Bad breath and body odour were reported by more than half the raw garlic eaters, and a handful of people in the supplement groups reported flatulence, but there were no major side-effects. There also was virtually no effect on cholesterol levels in any of the groups.
The findings of a recent study on the effects of garlic on cholesterol aren't going to have you rushing to your local produce department anytime soon. Long thought of as a magic bullet by some to curing the problems of high cholesterol and previous studies had suggested that garlic might aid in helping to lower risks for digestive and prostate cancers, or might reduce blood pressure.
As it turns out, well the jury is still out!
Researcher Christopher Gardner, a garlic aficionado himself, was rather disappointed in the outcome of the study, as he puts it; "If garlic was going to have a chance to work, it would have worked in this study".
192 adults took part in the study, popping either raw garlic, garlic pills or dummy pills, six days a week for six months.
We're going out on a limb here, but we suspect that those that were taking the dummy pills had the most active social life, while those with the raw garlic thing happening probably spent more than a few nights home alone wondering why nobody ever called to go out to dinner.
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