Garlic and Candida
Garlic and Candida
By D-Grant
Garlic (Allium Salivum) has been used for centuries for culinary and medicinal purposes. It belongs to the allium family which includes onions, shallots and leeks. Garlic contains an enzyme called allinase which combines with alliin and produces allicin. It has long been thought that garlic when cut, crushed, chewed or even cooked releases allicin which helps gives garlic its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal effects. Recent studies have shown that garlic has other compounds in it that could be contributing to its medicinal effects.
Garlic has shown to effective in treating fungus as it relates to athlete's feet, jock itch, ringworm when used topically. It has also been shown to lower high blood pressure, to assist in cancer prevention, and to prevent heart disease. It has also been effective in killing parasites.
Numerous studies have been conducted over the years on garlic, and its connection to fungus and candida. Research conducted by Dr. Frank Barone and Dr. Michael Tansey of the University of Indiana in 1977 revealed that the same dose of modern anti-fungal medicine replaced with the same dose of garlic extract could kill candida. Evdence that candida can be killed by garlic was seen in various animals in the 1980's. In humans, volunteers where given three cloves of garlic at the Veteran Administration Medical Center in New Jersey and within thirty minutes their blood serum destroyed the candida cells.
In order to fight candida it is recommended that an individual should use garlic with other nutritional support. You should try to at have at least one clove of garlic daily. There are precautions for taking garlic, you can click on http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/300.html to read about the precautions.
References:
www.allicin.com
Fulder, Stephen Ph.D-User's Guide to Garlic: Learn How This Remarkable Food Can Reduce Your Risk ... "; 2010
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/300.html
By D-Grant
Garlic (Allium Salivum) has been used for centuries for culinary and medicinal purposes. It belongs to the allium family which includes onions, shallots and leeks. Garlic contains an enzyme called allinase which combines with alliin and produces allicin. It has long been thought that garlic when cut, crushed, chewed or even cooked releases allicin which helps gives garlic its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal effects. Recent studies have shown that garlic has other compounds in it that could be contributing to its medicinal effects.
Garlic has shown to effective in treating fungus as it relates to athlete's feet, jock itch, ringworm when used topically. It has also been shown to lower high blood pressure, to assist in cancer prevention, and to prevent heart disease. It has also been effective in killing parasites.
Numerous studies have been conducted over the years on garlic, and its connection to fungus and candida. Research conducted by Dr. Frank Barone and Dr. Michael Tansey of the University of Indiana in 1977 revealed that the same dose of modern anti-fungal medicine replaced with the same dose of garlic extract could kill candida. Evdence that candida can be killed by garlic was seen in various animals in the 1980's. In humans, volunteers where given three cloves of garlic at the Veteran Administration Medical Center in New Jersey and within thirty minutes their blood serum destroyed the candida cells.
In order to fight candida it is recommended that an individual should use garlic with other nutritional support. You should try to at have at least one clove of garlic daily. There are precautions for taking garlic, you can click on http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/300.html to read about the precautions.
References:
www.allicin.com
Fulder, Stephen Ph.D-User's Guide to Garlic: Learn How This Remarkable Food Can Reduce Your Risk ... "; 2010
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/300.html