It has been understood for many years now that garlic has a number of important characteristics that can improve your health. Garlic is something that you should consider as a natural way to aid in mild ailments such as elevated blood pressure and high cholesterol. Garlic can improve respiration, lower blood pressure, help circulation and raise the effectiveness of your immune system. Until recently, the problem has been that it has been difficult to find a way to ingest enough raw or prepared garlic to really gain any health benefits. There are a number of garlic extracts on the market the provide the health benefits of garlic in a concentrated form. You can find concentrated garlic extract in liquid form, in soft gels tablets, and in garlic oil caplets. Since these sources are concentrated you can enjoy the health benefits of garlic without the need to eat 5 – 10 cloves a day.

The garlic extracts create a concentrate of the important compound allicin which not only provides garlic with it’s pungent taste and order, but also has the ability to kill certain types of fungus. This is because allicin is a sulfur containing compound that has the natural ability to curb the growth of fungus and bacteria. Garlic extracts contain large concentrations of allicin along with other compounds that provide anti-oxidant properties.

There are actually two forms of garlic extract. These is the standard extract that simply made from pressed or crushed garlic and aged garlic extract. The aged garlic extract exhibits a number of qualities that are not present in the non aged type. Aged garlic extract does not contain high levels of allicin, but it does have other compounds that are touted to enhance the immune system. Aged garlic extract is mostly found in capsules and you can expect to pay about $25 for 200 capsules. Normal or high allicin garlic extract is a bit less expensive and you can expect to pay about $5 for 200 caplets.