Garlic

[MrAloeVera]

While many only see this herb as something to dress up a pasta dish or to help fend off the neighborhood vampires, it has proven to be a powerful antibiotic if taken raw and crushed and can also be used as an anti-fungal agent.

When cooked, garlic is beneficial for the cardiovascular system. These benefits are, at least in part, due to the sulfur compounds allicin and diallyl disulphide (DADS) (which are also found in onions, leeks and chives). These compounds help to induce the relaxation and enlargement of blood vessels, which improves blood flow throughout the body

In fact, eating from one-half to one clove of garlic a day may lower your cholesterol by up to 9 percent, according to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

Eating garlic has also been found to help prevent cancer, reduce inflammation in your body, fight infectious diseases and even prevent weight gain.

Some people eat a garlic a day. Do you think that's healthy?

[muqti]

yes Garlic is more beneficial and very good for blood pressure patients !

[Stickynote]

Some people eat a garlic a day.

That would be my whole family.

Yes, eating Garlic is definatly benificial. However, I honesly assume that Aloe Vera is more powerful.

Eating Garlic does give your breath a very bad taste after eating it, however, I never got any comment at work as I chew gum, and eat Tic-Tacs during the days, and I'm fine.

Eating Ceasar Salad daily is very benificial aswell. It provides many vitamins from the salad itself, to the garlic, and the parmesan.

Garlic is a very great thing to eat a day. If you dont like the tatse of it (I don't, and I eat it almsot every day!), then what I do, is chop the garlic into VERY small bits, then cut a slice of bread into small, bite-size squares, and put a slice of ham on it. Then, apply a small amout of chopped Garlic.
You can barely even tatse the garlic, thats a great way of eating it.

Cheers,

Stickynote.

[Pompay]

Well in my family my grand mother and grand father take Garlic they say it's good if you have High Blood Pressure. Garlic is very effective to high blood pressure. We use garlic in all our dishes, a mixture of Garlic and Turmeric is must in Asian dishes here in Nepal. Stickynote thank you for letting us know the benefits of Garlic

[Walker]

Garlic is a pungent herb that prevents or clears bacterial infection, lowers fever by increasing perspiration, reduces blood pressure, cholesterol and sugar levels.

It is also an expectorant and is regarded to rejuvenate, detoxify and is also seen as an aphrodisiac in some cultures.

It has antibacterial, antiviral as well as lipid lowering properties and the intact fresh herb contains alliin which is degraded by the enzyme alliinase to the end product allicin.

However, Garlic essential oil is overpowering, and should not be used by people suffering from acute lung or digestive problems, when skin ailments such as eczema are present, or with any metabolic illness.

Taking garlic orally may increase the effects of anticoagulant or blood thinning medication.

Ciao,

Walker