A garlic clove has 75 sulfur-containing compounds. These later proved to have dangerous side-effects, but garlic's sulfur is healthful and free of the risks associated with sulfa and similar drugs. Among minerals like calcium, iron and potassium, garlic contains three other very important minerals-germanium, selenium and zinc. All of these add up to a powerful herbal antioxidant to help the body maintain your health. Garlic's strong odor is due mostly to a sulfide called allicin.
Various preparations are on the market promising to prevent odor, but they do so at a high price.
Through normal body digestive processes, the odor is essentially eliminated at this point while garlic's full value is released into the body . Each tablet is equal to 1200 mg. of garlic. One garlic clove is approximately 1000 mg. Grown in Xinjiang, China, and watered by pure subterranean canals from the snow capped Tian Shan mountains, this variety of garlic is valued above all others for its great potency and superb quality. It is dehydrated in a carefully controlled environment to preserve enzymes and other heat- sensitive compounds that are responsible for so many of the nutritional benefits inherent in fresh garlic.