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.
Substance dualists typically argue that the mind and the body are composed of different substances and that the mind is a thinking thing that lacks the usual attributes of physical objects: size, shape, location, solidity, motion, adherence to the laws of physics, and so on.