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Article: The health benefits of aged garlic extract.
- Article from:
- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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Garlic ranks highly among foods that help prevent disease, largely due to its high content of organosulfur compounds and antioxidant activity. Fresh garlic, however, is not for everyone; it can cause indigestion and its pungent odor, that lingers on the breath and skin, is a social deterrent. These disagreeable effects of fresh garlic are due to allicin, an oxidant, released upon cutting or chewing the clove. Scientific studies show, however, that garlic does not have to be fresh to be effective nor is its smell required for its health benefits. (1)
Aged Garlic Extract (AGE)
An alternate source of garlic, that is odorless and richer in antioxidant th1an ...