" Eating garlic daily reduces the risk for heart disease, blood clots, diabetes, cancer and boosts the immune system to help fight off Covid-19."
Widely used as flavouring in cooking, garlic (Allium Sativum) has been known for its therapeutic value for over 5,000 years. In ancient Greece, it was given to the olympic athletes to boost their stamina.
Numerous medical studies showed the benefits of eating garlic for health and wellbeing. Personally, I rely on raw garlic to avoid catching flu, cold and fever all year round particularly in the winter season. Due to covid-19 pandemic, I have been eating garlic everyday since december 2019 when the first covid-19 case was identified in Wuhan, China.
I usually chop 2 to 3 cloves of garlic into tiny pieces and mix them with fresh fruits and vegetables for breakfast. You can also mix them with your foods for lunch or dinner. I haven't been down with cold, flu or fever in the last few years since I have been eating garlic regularly. For its health benefits, do not cook or heat garlic as it will reduce the allicin content. Allicin is a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory substance found in garlic.
Garlic reduces the risk of heart disease and blood clots
Clinical studies showed that garlic reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. Garlic lowers blood pressure in more than 80% of people who suffer from hypertension. It significantly reduces LDL cholesterol levels and slightly improves HDL cholesterol levels. HDL cholesterol is the good cholesterol that helps remove other forms of cholesterol from our body. High levels of LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) increases the risk for heart disease and stroke. Eating garlic daily helps prevent the hardening of the arteries while also improves the blood circulation and reduces the risk of heart disease. Studies also showed that garlic reduces the risk of blood clots.
For those who strongly dislike the smell of raw garlic, adding fresh lemon or lime juice to the chopped garlic before mixing it with your foods helps reduce the smell.
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Garlic Helps Prevent Cancer
Garlic contains potent bioactive compounds with anticancer properties. Studies showed that cancer cells are sensitive to garlic. Garlic protects the body's cells from free radicals and reduces DNA damage, therefore, it helps prevent the development of cancer cells. A study in China involving 709 men with 238 of them have been affected by prostate cancer showed that eating garlic 10g or more daily helps decrease the risk for prostate cancer.
Cancer weakens the body's immune system. The ability of garlic to boost the body's immune system may help increase the survival rate among cancer patients. However, anyone who is on prescribed medication should ask their doctor before eating raw garlic on regular basis. Garlic detoxifies the body and as a result, it may reduce the efficacy of drugs.
Garlic Reduces The Insulin Resistance
People who suffer from type 2 diabetes have the insulin resistance which causes high blood sugar levels in the body. It has been reported that garlic improves the body's sensitivity to insulin, hence, it is very beneficial for those who suffer from type 2 diabetes.
People of South Asian, Chinese and African origin are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Apart from the genetic conditions, being an overweight or older than 40 years of age increases the risk for type 2 diabetes. If you are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, eating raw garlic regularly helps reduce the risk.
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Garlic Protects Our Body from toxic chemicals
Liver is a vital organ which filters the blood and detoxifies our body. It removes toxic chemicals from the blood. Several studies showed the potential use of garlic in protecting liver from toxic substances. Although the exact mechanism is still not yet fully understood, eating raw garlic helps protect our body from toxic chemicals.
Garlic Boosts The Body's Immune System
Our body is constantly exposed to harmful microorganisms both from external and internal sources including coronaviruses. In healthy individuals, these microorganisms may not be hazardous. However, in people with a weak immune system, these pathogens can easily cause infection and trigger inflammation in the body. Inflammation is part of the body's defense mechanism to fight off the infection.
Studies showed that garlic has antibacterial, antifungal, anti-protozoal and antiviral properties that help boost the body's immune system. The regular consumption of garlic helps reduce the risk for infection. Eating raw garlic helps prevent illness. According to various studies, garlic helps prevent the infection from the common cold virus known as coronavirus. Again, for its health benefits, garlic should be eaten raw. Even with the widespread availability of covid-19 vaccines, it is crucial for everyone to have a strong immune system to prevent being seriously ill with covid-19.
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Henry Tianus is a multi-award-winning Anti-Ageing Scientist based in London, UK. Henry Tianus has been listed as The Recognised Institute Practitioner at The Institute of Traditional Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy (ITHMA), London (UK) since 2005. Henry Tianus's articles have been read by people in more than 100 countries with USA and UK at the top of the list. Join Henry Tianus eNewsletter to receive the latest health and wellbeing tips.
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Scientific Sources: Garlic: a review of potential therapeutic effects, Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2014 Jan-Feb: 4(1): 1–14; Medical News Today, Garlic: Proven benefits, 18 August 2017; Preventing the common cold with a garlic supplement: a double-blind, placebo-controlled survey, Advances in Therapy, 2001 Jul-Aug: 18(4): 189-93; Allium vegetables and risk of prostate cancer: a population-based study, Journal of the National Cancer Institute (China), 2002 Nov 6: 94(21):1648-51; Identifying the Anti-Blood-Clotting Compounds in Garlic, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), USA.
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