News and Events » Health News » Garlic lowers Blood Pressure

Garlic lowers Blood Pressure

July 28, 2008

In the world of medicine, the most solid kind of proof comes from something called a meta-analysis. People who do meta-analysis focus on a specific treatment for a particular condition. They find every clinical trial that has ever studied it and combine their results in a very specific way. A good meta-analysis follows rules set out for doing them properly to eliminate any possible bias, inaccuracy or other problem.A meta-analysis of 11 randomized, double-blind clinical trials involving over 500 patients with high blood pressure was recently published online by BioMed Central. The authors concluded that garlic extract at doses of 600-900mg significantly lowers blood pressure. Blood pressure is measured in millimetres of mercury - mmHg. The reduction seen in the garlic trials was 8.4 mmHg for systolic pressure and 7.9 mmHg for diastolic pressure. This is impressive - and better than most prescription drugs can do.