[Assam] A Smelly Subject : from NY Times

[Chan Mahanta]

>  >Now, how do we spell Garlique ? :)



*** I am not sure Ram. But I don't think it is  L A R R Y   K I N G  :-)







At 2:22 PM -0600 11/27/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>Thanks C'da for forwarding that...its pretty good. Its interesting to note
>that garlic pills may not be the answer.
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>Now, how do we spell Garlique ? :)
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>--Ram
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>On 11/27/07, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>>http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/unlocking-the-benefits-of-garlic/?em&ex=1196312400&en=05c5dba4085c5f5d&ei=5087%0A
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>>  October 15, 2007,  5:03 pm
>>  Unlocking the Benefits of Garlic
>>  cloves of garlicWhat makes garlic good for you?
>>  (Chris Ramirez for The New York Times)
>>
>>  Garlic has long been touted as a health booster,
>>  but it's never been clear why the herb might be
>>  good for you. Now new research is beginning to
>>  unlock the secrets of the odoriferous bulb.
>>
>>  In a study published today in the Proceedings of
>>  the National Academy of Sciences, researchers
>>  show that eating garlic appears to boost our
>>  natural supply of hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen
>>  sulfide is actually poisonous at high
>>  concentrations - it's the same noxious byproduct
>>  of oil refining that smells like rotten eggs. But
>>  the body makes its own supply of the stuff, which
>>  acts as an antioxidant and transmits cellular
>>  signals that relax blood vessels and increase
>>  blood flow.
>>
>>  In the latest study, performed at the University
>>  of Alabama at Birmingham, researchers extracted
>>  juice from supermarket garlic and added small
>>  amounts to human red blood cells. The cells
>>  immediately began emitting hydrogen sulfide, the
>>  scientists found.
>>
>>  The power to boost hydrogen sulfide production
>>  may help explain why a garlic-rich diet appears
>>  to protect against various cancers, including
>>  breast, prostate and colon cancer, say the study
>>  authors. Higher hydrogen sulfide might also
>>  protect the heart, according to other experts.
>>  Although garlic has not consistently been shown
>>  to lower cholesterol levels, researchers at
>>  Albert Einstein College of Medicine earlier this
>>  year found that injecting hydrogen sulfide into
>>  mice almost completely prevented the damage to
>>  heart muscle caused by a heart attack.
>>
>>  "People have known garlic was important and has
>>  health benefits for centuries,'' said Dr. David
>>  W. Kraus, associate professor of environmental
>>  science and biology at the University of Alabama.
>>  "Even the Greeks would feed garlic to their
>>  athletes before they competed in the Olympic
>>  games.''
>>
>>  Now, the downside. The concentration of garlic
>>  extract used in the latest study was equivalent
>>  to an adult eating about two medium-sized cloves
>>  per day. In such countries as Italy, Korea and
>>  China, where a garlic-rich diet seems to be
>>  protective against disease, per capita
>>  consumption is as high as eight to 12 cloves per
>>  day.
>>
>>  While that may sound like a lot of garlic, Dr.
>>  Kraus noted that increasing your consumption to
>>  five or more cloves a day isn't hard if you use
>>  it every time you cook. Dr. Kraus also makes a
>>  habit of snacking on garlicky dishes like hummus
>>  with vegetables.
>>
>>  Many home chefs mistakenly cook garlic
>>  immediately after crushing or chopping it, added
>>  Dr. Kraus. To maximize the health benefits, you
>>  should crush the garlic at room temperature and
>>  allow it to sit for about 15 minutes. That
>>  triggers an enzyme reaction that boosts the
>>  healthy compounds in garlic.
>>
>>  Garlic can cause indigestion, but for many, the
>>  bigger concern is that it can make your breath
>>  and sweat smell likeSgarlic. While individual
>>  reactions to garlic vary, eating fennel seeds
>>  like those served at Indian restaurants helps to
>>  neutralize the smell. Garlic-powder pills claim
>>  to solve the problem, but the data on these
>>  supplements has been mixed. It's still not clear
>>  if the beneficial compounds found in garlic
>  > remain potent once it's been processed into a
>>  pill.
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