Positive effects of garlic on insulin resistance and other indices of glucose metabolism: A systematic review of clinical trials

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Mahtab Sotoudeh ¹ , Hafez Goudarzi ² , Behnood Abbasi ³

1 - Department of Nutrition, Electronic Health and Statistics Surveillance Research Center, Science and Research Branch. Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Nutrition, Electronic Health and Statistics Surveillance Research Center, Science and Research Branch. Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Nutrition, Electronic Health and Statistics Surveillance Research Center, Science and Research Branch. Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-02-13 Accepted : 2022-04-22 Published : 2022-06-01

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