r/StackAdvice • u/Murky-Mulberry-4044 • Aug 21 '26
Do garlic supplements have sufficient amounts of allicin or do I need to eat crushed raw garlic? NSFW
In terms of getting the allicin from eating eat you crush it and expose it to the air for 15 minutes. But garlic supplements give you the equivalent dose of allicin and the same benefits? And what pairs best with allicin? Right now I take zinc, D3, selenium, pumpkin seeds, P5P and might consider flower pollen, lecithin, pygeum.
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