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"Aged garlic extract Prolongs Longevity and Improves Spatial Memory Deficit in Senescence-Accelerated Mouse. Moriguchi T; et al. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1996 February, 19(2):305-307. Results of this study showed that the chronic dietary administration of aged garlic extract improved spatial learning in senescence-accelerated mice. Ginseng Root Prevents Learning Disability and Neuronal Loss in Gerbils with 5-minute Forebrain Ischemia. Wen TC; et al. Acta Neuropathologica, 1996, 91(l):15-22." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"For some people, concentrated garlic extracts cause nausea and abdominal discomfort due to gas. Use garlic extract in a concentration of 100:1 containing a minimum of 5.3 mg of scordinin, another highly prized garlic constituent. Take one 250 mg capsule twice daily with food. Increase the dose if necessary to treat severe infection. Combining garlic extracts with other flu-fighting herbs such as elderberry may provide added benefits over a single herb." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.)

"In another study involving 261 patients, those taking garlic extract for sixteen weeks had lowered their cholesterol levels by twelve percent and their triglycerides by seventeen percent. A ten-month study evaluated the effect of aged garlic extract (AGE) on the lipid profiles of men with moderately high cholesterol. Platelet adhesion and fibrinogen (makes blood sticky, increasing risk of clotting) was reduced by approximately thirty percent in subjects taking AGE." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Results of this study showed that the chronic dietary administration of aged garlic extract improved spatial learning in senescence-accelerated mice. Ginseng Root Prevents Learning Disability and Neuronal Loss in Gerbils with 5-minute Forebrain Ischemia. Wen TC; et al. Acta Neuropathologica, 1996, 91(l):15-22. This study examined the neuroprotective effects of ginseng roots in 5-minute ischemic gerbils. Red ginseng powder, crude ginseng saponin, crude ginseng non-saponin, and pure ginsenosides Rbl, Rgl and Ro were administered 7 days prior to ischemia." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The effect of the aged garlic extract, "Kyolic," on the development of experimental atherosclerosis. Arterosclerosis. 1997;132:37-42. Fleischauer, AT, Arab L. Garlic and cancer: a critical review of the epidemiologic literature. / Nutrition. 2001; 131:1032S-1040S. Gonzalez C et al. Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of stomach and oesophagus adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST). Int J Cancer. 2006 May 15;118( 10):2559-2566. Hsing AW, Chokkalingam AP, Gao YT, et al." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"One group of nine patients took an aged garlic extract supplement every day for a year while another group of ten subjects took a placebo. Disease progression in the placebo group averaged 22 percent, while plaque among the supplement group advanced only 7.5 percent. Our Recommendations For people with CVD, supplement with a minimum of 1,000 mg a day. Garlic also contributes to thinner blood. If you take Coumadin, you can still eat garlic, but don't use a garlic supplement." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"A ten-month study evaluated the effect of aged garlic extract (AGE) on the lipid profiles of men with moderately high cholesterol. Platelet adhesion and fibrinogen (makes blood sticky, increasing risk of clotting) was reduced by approximately thirty percent in subjects taking AGE. REDUCED RISK OF PREECLAMPSIA DURING PREGNANCY: Researchers in London found that garlic may help to boost the birth weight of babies and decrease preeclampsia complications at birth. CANCER: Nearly thirty studies have shown that garlic has some cancer-preventive effect." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"The researchers found beneficial effects of aged garlic extract (AGE) and S-allyl cysteine (SAC) on Abeta-induced apoptosis and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in a rat cell line. The Green Tea Polyphenol (-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate Attenuates Beta-Amy-loid-Induced Neurotoxicity in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons. Choi YT; Jung CH. Life Sciences, 2001 December, 21:70(5):603-614. Green tea polyphenols have protective effects against betaA-induced neuronal apoptosis, which may be beneficial for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Oxidative Stress and Alzheimer Disease." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"In addition, fresh garlic extract has been shown to be deadly to many viruses. Garlic also possesses the ability to stimulate the activity of the macrophages which engulf foreign organisms, such as viruses, bacteria, and yeast. Furthermore, garlic increases the activity of the T-helper cells. And garlic may be particularly effective in treating uppet respiratory viral infections due to its immune-enhancing properties and its ability to clear mucous from the lungs. And finally, garlic is also effective against sttep and staph bacteria. (Everything that's been said about gatlic goes for onions." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Antioxidative Effects of Kyolic Garlic S-allylcysteine—A Key Compound in Aged garlic extract (Kyolic Garlic) "Though a plethora of compounds in aged garlic extract have demonstrated beneficial effects and a synergism of those compounds is likely responsible for the benefits of aged garlic extract for the sake of quality control, aged garlic extract is standardized with S-allylcysteine (SAC). SAC is a stable, effective, and safe organosulfar compound derived from garlic." - James F. Balch, M.D., The Super Anti-Oxidants: Why They Will Change the Face of Healthcare in the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Changes in platelet function and susceptibility of lipoproteins to oxidation associated with administration of aged garlic extract. / Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1998;31:904-908. Ginger www.mayoclinic.com/heaIth/ginger/NS_patient-ginger; www.umm.edu/altmed/consherbs/gingerch.html#overview Altman RD and Marcussen KC. Effects of ginger extract on knee pain in patients with osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2001 ;44( 11) :2461-2462. American Association for Cancer Research 97th annual meeting, April 1-5, 2006, Washington, D.C. Study author J. Rebecca Liu, M.D." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"The major growth inhibitory component in garlic extract is allicin, and garlic products that have the highest amount of allicin are the most desirable for treatment. Look specifically for products with high allicin and the stabilized form of allicin. Garlic is diverse in its uses for vaginitis because it is both antibacterial and antifungal.49'50 I recommend garlic vaginal suppositories for both Candida (yeast) vaginitis and bacterial vaginosis. A clove peeled carefully so as not to nick the garlic can be inserted into the vagina for 6 to 8 hours." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Antioxidative Effects of Kyolic Garlic S-allylcysteine—A Key Compound in Aged garlic extract (Kyolic Garlic) "Though a plethora of compounds in aged garlic extract have demonstrated beneficial effects and a synergism of those compounds is likely responsible for the benefits of aged garlic extract for the sake of quality control, aged garlic extract is standardized with S-allylcysteine (SAC). SAC is a stable, effective, and safe organosulfar compound derived from garlic." - James F. Balch, M.D., The Super Anti-Oxidants: Why They Will Change the Face of Healthcare in the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Aged garlic extract and its constituents inhibit Cu++-induced oxidative modification of low density lipoproteins. In: PM 63(3):263-264. 1997. Imai J et al., Antioxidant and radical scavenging effects of aged garlic extracts and its constituents. In: PM 60(5):417. 1994. Jain AK, Can garlic reduce levels of serum lipids? In: JAMA 94:632-635. 1993. Jain RC, Vyas CR, (1974) Brit Med J 2:730. Jung F, Kiesewetter H, Mrowietz C, Pindur G, Heiden M, Miyashita C, Wenzel E, Akutwirkungen eines zusammengesetzten Knoblauchpraparates auf die Fliepfahigkeit des Blutes. In: ZPT 10(3):87. 1989." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"Studies on a particular form of supplement, AGE (aged garlic extract), have some encouraging results to report. Two small studies from Pennsylvania State University in University Park and UCLA found that AGE reduced total cholesterol by 7 percent and 3 percent, respectively, and reduced LDL cholesterol by 8 percent and 22 percent." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Platelet Aggregation Epinephrine-, adenosine 5c-diphosphate (ADP)-, and collagen-induced platelet aggregation was inhibited in serum samples obtained from healthy subjects consuming aged garlic extract (AGE) in a 44-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study (n=34). Significant reductions in collagen-induced platelet aggregation were observed compared to baseline and placebo at all AGE dose levels (p<0.05)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Subjects received garlic extract 10 mg (equivalent to 1 g of fresh Garlic) daily for 4 days. Ritonavir 400 mg was administered on day 4. The dose and duration of Garlic used in this study were much lower than that used by Piscitelli et al, 2002, in which Garlic reduced saquinavir levels. The authors stated that their results should not be extrapolated to steady-state conditions (Gallica-no et al, 2003)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Current Cancer Drug Targets 3: 67-81, 2003] Aged garlic extract (AGE) has been shown to inhibit both the growth and migration of tumor cells in a laboratory dish. [International J Molecular Medicine 9:641-3, 2002] In order to confirm the effects of AGE on colon/rectal adenomas (benign epithelial tumors having a glandular origin and structure), researchers provided 2.4 and 0.16 milliliters of AGE per day to patients diagnosed with adenomas. The number and size of these precancerous tumors were determined before and 12 months after intake by direct observation with a colonoscopy." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Various garlic preparations exhibit anti-cancer properties, including fresh crushed garlic cloves, fresh garlic extract, aged garlic, garlic oil, and other sulfur compounds derived from garlic. The question is, which is the best way to consume garlic: fresh, cooked or aged? [Critical Review Food Science Nutrition 44:479-88, 2004] Garlic processing A study was designed to compare several garlic powders with various levels of alii in, a precursor of active sulfur compounds, for their ability to prevent cancer. Rodents were fed diets with three garlic powders with various alliin contents." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"For example, it was shown that aged garlic extract may protect against radiation damage. Rats and rabbits were first given cobalt-60 gamma radiation. Those which were also given aged garlic extract had lower death rates; less leakage of intracellular enzymes into the blood; and decreased loss of white blood cells and platelets (9). Two scientists at Penn State found that aged garlic extract powder "significantly delayed the onset of tumors and reduced the total number of rats developing mammary cancer." - Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D., Cancer Therapy: The Independent Consumer's Guide To Non-Toxic Treatment & Prevention (Get the book.)

"Solid garlic extract - an extraction of the chopped bulbs with ethanol or methanol is allowed to evaporate. Aqueous extract - fresh bulbs are macerated in cold water (1:1). Fermented garlic - the minced drug is soaked over a long duration in a water-ethanol mixture, volatile agents escape and the garlic becomes odorless. Steam distillations and tinctures are also possible. Daily Dosage: The average daily dose is 4 gm of fresh garlic or 8 mg of essential oil. One fresh garlic clove, 1 to 2 times daily. Storage: Garlic should be hung in plaits in a dry place." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"For testing, patients were randomized and given the garlic extract or placebo. The first test ran for 180 days and blood pressure was monitored periodically. In the second phase (cross-over), patients received the alternate preparation for 120 days (Steiner et al, 1996). Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease A meta-analysis of Garlic in the treatment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease concluded that Garlic cannot be recommended as therapy based on negative results reported in the one eligible trial conducted by Kiesewetter et al, 1993." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"All of these trials administered garlic for at least four weeks, typically using 600-900 mg of garlic extract per day. Onion (page 718)—closely related to garlic—may also have a mild blood pressure-lowering effect, according to preliminary research.59 Two controlled clinical trials have shown that hibiscus can lower blood pressure. In one, people with high blood pressure who went off their medications were given either 2 teaspoons (5 to 6 grams) Hibiscus sabdariffa infused in 1 cup (250 ml) water or black tea three times per day." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"IU daily þFibrinogen above 400 mg/L: garlic extract?,000 meg daily þHomocysteine above 16 micromole/L: No specific recommendation; be sure to take a high-potency multiple vitamin and mineral supplement. þFerritin (an iron-binding protein) above 200 mcg/L: Eliminate red meat from the diet, avoid iron supplements, and increase consumption of whole grains þLipid peroxides elevated: No specific additional recommendations; be sure to follow the foundation supplement program for type 1 diabetes Diabetic Retinopathy þBilberry extract?60 to 320 mg daily; or grapeseed extract?" - Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.)

"Aged garlic extract, but not raw garlic, has been shown, to prevent oxidation of LDL cholesterol in humans,97 an event believed to be a significant factot in the development of atherosclerosis. Ginkgo (page 681) may reduce the risk of atherosclerosis by interfering with a chemical the body sometimes makes in excess, called platelet activating factor (PAF).98 PAF stimulates platelets to stick together too much; ginkgo stops this from happening. Ginkgo also increases blood circulation to the brain, arms, and legs.99 Garlic and ginkgo also decrease excessive blood coagulation." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "In a preliminary study, supplementation with a special aged garlic extract (Kastamonu Garlic) in the amount of 1 ml per 2.2 pounds of body weight per day for one month resulted in a 32% reduction in the size of the prostate gland and a significant improvement in urinary symptoms.22 It is not known whether other forms of garlic would have the same effect. Pygeum (page 734), an extract from the bark of the African tree, has been approved in Germany, France, and Italy as a remedy for BPH." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "In one trial, administration of an aged garlic extract reduced the number of infections and relieved diarrhea (page 163) in a group of patients with AIDS.77 Garlic's active constituents have also been shown to kill HIV in the test tube, though these results have not been confirmed in human trials.78 A preliminary trial of isolated andrographolides, found in andrographis (page 626), determined that while they decreased viral load and increased CD4 lymphocyte levels in people with HIV infection, they also caused potentially serious liver problems and changes in taste in many of the participants." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Scientists were also able to kill Helicobacter pylori by using garlic extract. (H. pylori is considered to be involved in the development of peptic ulcer and stomach cancer.) (Gale Maleskey et al.) The garlic extract also showed an antifungal effect on yeast and moulds. (In China, garlic is used for vaginitis, Candida and other fungal infections.) The ability of garlic to provide some protection against atherosclerosis, coronary thrombosis and stroke is believed to be related, at least in part, to its ability to inhibit aggregation of the blood platelets." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.) "In health-food stores liquid or capsules of Kyolic aged garlic extract, Kyolic EPA (a combination of aged garlic extract and fish oil) are available in the United States. Oil-based garlic preparations are questionable, since allicin is unstable in oil. According to Tyler, dried garlic preparations are most effective if they are enteric coated. This will allow them to pass intact through the stomach to the small intestine where the enzyme can act under the alkaline conditions present there." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.)

"Infection Fighting Combinations plus Vs to 54 tsp. garlic extract.(Adding garlic to these combinations speeds healing. Because garlic extract is liquid it is one of the easiest and best methods to use for infection in babies. An odorless garlic extract is available.) 2. 1 capsule Herbal Combination specific to ailment (cough, eye infection, etc.) 3. 500—1000 mg. Vitamin C. every 2 or 3 hours. 4. Broths, soups, steamed vegetables, juices, etc. 5. Cleanse colon with enema, or by giving Vs to 54 capsule Cascara in juice or water, prune juice, or molasses water. Colic—Hiccups— 1." - Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon, The How to Herb Book: Let's Remedy the Situation (Get the book.)

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