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    The Goodness of Garlic: (Stabilized Allicin)

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    Stabilized allicin, the key compound in garlic, has powerful antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and other healing properties. It is effective against a wide range of pathogens and can help clear biofilms that often cause infections. The author recommends using garlic supplements with stabilized allicin to strengthen the immune systems of pigeons and aid their recovery from illness and injuries. Garlic can be used both preventatively by adding fresh cloves to water occasionally, and at higher doses when medicinally treating sick birds.

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    Stabilized allicin, the key compound in garlic, has powerful antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and other healing properties. It is effective against a wide range of pathogens and can help clear biofilms that often cause infections. The author recommends using garlic supplements with stabilized allicin to strengthen the immune systems of pigeons and aid their recovery from illness and injuries. Garlic can be used both preventatively by adding fresh cloves to water occasionally, and at higher doses when medicinally treating sick birds.

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    The Goodness of Garlic: (Stabilized Allicin)

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    Stabilized allicin, the key compound in garlic, has powerful antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and other healing properties. It is effective against a wide range of pathogens and can help clear biofilms that often cause infections. The author recommends using garlic supplements with stabilized allicin to strengthen the immune systems of pigeons and aid their recovery from illness and injuries. Garlic can be used both preventatively by adding fresh cloves to water occasionally, and at higher doses when medicinally treating sick birds.

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    The Goodness of Garlic

    (Stabilized Allicin)

    Since I am one who uses and recommends garlic often, for health and rehab for pigeons, I
    thought I would give everyone vital information as to why it is so great to use in times of
    sickness as well as health.

    This is one natural food that not only has tremendous healing building potential, but
    amazing disease fighting ability as well.

    First I'm going to talk about the key to garlic, stabilized allicin. Sniff a garlic bulb and
    you won't detect any odor. That is the odorless amino acid, alliin in the clove. Once the
    clove is crushed, you can smell it, that is when alliin comes in contact with an enzyme
    allinase. The reaction of these two compounds produces allicin, which is the key to its
    characteristic odor, as well as its healing properties. Allicin is then transformed into
    several additional sulfur compounds which
    also have healing and medicinal properties.

    Because the odor is a key to goodness be careful when purchasing one for your pigeons,
    as some brands that do remove the odor will also remove its healing power as well. The
    most effective form of garlic in supplement form should use a cool-dried process. Look
    for a stabilized allicin, usually in capsule, it has a proven track record to gently clear
    harmful pathogens, especially those contained in miniature, multicompartmented cities
    called biofilms-99% of all infections in the body live in biofilms.

    Stabilized allicin has demonstrated significant antibacterial, antifungal, larvicidal and


    antiviral properties, according to the following information extracted from Premier
    Products literature:

    Antibacterial Activity of Allicin

    Various researchers have shown that garlic extracts exhibit a wide spectrum of
    antibacterial activity against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, including species
    of Escherichia, Salmonella, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Klebsiella, Proteus, Bacillus,
    and Clostridium.

    Even acid-fast bacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis are sensitive to


    garlic.Research shows that garlic extracts are effective against Helicobacter pylori, the
    cause of gastric ulcers.Garlic extracts can also prevent the formation of Staphylococcus
    enterotoxns A,B and C1 and also thermonuclease. Research shows the antibacterial
    action of garlic is mainly due to allicin. Interestingly allicin has also ben proven to be
    effective against various bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics such as Methicillin
    Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus as well as multi-drug-resistan t enterotoxicogenic
    strains of Escheria coli, Enterococcus, Shigella dysenteriae, S. flexneni and S. sonnei
    cells.

    Antifungul Activity of Allicin

    Garlic extracts have also shown, in research, to have a strong antifungal effect and inhibit
    formation of mycotoxins like the aflatoxin of Aspergillus parasiticus. Another study
    showed the fungistatic and fungicidal activity of a highly concentrated garlic extract
    against Cryptococcus neoformans. Pure allicin was found to have a high anti-candidal
    activity and was effective against various species of Candida, Cryptococcous,
    Trichophyton, Epidermphyton and Microsporum. Allicin inhibited both germination of
    spores and growth of hyphae.

    Antiparasitic Properties of Allicin

    Freshly crushed garlic has been used to treat intestinal worms as it has an antiparastic
    effect. Recent research shows that allicin is also effective against Entoameba histolyctica,
    a human intestinal protozoan parasite. Stabilized allicin has also very efficiently inhibited
    the growth of other protozoan parasites such as Giardia lamblia, Leishmania major,
    Leptomonas colosoma and Crithidia fasciculate.

    Antiviral Activity of Allicin

    Fresh garlic extracts in which allicin is the main component have shown in vitro and in
    vivo antiviral activity, including effectiveness against the human cytomegalovirus,
    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.

    The allicin condensation product,ajoene, appears to have more antiviral activity in genral
    than allicin. Ajoene was found to block the integrin-dependent processes of human
    immunodeficiency virus-infected cell system.

    Allicin and the Common Cold

    Research shows that garlic extracts are effective against numerous viruses that cause
    colds and flu. Evidence points towards allicin and ajoene as the main components
    responsible for this antiviral activity. Studies showed that daily intake of stabilized allicin
    produced significant protection from the common cold virus as well as benefits of
    prevention, treatment and reduction of re-infection from colds.

    OTHER BENEFITS OF GARLIC

    * Strengthens blood vessels and lowers blood pressure

    * Great natural antibiotic-protects against & fights infections


    * digestive aid & disorders

    * anti-inflammatory

    * to combat respiratory problems

    * to treat fungul/yeast infections

    * to alleviate sinus problems

    * immune system stimulant

    * aids in circulatory problems

    * purifies the blood

    * Detoxifies the body

    * Aids in arteriosclerosis, ulcers, liver disease, & heart disorders

    I have used the soft gel garlic caps and have seen noticeable results in my pigeons. I have
    used it daily for birds in rehab and see better results the longer it is used. It can be used to
    treat birds in general, for injuries and disease, in any case, it strengthens the immune
    system and plays a vital roll in recovery. If it was economical and didn't take so much
    time, I probably would pop a soft gel garlic cap down each of my birds daily as it is so
    beneficial.

    Here is the garlic soft gel i am currently using:


    http://www.nowfoods .com/?action= itemdetail&item_id=3444

    In the future, I hope to try the stabilized allicin, upon approval of the maunafacturer.

    As is the case, for prevention, I use the garlic clove in the birds water a few times a week.
    The problem is the smell will cause the birds not to drink as readily as they should. If you
    do use it in their water start with a clove to a gallon, and if they refuse to drink the
    amount they normally do, use less. If you use a plastic drinker, the smell may permiate
    the plastic, (if it is a poor quality plastic) and that may further repel the birds to drink
    enough of it. It is best to use a ceramic drinker, or even a galvanized drinker, (available
    thru the pigeon supply houses). The point is, for the birds to get enough of the "goodness"
    of garlic, they need to drink their normal drinking quota.

    When using garlic for medicinal reasons, it is better to double the amount used for
    preventive purposes.The garlic capsules enable the birds to get a more concentrated dose
    of garlic then the clove in the water.
    The only time I don't use garlic, is when the bird has an upset stomach, or if it is a
    youngster under 6 weeks of age.

    I'm also looking into using other garlic products in the future, that are actually stabilized
    allicin.

    I hope this will help those of you who are not using garlic, or those of you only using it
    for prevention, to take a second look at both its prevention and healing qualitites.

    NOTE: I cannot recommend the use of any kind of garlic powder, especially the kind that
    is used for seasoning. This product should only be used for seasoning food, but it has lost
    most of the actual nutritional value, due to processing, heating, and storage. It probably
    will not deliver the results that an actual garlic clove or health store capsules will.

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