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Me_Roy
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Benefits of garlic consumption?
#18900770 - 09/27/13 09:23 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Does anyone have anything beyond anecdotal evidence suggesting that garlic prevents colds, the flu, etc.?
Shit's been going around my place of employment, and I've been heeding my superstition. My apotropaic garlic TEK involved slicing three of so cloves finely, letting them sit a while (because oxidation), then chewing them and swallowing with vodka (because solvent).
Any likely effect beyond keeping likely disease vectors away with the smell?
Thx in adv.
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: Me_Roy]
#18900892 - 09/27/13 09:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: Me_Roy]
#18901118 - 09/27/13 11:43 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Chew garlic inhale through mouth Exhale from nose
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#18901690 - 09/28/13 06:38 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Its good at preventing one from finding a partner to mate with, an issue that pushes our huge population into even higher numbers.
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: limentroll]
#18901721 - 09/28/13 06:56 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Garlic is an incredibly powerful antimicrobial. Kills bacteria, viruses, fungus, and parasites. Best way to take it is to either swallow whole cloves or chop/crush and then swallow. You can take parsley for the smell. But yeah garlic is the real deal, but you have to take enough. I also wouldn't let them sit for a while. The smelly bit is what you want, but only freshly crushed garlic has it. It's the result of a combination of two chemicals that produces allicin when crushed, the active ingredient. In very large doses it can be a bit toxic though.
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: PocketLady]
#18906646 - 09/29/13 11:19 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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it's very delicious
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: NWlight]
#18907702 - 09/29/13 04:02 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I love eating garlic bulbs, they're so yummy
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: MoxyOx]
#18940960 - 10/06/13 03:50 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I eat 4 cloves of strong garlic a day in various foods. I never smell of it as I take cider vinegar for turbo digestion.
A year ago had a cramp in my left calf muscle so the doctor was checking for a pulse in my foot and she said it was very strong for a 52 year old heavy smoking borderline alcoholic.
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: Me_Roy]
#18940966 - 10/06/13 03:52 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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It wards off twilight fans.
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: Me_Roy]
#18941225 - 10/06/13 04:52 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Garlic is actually anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, as well as anti-parasitic. But it has to be raw for it to have these anti-microbial properties. Drop some raw garlic in a vegetable and fruit smoothie. It will taste kind of weird and the garlic will make you smell, but it will help get rid of certain parasites you might have, as well as any bacteria on any food you might have recently eaten.
One home-remedy for yeast infections is cutting a clove open and sticking the clove into the vagina overnight. Put it in an empty tea bag or something so it's easier to take out. Take it out after 1 night, then in about 4-7 days the garlicky smell will completely go away. I can attest to having done this myself that it DOES work for getting rid of yeast infections. And it's better than using OTC yeast medicines because yeast can develop resistance to those if used too often.
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Re: Benefits of garlic consumption? [Re: Crystal G]
#18941706 - 10/06/13 06:39 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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does it kill all the healthy bacteria?
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