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Science or Snake Oil: will horseradish and garlic really ease a cold?

  • Written by Ken Harvey, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
imageHorseradish hasn't been studied, and studies on garlic found it probably does nothing. from www.shutterstock.com

Some of us may have heard that horseradish and garlic supplements help ease cold and flu. Blooms High Strength Horseradish and Garlic Complex claims it has

a soothing antimicrobial action that helps fight off the bugs that can cause colds...

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