Therefore, garlic reduces the production of cholesterol as well as its precursors. Besides lowering blood cholesterol, garlic can also prevent blood clot formation, reduce blood pressure and inhibit the oxidation of cholesterol.
Reductionistic model (reduces illness to low level processes- cell and chemical imbalances). Single factor model of illness, explains illness in terms of biological malfunction rather then recognizing a variety of factors. Assumes mind body dualism. Emphasizes illness.
There are two basic types of dualism: o Descartes dualism: The view that the mind and body function separately, without interchange. o Cartesian dualism argues that there is a two-way interaction between mental and physical substances. Dualism is in contrast to monism that states the mind and body are the same thing.