Best Kept Secrets To Healthy Aging - Allicin
08.25.10
This is a segment of our ongoing The Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging spotlight. We will be continuing to post some of the great information that is packed into our book, The Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging, daily.
Today’s topic: Allicin: Enhancing Important Aspects of Cardiovascular Well-being
The secondary phytonutrients diallyl disulfide and diallyl trisulfide, are converted from some allicin by humans. These phytonutrients were found to impact the sequence of cholesterol synthesis in the human liver. The effect these garlic compounds have in modulating healthy cholesterol metabolism and supporting antioxidant effects blood lipids, thereby protecting their integrity and function. This process adds up to very strong support for long-lasting healthy cardiovascular function. When garlic and is phytonutrient constituents impact areas as diverse as cholesterol metabolism, arterial health and blood sugar metabolism, they become an important part of an inclusive plan designed to support cardiovascular wellness.
Support Blood Pressure Levels that are Normal
It is apparent that garlic and additional garlic extracts may have added direct cardiovascular benefits for humans. An inclusive review of the paper was carried out and published in 2008. The authors of this meta-analysis reviewed papers within the literature that dealt with the properties of blood-pressure that regulate garlic in humans; they found that the ingestion of garlic in foods and supplements contributes to the regulation of blood pressure levels that are considered to be healthy in humans. The researchers derived that the blood-pressure regulating compound found in garlic is called allicin, and that garlic’s hydrogen sulfide production is also a contributing factor. Furthermore, an additional group of researchers conducted an independent review of the studies associating the intake of garlic supplements with blood pressure effects. The researchers also came to the conclusion that garlic supplements were able to support the continuance of blood pressure levels that are already in the average range.
Another reason to contemplate adding garlic to your daily nutritional regimen is that garlic intake has been found to support healthy blood pressure.
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