Health Benefits of Garlic.

Garlic is a specie of onions genus, it produces some kinds of sulphur compound which their break down produces its pungent taste, smell, and odor. Garlic is intensively aromatic and flavor, garlic can be used almost in every cuisine all over the world. When a clove of garlic is eaten raw, it truly matches its health benefits. It has high positive effect on the health of every human.

When garlic is cooked, this prohibits the garlic’s ability to make or produce ‘’allicin’’, i.e. one of the main components of garlic that gives its health benefits, including its ability to prevent cancer.

Regular and frequent eating of raw cloves of garlic has been proven to prevent and reduce major causes of death worldwide. They include;

·         Hearth disease

·         Stroke

·         Cancer infection

Garlic is recommended by the Cancer Institute as one of the vegetables with potential ‘’anticancer’’ properties over other preventive supplements.

Health Benefits of Garlic.

·         Garlic Boosts Your Immune system:

Garlic has strong antiviral properties; it has the abilities of treating infections. It’s very effective at preventing and treating common cold. People who eat cloves of garlic are found to be resistant to cold and it doesn’t last long compared to people who don’t.

·         Garlic Lowers Blood Pressure:

Garlic is being used in china as a blood pressure medication and its working. Japanese government officially recognizes garlic as a blood pressure depressor.

·         Garlic Prevents Cancer:

Frequent and increased intake of garlic has be found and proven to be associated with the reduced risk of certain cancer infections. E.g. cancer of the stomach, colon, pancreas and even breast cancer.

·         Garlic is anti-fungal:

The Allicin contained in garlic is responsible for destroying fungi.  Garlic is being used by many as a means of eliminating fungal infection.

·         Garlic Thins the Blood:

Steady intake of garlic has been found to thin the blood which can aid in preventing heart diseases, the formation of blood clots, heart attack and stroke.

OTHER FACTS ABOUT GARLIC

Garlic helps boost our metabolism rate, i.e. helping us reduce our weight easily for those of us who are willing and ready to lose weight.

Garlic reduces yeast infection in body parts dramatically.

Garlic helps remove heavy body metals such as lead, mercury from our body.

Garlic helps greatly in reducing and regulating blood sugar.

Eating raw cloves of garlic is proven as a natural antibiotic and far stronger than modern antibiotics. It can kill some strains of bacteria that have become immune or resistant to modern antibiotics.

Garlic helps reduce atherosclerotic build up ( i.e. the buildup of fat, cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls).

SIDE EFFECTS OF GARLIC.

Well, we do know there’s nothing without a disadvantage in as much as there is an advantage. What works for me, might not work for you because our body works differently .

Garlic comes with quite a number of benefits as we have seen above, well, it has a few side effects.

A very small number of people have shown hypersensitivity to garlic. It’s allergy includes skin rash, temperature and headache. In some cases, garlic intolerance could cause heartburn or flatulence.

Please note this……

The ability and effect of garlic on cold and flu comes from Allicin and its obtained from the raw clove of garlic which is destroyed when cooked.

This simply means that, cooked clove of garlic have very little medicinal value.