1. NATURE’S
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p to five times a year the same parent
will seek Naturopathic treatment advice
because school is missed, work is can-
celled, and social occasions have been
turned down. The culprit? Cold and flu.
While a good night’s sleep, proper nutrition and
down time are your body’s first line of defense, the
next piece of advice to prevent and treat infections
is a stabilized bioactive allicin garlic supplement
called Allimax.
Why it works
When fresh garlic is cut or crushed, a sulphur com-
pound, allicin, combines with an enzyme, allinase
and a chemical reaction starts. The first compound
that is formed is allicin. It is the allicin that, in
total or in part, is responsible for the antifungal,
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antiviral and antibacterial properties attributed to
garlic. Allicin-sensitive viruses are: the human cyto-
megalovirus, influenza B, herpes simplex virus type
1, herpes simplex virus type 2, parainfluenza virus
type 3, vaccinia virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, and
human rhinovirus type 2.
Allicin-Stable Technology
With resistence to antibiotics on the rise, research-
ers turned to allicin-stable products and, in the
past several years, clinical reports showing efficacy
against the superbug, MRSA (Methicillin Resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus) have been published.
MRSA is a nasty bacterium, forever changing its
structure and developing resistance to many phar-
maceutical antibiotics.
In 2004, a study reported in the British Journal

2. tions including: heart problems, headaches, bites, worms and
tumors. In fact, the only slave revolt in Egypt was by labourers
over a lack of garlic when the Nile flooded the garlic fields.
Since that time garlic has played an important part in
almost every civilization across the globe. In Ancient Greece,
garlic was consumed in large quantities to improve circulation
and build strength. The first Olympian athletes consumed vast
quantities before a competition to build stamina and keep free
from illness.
Dioscorides a Greek physician, pharmacologist and bota-
nist and author of a five-volume encyclopedia about medicine,
wrote in 80 A.D. of garlic’s ability to “clear the arteries” and
was held in esteem as the founder of the modern pharmacy.
He dispensed garlic to treat rabid dog bites, snake bites, infec-
tions, bronchitis and cough.
In 1665 A.D. the London College of Physicians recom-
mended garlic for the Great Plague while at the same time,
leading English physician, Sydenham, used garlic in Africa to
cure typhoid fever & cholera.
In 1942, during WWII, penicillin and other sulfa drugs
were scarce and garlic was used as an antiseptic to disinfect
battle wounds, prevent gangrene and cure dysentery.
In traditional Chinese Medicine garlic is the mainstay for
many common ailments. In the last 50 years an enormous
amount of research has been published all over the world to
confirm the many beneficial properties of garlic and the com-
ponents that are generated when garlic is cut, crushed, cooked
or processed.
With resistance to antibiotics on the rise, researchers
turned to stabilized allicin and in the past several years, clin-
ical reports showing efficacy against the superbug, MRSA
(Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) have been
published.
The fact that stabilized bioactive allicin can have an anti-
fungal, antibacterial and antiviral benefits means that there
are so many uses available for this product. Allimax has shown
proven results in the treatment of cold sores, warts, fungal
nails and candida.
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of Biomedical Science showed that stabilized allicin killed
30 strains of MRSA. And, three cured case histories of
patients having MRSA, were delivered at the American
Society of Microbiology, Atlanta, USA, and the European
Congress on Clinical Microbiology, Chemotherapy and
Infectious Diseases, at Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2005.
Allimax was the first of its kind to conduct a double blind
study on the use of just 1 capsule a day to prevent the com-
mon cold virus. Research conducted by The Garlic Centre*,
based on a 90 day trial of 144 volunteers, conclusively dem-
onstrated that allicin, garlic’s crucial active ingredient, will
provide invaluable protection against this destructive and
irritating virus. The placebo group suffered 65 colds while
the active group suffered only 24 colds. The most interest-
ing results of the study found that the severity, duration and
symptoms lasted an average of 5.5 days for the placebo group
and 1.5 for the active group. Allimax has the potential to assist
the immune system in a number of different ways, stimulating
immune cells, killing pathogens and detoxifying carcinogens.
Fascinating history
It is thought that garlic originated in the Kirgiz Desert in
Siberia around 7000 years ago.
It was imported into Ancient Egypt to feed the slaves
who build the pyramids and to keep them fit, healthy and
free from infections – a fact that was inscribed on the Great
Pyramid of Cheops in 3000 B.C. The Egyptian ‘Ebers
Codex’ papyrus from 1500 B.C. was also found recom-
mending garlic as a cure for 22 different medical condi-
ALLIMAX CAN BE THE MUCH
SOUGHT AFTER CURE FOR
THE COMMON COLD. RESEARCH
SUGGESTS THAT INFECTION AND
RE-INFECTION MAY BE EFFECTIVELY
PREVENTED BY ITS DAILY USE
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.