secondly, does it boost sperm count?

There can be more than one cause of heart attacks.

You guys sound like “health nuts” in that you aren’t thinking all the way through. Heart attacks could be caused by deterioration of the blood vessel wall – or by blood clots that have less to do with platelets than with different factors like bad cholesterol and saturated fats.

If you reduce the hormone that is tied to platelet production, you are thought to be reducing platelet production, and also – you have stated [and I could go wrong from this point on, just taking your word for it! How many human ideas have gone off the rails because of this?] that it is tied to the tightness of the veins.

There are a number of concerns.

So first of all, reducing he platelets and the ability of the blood vessels to constrict could be a major health concern.

For example, an older person falls, and breaks some blood vessels in their leg. In a normal person, this would cause a simple bruise, but because they have reduced their thrombosin count [and assuming that the body doesn't produce a synthetic alternative to thrombosin to restore platelet levels to whatever the mechanism counts as normal] -well, due to the lack of thrombosin, the body is unable to constrict the blood vessels and get enough platelets to the wound – so a simple fall bruise, becomes a major health concern.

This is in fact what happened to my aunt recently – a simple fall, but due to her blood thinning regime, the wound was essentially unable to close, and then it became infected, she nearly lost her leg, and still has bruising over 12 months later. It’s about 18 months in fact. She is still recovering.

She needs the blood thinners because she has an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, due to a preexisting health condition.

In her case, taking the blood thinners, though it aggravated the damage from her fall, may have extended her quality of life for some years – so it’s worth it.

However, if a person is normally healthy, I think they should really think twice before they take action that can significantly reduce their bodies ability to deal with traumatic injuries.

A simple fall or a minor traffic accident can become a life changing experience when you have thin blood, and it’s worth considering the risk with responsible people.

Platelets may well be in the new health craze, but like the fat craze of the 1980s and the carbohydrates craze since then, and the cholestorol craze, you are talking about vital bodily materials, for production and storage and distribution of important materials and energy.

It may be the case that a more controlled and sedentary life has reduced the risk from major trauma, compared as an average over the human history, that renders such a platelet count as was normal to be less beneficial, and reducing the platelet count through special dietary action [or other medicine, actually, drugs might be considered dietary action when taken orally] COULD[italics] therefore be desirable amongst certain people.

However, I still think that it’s a tradeoff, perhaps younger people who are feeling high blood pressure want to take steps to reduce their blood pressure that are received in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Daily breathing slow down – practicing as deeply and slowly breathing as possible, for 1/2 hr a day, or before bed, or both, or more – it may signal the body to reduce the rate of heart beat, and could help to steady the quality of the heart’s motion. The reduction in quantity of beats per minute could however, substantially reduces the blood pressure [unless the beats become as much harder as necessary for this, they may seem slightly harder but should be strong, not aggressive]

Anyway, Cheers

2. is there any herb that can be eaten with or added to garlic to stop its repugnant (disgusting & foul) smell?, especially when you are in the office environment which is usually enclosed (i keep belching and i become ashamed, cant even mix with people)?

3. whats the use of parsley?

4. i like blending fresh garlic, ginger root and parsley together and then boil for about five minutes and then allow to cool and then kept in the fridge for use for about 2 days- is anything wrong with this?