If you think that garlic is perfect to add a zing to your mashed potatoes, bread or pasta, you better think again. The truth is that this pungent vegetable offers a lengthy list of health benefits that will surely convince you to eat more garlic every day. Its has been recognized all over the world and in various healing systems as one of the best natural healers known to mankind and after reading these benefits, you definitely would want to add more of this super food in your diet. Research shows that processing and eating garlic in different ways has different benefits to the body as its compounds change their properties according to the way they are processed.
1. Garlic is Rich Anti-inflammatory Properties .
Garlic contains four compounds which can make a significant difference in fighting off inflammation. Some of the compounds found in garlic may even reduce irritation and pain the natural way through mimicking how pain medications work as revealed by studies that looked into the effects of garlic consumption.
2. Keep the Colds Away with Garlic
A certain study has tracked 146 adults who were healthy enough during the flu season to see if garlic will be able to keep those sniffles at bay. The participants were then divided to two groups, the first half being administered with a garlic supplement while the other half received a placebo pill. The second group that was given the placebo pill suffered from 65 colds during the period of the study while the other group that takes garlic supplements just came down with 24 cases of cold. Even though this sounds promising, there is still a need for further research before garlic can be hailed as the all around cure for colds.
3. Fight Off Certain Types of Bacteria and Fungus
If you belong to 15 to 25% of humans suffering from athlete’s foot, you can get rid of this smelly problem by having your feet soaked in the bath with some crushed cloves of garlic.
4. Avoid Food Poisoning with Garlic
A certain study has revealed that a garlic compound is 100 times more effective compared to common antibiotics as far as fighting off Campylobacter is concerned. This is a kind of bacteria that often thrives in raw chicken which can cause diarrhea, vomiting, and nausea. While it is not a guarantee that you will not get sick when you eat garlic, this compound can be very useful when it comes to clean areas where food is prepared and even help in preserving packaged foods such as coleslaw, deli meats, pasta, and potato salads.
5. Preventative Measure for Heart Disease
It has been revealed that consuming garlic every day can help with heart diseases and even lower cholesterol levels. Garlic contains a lot of antioxidant properties which can also be useful in cleansing the different systems of the body.
Garlic contains allicin which can regulate blood pressure and blood sugar levels. To make the most out of the allicin content of garlic, it is best to consume it semi-raw or raw. Once cooked, allicin tends to lose its medicinal properties so going raw is more advisable.
6. Garlic May Help in Cancer Prevention
There are some studies that reveal the relationship between consuming garlic and lowered risks of specific kinds of cancer. This vegetable can help prevent colon and stomach cancer. One more study discovered that middle-aged ladies have 35% lesser risks of developing colon cancer when they ate vegetables, fruit, and garlic as part of their well-balanced diet.
7. Garlic can help detoxify heavy metals in Body
When consumed in high doses, it has show to prevent organ damage due to heavy metal toxicity.
A 28 day study in workers of a battery plant (major exposure to lead) found that garlic reduced lead levels in the blood by 19%. It also reduced many clinical signs of toxicity, including headaches and blood pressure amongst many others.
Three doses of garlic each day even outperformed the drug D-penicillamine in symptom reduction.
Conclusion
Though it has been used as a common ingredient in cuisines and dishes all over the world, it seems our ancestors knew how magical properties of this humble vegetable produced when consumed in different methods and styles. Its just that modern research is now agreeing with what mankind has known for a lifetime. So its a great idea to include more garlic in your diet in whatever shape, form or size as it would definitely have some benefit or the other to our body.
We now have available Chutney and Pickle made from Hardneck garlic, grown in Himalayas, which we are shipping all over India. While the chutney is cooked on almost weekly basis and is shipped out in 7-10 days of your order, the garlic pickle might take 40 days to get ready. Do check the expected delivery date of pickle before you order.
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