A three-month long study in Poland suggests that garlic extract supplementation improved some markers linked to cardiovascular risk better than a placebo.
Canadian scientists have found that the antioxidant power of garlic is related to the organic compound allicin, research that deepens our understanding of the potential benefits of this food and supplements favourite.
The Belgian Medicines Agency (AFMPS) has published further detail
of draft amendments to a Royal Decree that may switch the
classification of 250 herbal products from food and food supplement
ingredients to medicines.
An advert which claimed garlic supplements have a plethora of
benefits including inhibiting cancer cell growth has been removed
following an Advertising Standards' Agency (ASA) probe.
The European Court of Justice's opinion to not allow Germany to
label garlic supplements as a medicine has been seen as a fine
example of the intended use principle winning out.
UK firm Allimax, which has developed a patented form of the garlic
antioxidant compound allicin, will use ongoing research to help it
move out of the crowded garlic supplements segment into a new,
higher value 'anti-microbials'...