You Have Got To Be Kidding

Garlic has been recognized for a very long time as being a very healthy food. The health benefits alone make it a great addition to many dishes and diets. However, garlic is one food that most people will either love or hate. There seems to be very little room for any middle ground at all. If you are one of those people who love it, the end of this article will offer you an interesting new approach to an old favorite. If you hate it, read on and you may change your mind, if not your tastes very shortly.

Garlic is supposedly great for fighting many of the bacteria directly responsible for ulcers and many other problems, which readily occur within the digestive system. However, recent studies have even pointed towards garlic as an active preventative for many types of internal cancer. The National Cancer Institute continues to study these results but they look promising.

Garlic is also well known as being great for the cardiovascular system as well. It has consistently been shown to lower blood pressure in study after study. However, there is much more to it than just that. When people talk about lowering cholesterol, many people fail to realize that there is both good and bad cholesterol. The \"bad\" cholesterol is known as LDL or Low-Density Lipoprotein. The blood has a difficult time absorbing the low density lipoprotein into the system and this is the cholesterol directly responsible for clogged arteries, increased blood pressure and ultimately, heart attacks or strokes.

The good type of cholesterol is known as HDL or High Density Lipoprotein. Ultimately, you want to increase your HDL and lower your LDL, all of which can be done with garlic. However, what is really interesting is the direct correlation between HDL, LDL and triglycerides which is a type of fat produced by the body in response to many different unhealthy activities such as smoking and drinking in excess, or a sustained lack of physical exercise.

So garlic can help people to lose weight? Amazingly enough, research does not suggest that you up other foods and eat nothing but garlic, though an increased intake of fresh garlic can greatly reduce the risk of many diseases and aid in the process of losing weight.

Think about the stink.

Garlic has been shown to contain over one hundred active and beneficial chemicals. One of the most active properties of garlic that has shown to be very beneficial is known as allicin. While some people may claim that \"odorless\" garlic pills are just as effective, this is still a subject being debated among many leading experts. The different chemicals must be freshly mixed (freshly chopped or bitten into) in order to combine the ingredients necessary to produce the allicin. The chemical benefits of the allicin are lost if they garlic is not cooked or eaten quickly. Processed and \"odorless\" forms of the garlic have been shown to be lacking any sufficient quantity of allicin.

That\'s Just Gross

If you are fortunate, you like garlic ... but even then, this next offering may sound a little strange until you try it. Many people love snacking. Ask anybody and they are likely to be able to quickly tell you about their favorite snack food and just why they love it so much. Next time you are craving a snack, try something different. Peel the garlic cloves and leave them intact. Do not crush them to get the peels off but take a little extra time to peel them and leave them whole.

Roast the whole cloves in the oven on a tray lightly covered with vegetable oil or low-salt cream butter. The temperature of the oven should be about three hundred degrees in order to roast the garlic without burning the butter. When it is roasted to a light brown, take it out and just pop them in your mouth. They also make great additions to many of the chip, pretzel and other snack mixes for your parties. While the smell may be a bit much to some people, you may be surprised how many people actually like this approach and will rapidly change their minds and their tastes.

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