Cardiac Problems & the Risk Factors.
The researchers estimated that at least ninety of every one hundred heart attacks are caused by nine controllable risk factors:

•  Increased lipid levels
•  High blood pressure
•  Diabetes
•  Lack of Physical Activity
•  Smoking
•  Abdominal Obesity
•  Low Fruit Consumption
•  Low Vegetable Consumption
•  Alcohol Intake

Factors That Raise Risk and Lower Risk, By Lisa Mosing, MS, RD, FADA
LifeScript Director of Nutrition

Role of CARDIOCARE® (Garlic) in Cardiovascular Protection.
Garlic (CARDIOCARE®) has been widely researched and holds undeniable clinical support for an excellent role in cardiovascular protection. The benefits of garlic along with its safety makes it a compulsory preventive measure in people demonstrating any of the established risk factors. Clinical studies have clearly demonstrated the various abilities of Garlic (CARDIOCARE®) to inhibit the rate of progression of coronary calcium, as compared to placebo over one year, by the reduction of multiple risk factors related with cardiovascular diseases.

Multiple Risk Factors of Cardiovascular diseases and Antiatheloscerotic effect of Garlic Extract., Amagase, et al.

  
Proven Role of Garlic (CARDIOCARE®) in Atherosclerosis.
Garlic (CARDIOCARE®) appears to be an important protective factor against heart disease and strokes via its ability to impact the process of atherosclerosis at many steps.
 It suggests that Garlic (CARDIOCARE®) is useful and beneficial for the treatment and prevention of cardiac atherosclerosis.

These results substantiated not only a preventive but also a curative role in arteriosclerosis therapy ascribed to Garlic (CARDIOCARE®) remedies.

Koscielny J, et al. Atherosclerosis. 1999 May;144(1):237-49
Additional Cardiac Benefits of Garlic (CARDIOCARE®).
 The significant reduction of the various risk factors caused by consumption of Garlic (CARDIOCARE®) are:

•  6-9% in blood pressure
•  10-25% in platelet aggregation
•  38% in LDL oxidation

Multiple Risk Factors of Cardiovascular diseases and
Antiatheloscerotic effect of Garlic Extract., Amagase, et al.
  


WHO Recommendation for Garlic (CARDIOCARE®).
As an adjuvant to dietic management in the treatment of hyperlipidemia & in the prevention of atherosclerotic vascular changes. The drug (Garlic) may be useful.

WHO, 1999: Garlic Monograph