With all the swine flu hype going on, it's easy to forget that we're also heading into cold season. Over at the , one columnist takes on the claim that garlic can help prevent colds, and finds that it just might. In a published in Britain in 2001, the article reports, the group that received garlic supplements came down with less colds than the placebo group, and had a quicker recovery time. Although the research is limited, it appears that garlic certainly can't hurt when it comes to cold season.
— Lisa Lombardi