Garlic Benefits

Garlic is an herb we use a lot around my house. I like to add the ‘stinky rose’ to as many dishes as possible.

Below are some awesome facts about garlic and why you should include it in as much as possible too:

• Garlic is a bulb crop like leeks and onions. It grows underground.

• Garlic odor can actually be a mosquito/insect repellant.

• Garlic contains sulfur-containing compounds that are known to activate the liver enzymes that will help to cleanse the body.

• British medics discovered it’s natural antibiotic properties by treating soldiers in WWII. Bacteria do not develop resistance to it.

• Garlic is known to boost the immune system due to its antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-fungal properties, and of course its high levels of vitamin C.

• Rubbing garlic on skin conditions caused by a virus, bacteria, or even fungus can turn things around. Garlic contains a substance called ajoene that is known to combat Candida albicans.

• Garlic contains a high level of potassium.

• Garlic has been indentified as an anti-cancer food because of its production of hydrogen sulfide.

• Garlic is an anti-inflammatory that can help with acute inflammation and systemic inflammation such as in obesity.

• Garlic and olive oil mixture are known to help with earaches.

• Consuming boiled garlic cloves as a tea is known to suppress a cough.

• Garlic can be chopped and stored in the freezer for weeks and all the healthy ingredients remain active.

Give garlic a chance. It will enhance your health tremendously!

- Lindsey