Garlic Beneficial To Health In Many Ways

What's hot tasting and smelly, but good for you? Garlic!!! It is true that of all foods, garlic is one of the most odorous. But not only is it pungent smelling and powerfully flavored, it has been discovered to be miraculously healing.

Garlic inhibits viral multiplication and was found in a study in China to have an anti-viral activity against the influenza virus. Garlic stopped the growth of the parasite that causes nearly 400 million cases of dysentery diarrhea in the world each year.

Garlic was found to raise the HDL (good) cholesterol while decreasing the LDL (bad). However, on those whose diets consisted largely of steak, pastries and ice cream, garlic made little difference.

It has provided a tremendous relief to many who have suffered from allergies and studies have shown that garlic can prevent carcinogen-induced cancers.

Kyolic, an odorless garlic product, available in health food stores, can be used if you don't wish to chew the "tasty" bulbs or add them to your cooking in daily amounts.

Kyolic garlic capsules have been shown to kill 159% more tumor cells than the natural killer cells of those who did not eat garlic.

Using garlic for treating illness may sound a little different, but in the light of the brief information given above, I hope you will give it a try.