Effect of Aged Garlic Extract on Atherosclerosis

Inclusion Criteria * Age 40-65 years * Framingham risk score 6-20%, and at least 2 components of the metabolic syndrome as defined by ATP III Clinical Identification of the Metabolic Syndrome (including impaired fasting glucose \> 110 mg/dl, treated hypertension or SBP \> 130 or DBP \> 85 mm Hg, plasma triglycerides \> 150 mg/dl, HDL cholesterol \< 35 mg/dl for men or \< 40 mg/dl for women, abdominal obesity as defined as waist \> 40 in for men, \> 35 in for women) * Subjects must provide written informed consent after the scope and nature of the investigation has been explained to them * Subjects should be stable on their concomitant medications for at least 26 weeks prior to randomization * Calcium Score \> 20 at baseline * Subjects who agree to refrain from other anti-glycemic agent Exclusion Criteria * A contraindication to AGE including: known hypersensitivity to drug. * Any unstable medical, psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that in the opinion of the investigator or principal investigator is likely to affect the subject's ability to complete the study or precludes the subject's participation in the study * Weight in excess of 300 pounds * Bleeding disorder * History of known coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, stroke or life-threatening arrhythmia within the prior six months * NYHA Class II- IV heart failure * History of malignancy within the last 5 years (other than skin cancer) or evidence of active cancer which would require concomitant cancer chemotherapy * Serum creatinine \> 1.4 mg/dl * Diabetes Mellitus * Triglycerides \> 400 at visit 1 * Drug or alcohol abuse, or current intake of more than 14 standard drinks per week * Concurrent enrollment in another placebo-controlled trial * Partial ileal bypass or known gastrointestinal disease limiting drug absorption * Current diabetes or intake of anti-diabetic or other prohibited drug * Current tobacco use * Current use of anticoagulants (except for anti-platelet agents) * Renal failure * History of hypertensive encephalopathy or cerebrovascular accident * Hematological or biochemical values at screening outside the reference ranges considered as clinically significant in the opinion of the investigator or PI