Comments on: Garlic tablet treats diabetes types I and II http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/rsc/2008/11/19/jon/garlic-tablet-treats-diabetes-types-i-and-ii/ News and comment on science policy, education and media from the Royal Society of Chemistry Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tom Holzel http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/rsc/2008/11/19/jon/garlic-tablet-treats-diabetes-types-i-and-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Tom Holzel Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:20:42 +0000 http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/rsc/?p=75#comment-432 The problem with mouse results is that they seem to respond positively to everything. And when these new miracle cures are tested on humn, most of them fail. Juvenon is the best exmple. Mice got younger and smarter with this combination of alpha lipoic acid and L-carnitine. Hopes were hugely raised (and a ot of moey). But where is Juvenon now? Gone without a single retraction.... The problem with mouse results is that they seem to respond positively to everything. And when these new miracle cures are tested on humn, most of them fail.

Juvenon is the best exmple. Mice got younger and smarter with this combination of alpha lipoic acid and L-carnitine. Hopes were hugely raised (and a ot of moey). But where is Juvenon now? Gone without a single retraction….

]]> By: Dima http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/rsc/2008/11/19/jon/garlic-tablet-treats-diabetes-types-i-and-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Dima Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:56:38 +0000 http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/rsc/?p=75#comment-427 It would not give you garlic breath because the active ingredient, Allixin, is being extracted. Bad breath is caused by a sulfide called AMS, which, while found in garlic, would not serve any use in a pharmaceutical drug. It would not give you garlic breath because the active ingredient, Allixin, is being extracted. Bad breath is caused by a sulfide called AMS, which, while found in garlic, would not serve any use in a pharmaceutical drug.

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