The Garlic Centre

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The Garlic Centre

• Involved in clinical research and analysis of
  garlic extracts
• Supplier of specialist garlic chemicals for
  worldwide medical and food technology research
• Consumer friendly - responding to 2,000 letters
  6,000 emails, 5,000 phone calls
• Write and publish a wide variety of garlic
  articles

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Garlic Centre Press Coverage October 2001

• BBC One Lunchtime News
• BBC Online web site
• TODAY FM Ireland
• Meridian TV
• Einstein TV
• Daily papers
• Health Show Ireland

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Now for the smelly bit!

• Lets make some Allicin

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Allicin produced from fresh garlic
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Allicin the Mother substance
THIOSULPHINATE COMPOUNDS
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Historical properties of garlic that can be
attributed to allicin

• Anti-bacterial - wide spectrum of sensitive
  bacteria both gram positive and negative
• Anti-viral (including common cold virus)
• Anti-fungal (more effective than many drugs)
• Anti-cancer (IOWA womens study)
• Anti-cholesterol (substantial data)
• Anti-blood pressure (substantial data)

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Types of Garlic supplement

• Garlic oil capsules no allicin potential
• Aged garlic extract no allicin potential
• Garlic macerates some allicin potential?
• Garlic powder potential depends on processing
• Garlic powder easily inactivated by stomach acid

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A revolutionary new supplement

• Until recently allicin has only been produced in
  small quantities for research only
• Until now allicin has only been generated in some
  garlic powder products
• Until now only allicin derivatives can be found
  in garlic oil capsules
• Until now supplement efficacy depends on enzyme
  conversion of alliin to allicin

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A new type of supplement

• Allicin now available as a stable liquid
• Allicin now formulated into powder capsules
• Allicin now formulated into cream
• No need to wait for conversion as Allimax IS
  allicin
• Likes the acid environment of your stomach

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Preventing the Common Cold
On average EVERY individual suffers 2 to 5 colds
each year

• A double blind placebo controlled survey with 146
  volunteers

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Volunteer Demographics

• Active (Allimax)
• Men 32
• Women 41
• Mean age 52
• Used garlic 11

• Placebo
• Men 29
• Women 44
• Mean age 53
• Used Garlic 10

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Common Cold Survey - Method

• Randomised and placebo controlled
• Recruited from The Sun and Daily Mail
• Volunteers took ONE capsule daily
• 3 month study period
• Diary to record symptom score
• 5 point symptom scale
• Contacted every 2 weeks to ensure compliance and
  diary entries

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Symptom scale

• 5 - Well no problems
• 4 - Quite well -occasional sneeze
• 3 - Can feel a cold coming - some minor symptoms
• 2 - Definitely infected - exhibiting symptoms
  (recorded)
• 1 - Full cold symptoms (all recorded)

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Results - Number of colds
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Results - Days Infected
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Results - Average symptom duration (days)
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Repeat infections
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Withdrawals

• Active
• Continued use of another garlic supplement
• Development of gout
• Pruritic rash below the knees

• Placebo
• Severe headache

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Conclusions

• Allimax can prevent the Common Cold
• Reduction of severity of symptoms
• Re-infection less likely with Allimax
• Could represent huge savings for the Dutch and
  Belgium economies
• Product is well tolerated and may offer other
  advantages according to volunteer reports
• Manufacturers recommended dose was used

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Allicin as a modern anti-bacterial

• Known as Natures antibiotic
• Broad spectrum of activity
• No resistance has ever been recorded
• Allicin prevents bacterial enzyme production
• Problem infections can be resolved with allicin
• Allicin is natural, safe and effective

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MIC (ppm allicin) for some problem bacteria

• Streptococcus pyogenes 16 ppm
• Staphylococcus aureus 16 ppm
• Listeria monocytogenes 16 ppm
• Escherichia coli 0157 32 ppm
• Salmonella typhimurium 32 ppm
• Clostridium perfringens 64 ppm
• Helicobacter pylori 16 ppm

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Staphylococcus aureus

• Involved in 95 of simple cases of eczema
• Leads to worsening of clinical symptoms
• Causes secondary infection
• Prevents topical steroids from working
• Present in most cases of acne
• Prevalant bacterium in psoriasis

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Allicin kills Staph. aureus

• Work completed at The University of East London
• 30 bacterial strains were tested 12 were
  resistant to pharmaceutical antibiotics
• ALL strains were sensitive to Allicin AND Allimax
  Cream