In a 2016 review published in The Journal of Nutrition, the author assessed 20 different trials on humans, and concluded that garlic supplements successfully lowered blood pressure and
improved elevated cholesterol levels — both of which are risk factors for heart disease.
Not exact matches
Randomized controlled studies, including one I conducted with funding from the NIH, show that this approach
improves well - being, lowering blood pressure and
cholesterol while
elevating self - esteem.
That is why researchers more often rely on faster - developing indicators of (apparently)
improved health: tumor shrinkage in cancer, lowered blood - sugar levels in diabetes, reduced brain plaque in Alzheimer's, lowered bad
cholesterol or
elevated good
cholesterol in heart disease.
Likewise, a study by Assunção and colleagues (2009) demonstrated that dietary coconut oil reduces visceral adiposity and
elevates HDL
cholesterol in women, thus
improving both anthropometric and biochemical risk factors for metabolic syndrome.
My
cholesterol profile has become normal, the
elevated uric acid levels have dropped & liver profile reports have
improved.