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More research indicates that garlic:
- Increases blood levels of antioxidant
enzymes
- Acts as an effective antioxidant against the oxidative
damage caused by nicotine
- Protects vascular cells from oxidant injury, protects
blood vessels
- Prevents LDL cholesterol
oxidation
- Lowers undesirable LDL-cholesterol and triglyceride
levels
- Increases desirable HDL-cholesterol
levels
- Minimizes or prevents elevations in blood lipids in
humans after consumption of a high-fat / cholesterol meal
- Prevents and possibly has a curative role in
arteriosclerosis therapy (plaque regression)
- Inhibits lipid peroxidation in the liver, retarding the
aging process in liver cells
- Maintains health function of the
liver
- Inhibits Candida albicans in animal studies and
Cryptococcal meningitis in human trials
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