You asked about “reducing High blood pressure and LDL, raising HDL and lowering Triglycerides?”
The setup for the Healing Spices book is each spice is listed in the first part and what health benefits it has, and the second part are health concerns/diseases listed and the spices that affect each one.
Spices controlling high blood pressure:
I’m only listing three since those have the amounts to take every day:
Garlic:
Lower blood pressure: In a recent “meta-analysis” of 11 studies on garlic supplements and high blood pressure, garlic lowered systolic blood pressure by an average of 8.4 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by an average of 7.3 mm Hg - very significant decreases. Garlic preparations are superior to placebo in reducing blood pressure in individuals with hypertension, the researches concluded in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. In a study from Poland, researchers found that garlic supplements not only lowered blood pressure, but also prevent DNA damage from oxidation. These findings point out the beneficial effects of garlic supplementation in reducing blood pressure and counteracting oxidative stress, and thereby offering cardio protection in hypertensives, concluded the researchers in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry.
There are too many studies to copy but here is another result of taking garlic: “Aged garlic extract may be beneficial in protecting against cardiovascular disease as a result of inhibiting platelet aggregation, the researchers concluded in the Journal of Nutrition.”
Lowers total cholesterol: Researchers at the University of Connecticut analyzed 29 studies on garlic and cholesterol in a meta-analysis and found garlic significantly reduced total cholesterol and triglycerides even though it had no effect of “bad” LDL or “good” HDL.
Less artery-clogging plaque. Research in the Division of Cardiology at UCLA determined in study, people taking a placebo had triple the rate of plaque progression as those taking garlic. In another year long study by the same researches, involving a supplement containing aged garlic extract, B-vitamins and an artery-nourishing amino acid, the progression of plaque was significantly lower in those taking garlic. In a German study, 142 people took garlic powder tablets daily. After four years, they had 5 to 18% less plaque in their arteries. “Not only a preventive but possibly also a curative role in atherosclerosis therapy may be ascribed to garlic”, wrote the researchers in the medical journal Atherosclerosis.
Two other studies show garlic causes more flexible arteries and a lower risk of heart attack.
There is also a section on garlic preventing and stopping the advance of cancer in the colon and stomach and other cancers. Another section on garlic fighting infection. Another in preventing colds. Another about type 2 diabetes. Others are prostate problems, aging skin, oral candidiasis, sickle cell anemia.
The amount of garlic to take for high blood pressure is 1 gram garlic extract daily.
Also, 1 cup cocoa, with 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder in water, daily. Numerous studies.
Also, 200 mg black cumin seed extract, daily. Many studies.
I think you have to bite the bullet and get this book in order to read all these studies and come up with your plan to use these spices.
Thanks for the info. It’s already on my wish list. Eventually I will have it. Resources are aomewhat limited, but I’ll get there sooner or later.
Going to the next town over to see the Governor today, and will get some mushroom compost while there. I should be back around 2:30pn to start the thread. Give or take a few minutes.
If I haven’t posted by 3 pm, feel free to get the thread going. Thanks.