In ancient Greece, garlic was worshiped and chewed by Greek Olympian athletes as they thought it will keep vampires at bay. Well, interestingly, even today garlic can be used to prevent a lot of life taking diseases.Garlic is good for zapping bacteria, keeping your heart healthy and warding off coughs and colds. It is also known to lower cholesterol, prevent dangerous blood clots, reduce blood pressure, prevent cancer, and protect against bacterial and fungal infections.
Garlic has what is known scientifically as Allium sativum that makes it a miracle food. Apart from this, garlic contains more than 100 biologically useful chemicals. Therefore, one wouldn?t be entirely wrong in saying ?a garlic a day keeps a doctor away.? The easiest way to consume garlic would be by adding it in your curries and other food preparations. Chewing on slightly roasted garlic pods is also known to help fight bad cholesterol. If you cannot stand the strong taste of whole pods, use it in paste form for flavouring or pickle it.
Subject: GARLIC!!! 
Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:07 pm
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