Garlic Efficacious to Overcome Hypertension

Efficacy of garlic in preventing various diseases has long been a concern to scientists. Besides as anticancer, garlic was also able to cope with high blood pressure (hypertension).

Doctors in Austria recommends garlic in addition to medical drugs for patients with hypertension. They have performed experiments on 50 patients with hypertension to consume garlic supplements, while also continue to consume medical drugs.

The patients who received four capsules of garlic extract per day have lower blood pressure compared with patients receiving placebo pills (pills with no active ingredient).

Previously, research has also shown that garlic extract effectively lower cholesterol and high blood pressure in hypertension patients are not handled.

Garlic supplements have long been associated with decreased levels of blood pressure. In this study we tried to see the benefits of garlic extract as an adjunctive therapy in addition to hypertension drugs from a doctor.

Nevertheless, the researchers explained that garlic supplements can be consumed only after getting a doctor's advice since garlic can thin the blood and cause interactions with some medical drugs.