A Bulb of Prevention Health Article

Besides fending off vampires, heart disease and infection, garlic can add prostate cancer to its list of foes. In China, oncologists found that men who eat more than a heaping tablespoon of vegetables from the allium family (garlic, leeks, onions, chives) per day have half the risk of prostate cancer compared with men who eat less than a scant teaspoon.

But stick to the real thing. A separate study found that many garlic supplements come up too short on garlic's active ingredient to make a health difference. Instead, if you can tolerate the odor, chew uncooked garlic cloves for protection.

J. of the Nat. Cancer Inst., Nov. 6, 2002 (www.consumerlab.com)

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