Does putting one clove in coffee lower blood sugar or protect your liver? This Food Scope UK video examines the research behind clove coffee and follows eugenol, clove’s main aromatic compound, through the body.

A small human study reported changes in blood glucose after thirteen volunteers took a standardised clove extract for thirty days. They took capsules after lunch; the study did not test clove coffee. Other experiments exposed H. pylori directly to eugenol in a laboratory. We examine what those results show, how the body processes eugenol, and why a whole clove, an extract and clove oil cannot be treated as the same dose.

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Educational content only. This video does not offer medical advice or recommend replacing prescribed treatment with clove products.

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