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Article: Should you be getting more garlic? EN weighs the evidence.(Environmental Nutrition)
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1998 Environmental Nutrition, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Garlic's healing powers are legendary. Over the centuries, it's been hailed by the ancient Egyptians, Israelites and Chinese, and praised by Mohammed, Charlemagne and Hippocrates. Can they all be wrong?
Modern science has begun to think not. In the past 20 years, researchers have contributed more than 1,300 studies on this pungent member of the Allium family, which includes onions, shallots, chives and leeks.
Fondly dubbed the "stinking rose," garlic has been used to treat everything from cancer and heart disease to athlete's foot and the common cold. Unfortunately, most of garlic's purported benefits have yet to be scientifically proven. Just where ...
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......diseases and cancer. Extracts of fresh garlic that are aged over a prolonged...biological activity. The strong odor of fresh garlic and its ability to generate unpleasant...resulting from prolonged extraction of fresh garlic at room temperature; it is highly...
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