I personally have always thought of garlic as an herb, but
it’s actually a vegetable. It belongs to the Allium class of bulb shaped
plants, which also includes Onions, Chives, Leeks, and Scallions.
I know from experience as I’m sure most everyone does that
garlic causes some nasty garlic breath after you eat it. Here’s a helpful fact
to solve that problem. Drinking lemon juice or eating a few slices of lemon
will stop bad garlic breath.
Back before I got IBS, I ate pizza all the time. My favorite
kind of pizza was garlic pizza. I could eat more slices of that pizza then a
girl my size should be able to eat. Afterwards my breath would smell like garlic
for days. No matter how many times I brushed my teeth I couldn’t get the smell
out. Even mouth wash didn’t work. So knowing how to stop garlic breath would
have been really helpful to know.
Garlic is a powerful natural antibiotic, but it doesn’t
target specific issues. It will help with a broad spectrum of problems. The
best part is, bacteria in the body does not develop a resistance to garlic as they
do to the modern day pharmaceutical medicines.
Garlic also helps loosens plaque from the artery walls and
strengthens the body’s defense against allergies.
It can help reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke for
multiple reasons. It lowers blood pressure, decreases platelet aggregation,
lowers LDL or bad cholesterol levels and increases HDL or good cholesterol levels.
Even though I can’t eat pizza any more I still eat garlic. I
put garlic on my popcorn; something my older sister introduced me too. I
thought it would be awful but it mixes with popcorn and butter really well. I don’t even put that much on, just a couple
of pinches worth. I’ve also sprinkled it
on my other vegetables to help enhance their flavor. Raw vegetables in my
opinion need some kind of flavor enhancement to be enjoyable.
Home Remedies
Warts – crush fresh garlic cloves and apply until the wart disappears
Bloating/ stomach cramps – cut a garlic clove into tiny
pieces and swallow them all in one shot with a bit of water.
Asthma – mix 10 drops of garlic juice with 2 teaspoons of
honey and swallow
Warnings
Eating too much of raw garlic can cause irritation or damage
to the digestive tract.
Garlic can thin the blood, similar to the effect of aspirin.