical and peer reviewed studies) includes; heavy metaldetoxification, Alzheimer's, Diabetes, endothelial functions, AIDS, Cancer Prevention, oxidativedamage, lowering blood pressure, Candida and modulating cardiovascular risk factors, etc.

Let's face it, it takes money for research to happen, and the folks at Wakunaga are researchoriented. It is hoped that in the near future other garlic supplement manufactures will step up tothe plate and fund research on their product's benefits.

As long as the subject discussedin this article is on garlic, it's time to clear the air about some garlicclaims:

1) The odor of garlic has nothing to do with its medicinal benefits - true2) Aging improves the medical benefits of raw garlic - true3) Allicin cannot be detected in the blood - as there is no allicin in any garlic supplement -,true4) Aged Garlic Extract can safely be given to dogs, horses, and cats - true

As you can tell, it's a Buyer's Beware Market -

Kyolic also increased the production of an endothelial relaxing factor, a cellular nitric oxide thatimproves endothelial function and helps reduce hypertension. In a randomized double-blind placebocontrolled trial, 15 men with coronary artery disease were treated with 2.4 grams of Aged GarlicExtract a day or a placebo for 2 weeks.

The Aged Garlic Extract treatment resulted in an increase in endothelial function (44%increase indilation and blood flow) compared to the placebo indicating that a short term treatment with AgedGarlic Extract can improve impaired endothelial function in men with coronary artery disease treatedwith aspirin and statins.

The condition of our cells and the efficacy in which they carryon their tasks, determines to a greatdegree our good health. And most major degenerative disease is the result of damage or changes toour cells.

Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract is truly the anti-aging garlic supplement with a high anti-oxidant activityand as a plus, a universal cell protector. The garlic of course is odor free and organically grown.