About Garlic!
by Filitsa » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:59 am
It's right up there with basil as one of my two favorite flavors. I happened to read just today this latest study on the health effects of garlic (apologies for the lengthy cut & paste. I couldn't post the link):
Published: Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
Study: Garlic only good for bad breath
Los Angeles Times–Garlic, highly touted as a natural way to reduce cholesterol levels, does not do so, Stanford University researchers reported Monday.
Whether it was raw garlic, aged garlic or garlic extract, the popular supplement had no effect on cholesterol levels in people with moderately high levels, according to the report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
“It just doesn’t work,” said Christopher Gardner, a Stanford professor of medicine who led the study. “If garlic was going to work, in one form or another, then it would have worked in our study. The lack of effect was compelling and clear.”
The study does not rule out the possibility that garlic has other beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, he said, but those potential effects need to be studied in similar trials.
Japan could be watching you
TOKYO (AP) – After nearly a decade of trying, Japan has succeeded in establishing a network of spy satellites that can peer at any point on the globe, officials said Monday.
The successful launch Saturday of the last of a fleet of four reconnaissance satellites significantly boosts Japan’s ability to gather independent intelligence and re-establishes Tokyo as a major player in Asia’s accelerating space race.
Previously, Japan had to rely more heavily on its main ally, the United States, for spy satellite data.
“I welcome the success of the launch, and I hope Japan’s space program will mark results that are appropriate for a leading nation in space,” said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a statement.
Students claim ‘It’s all about me’
NEW YORK (AP) – Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.
“We need to stop endlessly repeating ‘You’re special’ and having children repeat that back,” said the study’s lead author, Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State University. “Kids are self-centered enough already.”
Twenge and her colleagues, in findings to be presented at a workshop today in San Diego on the generation gap, examined the responses of 16,475 college students nationwide who completed an evaluation called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory between 1982 and 2006.
The standardized inventory, known as the NPI, asks for responses to such statements as “If I ruled the world, it would be a better place,” “I think I am a special person” and “I can live my life any way I want to.”
Published: Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
Study: Garlic only good for bad breath
Los Angeles Times–Garlic, highly touted as a natural way to reduce cholesterol levels, does not do so, Stanford University researchers reported Monday.
Whether it was raw garlic, aged garlic or garlic extract, the popular supplement had no effect on cholesterol levels in people with moderately high levels, according to the report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
“It just doesn’t work,” said Christopher Gardner, a Stanford professor of medicine who led the study. “If garlic was going to work, in one form or another, then it would have worked in our study. The lack of effect was compelling and clear.”
The study does not rule out the possibility that garlic has other beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, he said, but those potential effects need to be studied in similar trials.
Japan could be watching you
TOKYO (AP) – After nearly a decade of trying, Japan has succeeded in establishing a network of spy satellites that can peer at any point on the globe, officials said Monday.
The successful launch Saturday of the last of a fleet of four reconnaissance satellites significantly boosts Japan’s ability to gather independent intelligence and re-establishes Tokyo as a major player in Asia’s accelerating space race.
Previously, Japan had to rely more heavily on its main ally, the United States, for spy satellite data.
“I welcome the success of the launch, and I hope Japan’s space program will mark results that are appropriate for a leading nation in space,” said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a statement.
Students claim ‘It’s all about me’
NEW YORK (AP) – Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.
“We need to stop endlessly repeating ‘You’re special’ and having children repeat that back,” said the study’s lead author, Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State University. “Kids are self-centered enough already.”
Twenge and her colleagues, in findings to be presented at a workshop today in San Diego on the generation gap, examined the responses of 16,475 college students nationwide who completed an evaluation called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory between 1982 and 2006.
The standardized inventory, known as the NPI, asks for responses to such statements as “If I ruled the world, it would be a better place,” “I think I am a special person” and “I can live my life any way I want to.”
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