Chemists have confirmed
that the Mediterranean
cuisine's 2 most important
ingredients - garlic and red
wine - apparently have a
beneficial effect on the heart
(Science, Vol 265, No 5178).
Andrew Waterhouse of
the University of California,
Davis, has isolated from red
wine a chemical called catechin that is believed to keep
a check on the level of cholesterol.
And Erik Block of the
State University of New
York, Albany, found in garlic traces of several selenium
compounds that are known
to reduce atherosclerosis -
thickening of the walls of
arteries - in animals and
blood lipids (a group of fats)
in humans.
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