Garlic is Heart Healthy continued...

Then there was a study investigating garlic's impact on moderately high cholesterol levels. Every day for 6 months, 56 men ages 32 to 68 consumed 7.2 grams of pure garlic extract. On average, they achieved a 6 to 7 percent reduction in total cholesterol, a 4.6 percent reduction in LDL cholesterol, and a 5.5 percent decrease in blood pressure.

Heart Health Benefits

• Lowers "bad" LDL cholesterol
• Lowers triglycerides
• Raises "good" HDL cholesterol
• Lowers blood pressure
• Lowers homocysteine levels
• Inhibits blood clot formation
• Reduces plaque buildup
• Improves blood flow
• Lowers blood sugar
• Improves glycemic control

So plan your meals accordingly and make Garlic a part of your life everyday.

Click here the recipe Happy Heart Pasta Primavera.

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Excerpted from WomenHeart's All Heart Family Cookbook: Featuring the 40 Foods Proven to Promote Heart Health

About the authors: Kathy Kastan, LCSW/MAEd, is Immediate Past President of the Board of Directors of WomenHeart; a national organization dedicated to reducing death and disability among women living with heart disease. Ms. Kastan is the co-author of the newly released WomenHeart’s All Heart Family Cookbook. Ms. Kastan’s is the author of “From the Heart: A Woman’s Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease”, 2007 by Da Capo Lifelong Books—a member of the Perseus Books Group. . She resides with her husband and three boys in Memphis, Tennessee. For more information visit www.womensheart.org.