Fresh Garlic Best for Heart

It's not news to SportsGeezer readers that garlic is good for your heart, but researchers at the University of Connecticut took their investigation of the goodness a garlic a step further. The New York Times reports that UConn scientists prepared garlic slurries with two ounces of garlic in about a cup and a half of water. Two
slurries were made, the Times reports, one with fresh-crushed garlic and the other with
garlic that had been crushed but left to dry for two days. The researchers force fed the solutions to rats for 30 days, then killed the rats and took a good look at their hearts. The Times reports that both slurries appeared to provide some
cardioprotective benefits, but the hearts of rats that had eaten the
fresh-crushed garlic had less damage and better recovery after blood
flow was restricted for 30 minutes. Also noted: the
fresh-crushed garlic was better at suppressing chemicals that act as a
“death signal” for heart muscle cells.
Read more in the New York Times.
Read an abstract of the study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.