Garlic 5000 90 tablets - natural odor-controlled source of allicin, improves blood flow | NOW

NOW Garlic 5000 is odour-controled garlic (Allium sativum )

This garlic product is standardized to yield allicin and allicin precursors, which convert to allicin when ingested. It is enteric coated so that this conversion occurs in the upper intestine for optimal absorption, while it avoids the release of garlic’s pungent odor in the stomach. Allicin precursor levels are achieved through a special process that keeps garlic’s moisture low. This process maintains allicin precursors while preserving all of the natural goodness of whole fresh garlic. Enjoy the benefits of this odor-controlled garlic tablet!

Garlic can improve hyperlipidemia, help maintain cardiovascular health and is traditionally used in herbal medicine to help relieve symptoms associated with upper respiratory tract infections and catarrhal conditions.

Garlic has long been known to have therapeutic uses and has been used for thousands of years in traditional medicines. It is known to have beneficial effects on blood lipids, blood clotting and blood pressure, and it has been reported to have antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer effects, among many other but less well-documented benefits. The effects of most interest in the scientific community are its cardiovascular, anticancer and antimicrobial effects.

Using garlic powder with an adequate amount of allicine also would help raising the concentration of the anabolic hormone testosterone.

key benefits
• increases blood flow
• improves cardiovascular health
• increases libido
• protects against overtraining
• increases testosterone levels

background information
Many studies have examined the effects of allicin-providing garlic on blood lipids. One study found that after 12 weeks, subjects with type 2 diabetes who had received a garlic tablet at 300mg twice daily with an alliin content of 1.3% (which would produce 0.6% allicin) experienced significant decreases in total cholesterol and LDL and a significant increase in HDLs while the placebo group did not. Two clinical trials found that an enteric coated garlic tablet (220mg four times daily for 12 weeks, and 400mg twice daily over 6 weeks) lowered the total cholesterol and LDL levels of hyperlipidaemic patients. One study also showed an improvement in HDLs.

Regarding immune support, a clinical trial found that those taking an allicin-containing garlic supplement were less than twice as likely to get a common cold as the control group, and that the infection period and symptoms from the placebo group lasted longer. The placebo group was even more likely to become reinfected than the test group.

The anticancer effects of garlic, and allicin in particular, have also been of interest to the scientific community, since allicin has been shown to be toxic to cancer cells. One in vitro study found that allicin produced from crushed garlic killed colon cancer cells by causing the cells oxidative stress, activating phase 2 detoxification. They also found that this occurred using lower amounts of a naturally converted allicin than other comparable studies which used allicin produced synthetically from its precursor. The first animal study aiming to demonstrate the antitumour effects of allicin found success using a novel targeted approach by attaching allinase to the tomour cells and injecting alliin into the blood stream, causing the conversion to allicin only at the tumour site and inhibited the growth of the tumour cells.

In an animal study examining the effects of S-allyl cysteine on cognitive deficits found that S-allyl cysteine attenuated the cognitive deficits associated with lipid peroxidation in the brain in induced dementia, likely due to its antioxidative effects. This has peaked the interest of researchers examining possible treatments for age-related dementias and Alzheimer’s disease.

Garlic also contains the following active components:

• ajoenes, the components of garlic believed to be responsible for garlic's ability to prevent the formation of dangerous blood clots,

•gamma-glutamyl peptides, the phytochemicals responsible for garlic's ability to inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) - the target of the so-called "ACE inhibitor" drugs,

•and adenosine, which works by opening up the ATP-dependent potassium (KATP) channel in the smooth muscles of blood vessels, leading them to relax and present less resistance to the force of the blood flowing through them; various phytochemicals present in Allium sativum protect adenosine from destruction, allowing a significant amount of it to be absorbed intact.

In one study, the effects of Allium were tested in animals fed a hypertension-accelerating diet. The diet caused a dangerous 29% increase in the activity of the blood pressure elevating ACE enzyme. Along with it, their blood pressure climbed upward by 8%. Both the increase in ACE activity and the rise in BP suffered by the animals receiving the diet but no Allium supplement were not only stopped, but reversed, by Allium.

It is clear that the scientific community is constantly learning more and more about the therapeutic benefits of garlic and its active ingredients. Although allicin is the most studied ingredient, a therapeutic benefit is most likely derived from the synergistic effects of multiple active ingredients found in garlic.