What are the health advantages of GARLIC in your diet?

Answer 1

Garlic has been a companion to humans for thousands of years. Recorded history tells us that garlic was consumed in large quantities by the workers at the construction sites of the pyramids in ancient Egypt.

Already then it was known that garlic could boost stamina and help the body recover from fatigue. In addition, folklore tells us that garlic was used, both in the East and the West, for preventing colds or for treating stomach aches, and for healing scratches. Thus, the medicinal efficacy of garlic has been known for a long time, long before scientists began to seriously study this vegetable. In the following paragraphs, we will explain the many health benefits of garlic.

Three important facts about garlic's medicinal powers

First, a major scientific discovery was made in 1942 when a substance called "allicin" was found in garlic by American scientists; it soon became clear that allicin was a major factor that contributed to the health benefits of garlic. Allicin has many valuable properties, but the most powerful one is its ability to resist or kill bacteria, as we will explain later in detail. The second major characteristic of allicin is its unique ability to team up with other substances which then increases its health benefits. In particular, it works with thiamine (vitamin B1); the two combine to become allithiamine, a more powerful force than thiamine to repair the body. Thirdly, in 1936 in Japan, garlic was found to contain a substance called "scordine" which is effective for increasing stamina, for helping the body recover from fatigue, and for promoting metabolism. After these initial discoveries, scientists have researched the health benefits of these substances in more detail, and the following facts are now known:

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Answer 2

Theoretically it is supposed to help your blood pressure. I have seen no proof of that. I saw a man have a very debilitating stroke depending only on garlic to lower his blood pressure.

Answer 3

Experts say it is good for your cholesterol and I know when I eat it, it mellows me out a bit.

Answer 4

It helps lower you cholesterol and makes your breath smell terrible :D

Answer 5

You can't get communicable diseases because people stay away.

Answer 6

well...it keeps the vampires away :)