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Garlitrin 4000, the closest to fresh garlic you’ll find, delivers 5,000 mcg of allicin, fresh garlic's most beneficial compound. However, you’ll never notice garlic breath, because the enteric-coated tablets reach the small intestine, where garlic delivers its benefits without being noticed.*

Benefits
•Clinically proven to support heart health in 15 independent studies.*
•Maintains healthy cholesterol levels that are already within the normal range.*

Key Features
•Unique, Patented Swiss Process ensures maximum absorption and freshness.*
•Contains the amount of garlic recommended by the German Commission E, the worldwide recognized authority on herbal remedies, with just 1 tablet daily!

How Does It Work?
Garlic Chemistry
Garlic contains many compounds that individually possess a wide range of beneficial effects. One of the most biologically active is allicin, which also provides garlic's distinct odor. However, allicin itself is not present in an intact garlic clove. It is formed when a clove is crushed, releasing the precursor alliin and the enzyme allinase, which then come together to form allicin, a powerful antioxidant.Several well designed, robust studies have demonstrated allicin's health supportive benefits.*

While allicin from fresh garlic has very high bioavailability, its strong odor can be problematic. Garlic odor is not merely present in breath after its consumption, it is also released through the pores of the skin, often persisting for hours or days afterwards.

The compounds in garlic have variable stability. Allinase is easily inactivated by gastric acid and allicin is fairly unstable prior to absorption in the bloodstream. Therefore, it is crucial that alliin and allinase taken in dietary supplements are introduced into the body where they can effectively create allicin.*

Garlic Supplement Disparities
Currently, there are several types of garlic supplements, including garlic oil, garlic powder, and aged garlic extract (AGE) products. Garlic oil supplements do not contain allicin, only allicin-derived compounds that have little beneficial effects at normal levels of garlic consumption. Softgel or hard shell capsulated garlic powder supplements that contain alliin and allinase are destroyed by gastric acid before they can create allicin and have minimal health supportive activity.*

Aged garlic extract products purposefully do not contain allicin. Disregarding the abundance of evidence that demonstrates the significance of allicin, the manufacturers of AGE supplements claim that other compounds are responsible for garlic's health supportive properties. Some studies have demonstrated that AGE supplements may have limited benefit. However, because AGE manufacturers sponsored these studies and their findings have yet to be replicated, leading garlic researchers question the validity of these findings. To date, the scientific consensus contends that allicin obtained from enteric-coated garlic tablets provides the most significant health supportive benefit.*