Can garlic assist in weight loss?

There's onlyvery tentative evidence to suggest it might. An animal study in rats found that those given garlic after having been fattened up on a high fat diet were able to lose the weight faster than those not given garlic. I don't know of any human studies looking at garlic and weight loss. http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/APJCN/ProcNutSoc/2000+/2005/115.pdf