Health Benefits of Garlic
Your challenge today is to make garlic a regular part of your daily diet. A clove a day keeps the doctor away!
From the allium family, garlic contains compounds found to have anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal activities. Garlic also contains many minerals, vitamins, anti-oxidants, and phyto-nutrients that have proven health benefits.
The Facts
- Each clove of garlic contains: calcium, manganese, choline, folate, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, and vitamins C, A and K.
- A great source of sulfur, which has many beneficial results, including helping to maintain blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, preventing cancer and preventing blood clots.
- Contains the phytochemicals quercetin, luteolin and kaempferol, that provide anti-inflammatory activity and act as antioxidants to neutralize free radicals.
- Contains flavonoid anti-oxidants like carotene beta, zea-xanthin, and vitamin-C, boosting immunity.
- Helps prevent cancer, heart disease and stroke.
- Lowers cholesterol and blood pressure.
Tips
Crush raw garlic and add it to salad dressings.
Roast whole cloves to have as a side.
Add garlic to all your veggie mixes.
Add garlic to season your whole grains.
