Health Benefits Of Garlic

Health Benefits Of Garlic

Garlic health benefits are plentiful which include reversing heart disease, improving the health of diabetics and also preventing and fighting various forms of cancer. Here are some of the most profound garlic benefits that are supported by studies.

Detoxify Dangerous Metal

On study shows that garlic can reduce lead levels in the blood

Alzheimer’s

The antioxidants in garlic can fight against the free radicals that can create the damage that leads to dementia.

Relieves Intestinal Ailments

An upset stomach or a broken digestive system can hamper your daily life. So, if you are suffering from intestinal problems, you might want to consume garlic. Garlic tends to differentiate between the good and bad gut bacteria in the intestine and has an antibacterial effect on harmful enterobacteria .

Bone Health

Garlic has been linked to reduced osteoarthritis and maintaining bone strength.

The Blood Purifier

Tired of covering up those zits with concealer every morning? It’s time to tackle the root cause of acne by purifying your blood from inside to get healthy skin on the outside. Take two cloves of raw garlic with some warm water everyday, early in the morning and consume a lot of water the entire day. If you’re looking to shed some pounds, squeeze the juice of half a lemon in a glass of luke warm water and have it with 2 cloves of garlic in the mornings. Garlic will help to cleanse your system and flush out toxins.

Blood Pressure One test showed that garlic can have as much a positive effect on blood pressure as some prescription drugs

Cold and Flu

Garlic is going to provide you relief from that stubborn cold and flu (yes, they absolutely love you and never want to leave).

Taking 2-3 cloves of raw or cooked garlic a day or sipping some garlic tea (with a touch of honey or ginger to lift up the taste) is not only going to relieve a stuffed nose and cure the cold but also build your immunity against Battle Sickness
Garlic has proven effects on immunity.

It’s been linked to reducing occurrences of the common cold.

Anti-bacterial and Anti-parasitic

Studies suggest diluted garlic extract helps children with tapeworm infections.

Garlic is one of the best kept medicinal treasures of the past era – it has been used as an antibiotic to treat bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections for the last 7,000 years.

A garlic-based mouthwash may not sound like fresh, minty breath but a very small quantity of its extracts is sufficient to ward off cavity-causing bacteria.

Relieves Oxidative stress

As I mentioned earlier, garlic can help relieve oxidative stress. The water soluble organosulfur compounds found in garlic can help prevent DNA damage, reduce inflammation and atherosclerosis risk due to oxidative stress.

In fact, garlic can also help prevent heart diseases by nullifying harmful free oxygen radicals

For Skin and Hair

The best part is roasted, toasted, crushed, chopped, minced, halved, or whole garlic in food can make the taste literally go from flat to fab! So, read on to know some cool facts and benefits of garlic for health, hair, and skin.

It is also an effective remedy for fungal infections like athlete’s foot and ringworm. The invigorating properties of garlic protect the skin from the effect of free radicals and slow down the depletion of collagen which leads to loss of elasticity in aging skin. Applied topically,

garlic does wonders to skin infected with fungal infections and provides relief from skin ailments like eczema.
All of us know about the wonders of onion for hair but its brother, garlic is no less of a hero for your thinning mane. Well, its surprise time.

Rubbing crushed garlic extract on your scalp or massaging with garlic-infused oil is known to prevent and even reverse hair loss.

Garlic’s antioxidants and antibacterial properties can clear up your skin by killing acne-causing bacteria.

Some data shows rubbing raw garlic over pimples can clear them away. Be aware, though, that it could cause a burning sensation on your skin.

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Helps Fight Diabetes

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder, mainly caused by unhealthy lifestyle.

Scientists at IICT, India fed garlic to lab rats and found a reduction in blood glucose and triglyceride levels and also the rats showed increased insulin sensitivity (read).

So, if you are prediabetic or a diabetic, consume garlic to lower glucose levels in the blood and make your body insulin sensitive.

Reducing Yeast Infection

Yeast infections can be both embarrassing and distressing. Garlic is a natural remedy for yeast infections.

Scientists have found that fresh garlic extract is highly effective against Candida infections (read).

In another study, the researchers found that garlic was effective against candida vaginitis (read).

Garlic Dose For Diabetes
Consume 2-3 cloves of raw garlic every day. Do not apply raw garlic on the infected area.

Athletic Performance

One study showed that garlic helps increase exercise capacity and lower heart rate.

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