Fast Facts About Garlic Allium Complex Fast Facts About Garlic Allium Complex Scientific studies are continuing to make the connection between the bio-active nutrients in Allium vegetables - garlic, onion, chive and leek, etc. - with numerous health benefits including promoting heart and cardiovascular health; protecting cells against dangerous free radicals and other toxins; to boosting the body’s defenses against infection. Of these nutrients, a huge family of sulfur compounds, responsible for the pungent smell, have the greatest potential health benefits. GNLD’s Garlic Allium Complex has combined state-of-the-art delivery technology with wholefood supplementation to produce an exceptional product with two clear distinctions. The first is guaranteed standardised amounts of allicin, the key health promoting sulfur compound in garlic, plus other beneficial Allium nutrients. The second is enhanced Targeted Delivery Technology, which insures greater accuracy in the delivery of the bio-active allicin to the intestines, where it is needed to deliver optimal benefits. Why Garlic and Other Allium Why GNLD Garlic Allium Vegetables? Complex? • Allium vegetables (garlic, onion, chives, leek, • Broad-spectrum, wholefood etc.) have been used worldwide for supplementation. thousands of years as foods, spices and as Garlic Allium Complex features extracts and folk medicines. concentrates from a variety of Allium • Scientific studies show that Allium vegetables vegetables - garlic, onion, chive and leek - act as a natural antioxidant and promote linked in numerous research studies to good general well-being. health and assures your daily intake of • Allium vegetables may assist blood diverse, beneficial nutrients from the Allium circulation and support cardiovascular "family." health. • Unique process to protect natural • Allium, vegetables may promote the health enzymes. The enzyme allinase is required for of various cells & tissues, particularly in the the formation of allicin, the critical sulfur gastrointestinal tract. compound responsible for many of garlic's • Allium vegetables have had a traditional use health benefits. GNLD's special technology as antimicrobial agents and may provide protects allinase from destruction by stomach relief from sinusitis, symptoms of hayfever acid. and catarrh, and temporary relief of • Guaranteed allicin content. Two capsules coughs. provide 4.2 milligrams of active allicin from high-yield garlic extracts. Research studies “Our Targeted Delivery Technology show that this amount - equivalent to that ensures that bio-active allicin found in one clove of fresh garlic - effectively reaches the intestines, where it promotes health. • Nutrient family approach. Includes not only delivers optimal benefit.” allicin, but also other bio-active compounds (for example, oil-soluble substances from fresh garlic and onion), which exist naturally in Allium vegetables and work together in different ways to benefit health. • Enhanced Targeted Delivery Technology. The new enteric coating of the tablet maximises the product's stability and provides greater accuracy in the delivery of active allicin to the intestines. The end result - improved absorption of the bio-active ingredients and no repeating or garlic breath! • Contains rosemary, a potent, antioxidant herb which helps protect the tablet’s contents. Health Care H-35 Fast Facts About Garlic Allium Complex • Easy Swallowing. Smooth, round white tablets for easier swallowing provides an easy PRODUCT FEATURES way to reap the benefits of Allium vegetables without having to eat a fresh clove of raw • Whole-food approach. garlic every day. Contains extracts and • Convenience. New sanitary, hermetically concentrates of garlic, onion, sealed and easy to carry blister packs chive and leek. guarantee optimal potency, protection and • Allicin content guaranteed. convenience. Each dose delivers 4.2 milligrams from high-yield garlic extracts. This is the amount found in one clove of fresh garlic. • Broad spectrum of bio- active ingredients. Diverse sulfur compounds and nutrients work together to confer a variety of health benefits. • Targeted Delivery Technology. Enteric coating assures the delivery of active allicin to the intestines, where it’s needed. • No repeating or garlic breath! • Contains rosemary, an antioxidant herb. H-36 Vitamins may only be of assistance when daily dietary intake is inadequate. Health Care The Story of Garlic and Allium The Story Of Garlic And Other Allium Vegetables Garlic: "The Stinking Rose" or "Spice of Life"? Garlic then have the power to save from death. Bear with it though it maketh unsavoury breath. -Sir John Harington in "The Englishman’s Doctor" No one is neutral about garlic. While some treasure fish, which we did eat in Egypt so freely, and the it for its pungent aroma, others detest it for the same pumpkins and the melons, and the leeks, onions and reason. The "stinking rose" is actually a member of garlic." (Numbers 11:5). the sweet-smelling lily family. It belongs to the Allium genus, an acrid-smelling group of vegetables whose Whatever global fame Allium vegetables have odour derives from health-promoting sulfur earned in the kitchen, they have far surpassed in the compounds. Allium vegetables include: medicine cabinet. Allium vegetables have a • Garlic (Allium sativum L.) complicated chemistry and, as a result, a huge • Onion (Allium cepa L.) range of effects. The ability of onions to induce tears • Leek (Allium ampeloprasum L. var. porrum) is one example. Other examples include the • Scallion (Allium fistulosum) antioxidant antibacterial, antifungal, antitumour, • Shallot (Allium ascalonicum auct.) anticlotting and anticholesterol properties of certain • Great-headed ("elephant") garlic (Allium extracts of garlic and onions. ampeloprasum L. var. holmense) • Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) Throughout history, people worldwide - the • Chive (Allium schoenoprasum L.) Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks, Indians, Koreans, • Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum L.) Romans, Babylonians and Vikings - have used • Rakkyo (Allium bakeri Regel) Allium vegetables to enhance health: • The Codex Ebers, an ancient Egyptian medical papyrus, lists 22 therapeutic formulas Alliums Have Been Prized in which garlic was used to treat heart Throughout the Ages problems, headaches, bites, worms and Despite their ability to produce socially undesirable tumours. effects (bad breath, belching, flatulence, etc.), Allium • In Greece, Hippocrates, the Father of vegetables - especially garlic - have been prized Medicine, recommended garlic for its throughout the ages by virtually every culture as medicinal effects and athletes ingested garlic foods, spices and folk medicines. as a stimulant during the first Olympic games. • In lndia, garlic was used as both an Ayurvedic Alliums have always been a natural part of the diet. health remedy and an antiseptic lotion. In ancient Egypt, Pharaohs were entombed with • The French fed garlic and onions to horses garlic and onions to ensure well-seasoned meals in suffering from painful blood clots in the legs. the afterlife. The slaves who built the pyramids ate • Eastern and Western cultures alike have used garlic to prevent parasitic infection and disease and garlic and onion to free the respiratory tract of to bestow strength and endurance. In fact, Allium phlegm, rid the bowels of parasites and aid vegetables were among the items the Israelites digestion. missed most upon their exodus: "We remember the • Several North American Indian tribes used garlic and onions to relieve the pain of insect stings, and prevent or cure scurvy. The antimicrobial powers of allium vegetables are renowned. Even very dilute garlic juice is capable of inhibiting bacteria, fungi, and yeast. Onion tea has long been used in China for fever, headache, cholera, and dysentery. In France in 1721, four criminals recruited to bury the dead during a terrible plague were reputed to have gained immunity from the disease by drinking wine containing crushed Health Care H-37 The Story of Garlic and Allium garlic. In 1858, none other than Louis Pasteur Allicin, although very unstable, accounts for: reported that garlic and onion were antibacterial. •most of garlic’s antifungal and antibacterial Later, Albert Schweitzer used garlic alone to treat activity amoebic dysentery in Africa. Similarly, garlic has • most of its antiparasitic action in the intestinal been used as a folk remedy in epidemics of typhus, tract diphtheria, and tuberculosis. And in both world • some of its lipid-lowering and anticlotting wars, garlic was used as an antiseptic to prevent effects in the blood gangrene. • some of its ability to help maintain the healthy growth and regulation of cells. Contemporary scientists have subjected allium vegetables to serious scrutiny. In 1992, for instance, Within hours, allicin is transformed into ajoene, a the U.S. National Cancer Institute embarked upon a stable compound with different biological activities major five-year effort to study garlic and other foods than its parent compound. Ajoene confers: that are naturally rich in cancer-preventive • most of garlic’s anticlotting activity (research substances. shows ajoene is better than aspirin at preventing blood clots!) • some of its ability to lower triglycerides in the Hundreds of Active Compounds in blood Each Bulb Scientists have yet to credit a single compound as Health Benefits of Garlic and Other responsible for the benefits of Allium vegetables. Alliums Garlic, for instance, contains more than 200