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Standardized Garlic
EPI Garlic is standardized to provide a guaranteed amount of five key sulfur-containing
compounds found in garlic including:
. Alliin Allicin
. Yield Total
. Thiosulfinates
. Gamma Glutamyl Cysteines
. Total Sulfur
A competitive survey reveals that other companies offer garlic supplements that
may or may not contain one or more of these key marker compounds. Researchers attribute garlic’s
health benefits to its sulfur-containing compounds. For this reason, EPI Garlic
is certified to deliver a standard amount of each of these key marker compounds.
This certification and standardization is the evidence of the purity and potency
of EPI's garlic. Our Pure-Gar® garlic is certified Kosher and has a guaranteed
shelf-life of two years.
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Melatonin
Melatonin is a key metabolic hormone produced by most living creatures, that has
been extensively researched for the past 30 years. Melatonin is manufactured in
the pineal gland, retina, and intestines. The pineal gland uses it to communicate
with cells throughout the body. Its full chemical name is N-acetyl-5-methoxy-tryptamine.
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Cetyl Myristoleate Complex, CMC
On a personal quest to find a product for joint comfort, Harry W. Diehl, a chemist
working at the National Institutes for Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, found
that mice produced a fatty acid ester that supported joint health. His research
conducted during a two year period from 1962 to 1964 and published in the March
1994 issue of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences revealed: †
- Mice show joint comfort.
- The molecule that provides joint comfort is Cetyl Myristoleate (the
cetyl alcohol ester of the fourteen carbon chain fatty acid myristoleic acid).
- Cetyl Myristoleate circulates in the bloodstream of mice at approximately
350mg/kg body weight.
- With proper doses of Cetyl Myristoleate extracted from mice (450 -
500 mg/kg body weight), Diehl found that cetyl myristoleate supports mice joint
comfort.
- After injection of Cetyl Myristoleate into the rats, the highest concentrations
were found in the liver
- The synthesized form of Cetyl Myristoleate was just as effective in
providing rats with joint comfort as the naturally occurring form.
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Subsequent Research
A more recent study was completed by H. Siemandi, MD, PhD and published in the August/September
issue of the Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients. This study was performed
as a randomized, double-blind, placebo parallel trial with 382 patients who had
uncomfortable, stiff or creaky joints. This group was divided into three groups
for testing. The first group (A) received a complex of fatty acids (90 grams) containing
12% cetyl myristoleate, the second group (B) received the same complex of fatty
acid esters plus glucosamine hydrochloride, sea cucumber, and hydrolyzed cartilage,
and the third group (C) received a placebo. Treatment consisted of a one-month protocol.
Outcome measures included a variety of patient-reported, clinical, laboratory and
radiographic assessments. The results were as follows in percentage improvement:
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Treatment Response
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63.3%
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87.3%
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14.5%
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MD Overall Assessment
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58.1%
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84.2%
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13.9%
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Patient Overall Assessment
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59.2%
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88.2%
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16.1%
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Joint Score
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47.5%
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77.2%
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21.1%
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