Wheat Germ Oil can help with the following
Infections
Parasite, Giardiasis Infection
Twenty-five symptorn-free patients with Giardia lamblia cysts in their stools were compared with 38 Giardia patients with symptoms. Subjects were given 2gm tid of wheat germ oil or placebo followed by 250mg tid of metronidazole. Symptoms resolved more rapidly in individuals taking wheat germ oil in conjunction with metronidazole. Both cyst passage and antigen levels were reduced by 50% in those taking wheat germ compared with placebo. [Am J Trop Med Hyg 2001;65(6): pp.705-710]
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