Over time people neglected the health benefit of garlic despite it being used as one of the species in cooking in the kitchen. Garlic known as Allium sativum is one of the species of bulbous flowering plant. It has close relative to onion, shallot, leek, chive and its native to central Asia and it has long been used as a seasoning worldwide in kitchens. Garlic has also be used not only as a seasoning but also a food flavouring and traditional medicine.
Some many ways of natural health of making improvement to lifestyle and adding garlic to your diet is one of those days.
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The benefits of Garlic are:
a) Garlic combat common cold
Garlic being proven to relief the symptoms of common cold. Study shows that samples of people who took garlic everyday only suffered an average of 2days with the sickness rather than normal 5days when people take samples of garlic it can reduce the cases of common cold.
b) Garlic is good for cardiac health
Garlic contains allicin a compound that stops the oxidizing of bad cholesterol also known as LDL. Garlic reduces the level of cholesterol in the body which reduces the blood clots and improves the heart health. The regular intake of garlic lowers the blood pressure and i s advisable for any patients with hypertension.
c) Garlic improves digestion
Study shows that regular intake of raw garlic in the body reduces intestinal worms that is it destroys bad bacteria and protect the good bacteria in the gut and also it reduces inflammation in the body.
d) Garlic improves brain functioning
Because of it's antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It fights against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia. This diseases destroys progressively the mental function and memory including the cell connection.
e) Garlic balances blood sugar
The intake of garlic in the body balances the blood sugar. Those who suffer from diabetes experience weight gain, depression, cancer, skin sagging and wrinkles but with the consumption of garlic it balances and fight against them.
f) Garlic prevent heart blockages
It is believed that garlic help reduce the stickiness of platelets in the blood. These platelets are in charge of blood clotting. The intake of garlic helps to reduce and prevent unnecessary blood clotting inside the arteries that may reach to the heart thereby causing heart attack and reduce the effect of excessive clotting in the blood.
Let's us not forget that a healthy man is a wealthy man. Don't joke with health. It is adviceable to cut it into pieces and take it like when someone is taking drugs because of its effects on the teeth.