ARTICLE THAT MENTIONED KYOLIC ORIGINAL RESEARCH article Front. Nutr., 11 December 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2018.00122 The Effect of Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract on Gut Microbiota, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Markers in Hypertensives: The GarGIC Trial Karin Ried 1,2,3 * , Nikolaj Travica 1 and Avni Sali 1 1 National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2 Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia 3 Faculty of Health Science and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Background: Previous research suggests Kyolic-aged-garlic-extract to be effective in reducing blood pressure in a large proportion of hypertensive patients similar to first-line standard antihypertensive medication. High blood pressure has been linked to gut dysbiosis, with a significant decrease in microbial richness and diversity in hypertensives compared to normotensives. Furthermore, gut dysbi...