Garlic has been as both food ingredients and medicine for centuries. Eating garlic can provide a wide variety of health benefits like, reduce risk of heart disease and improve mental health.

Garlic can boost immune function: it contains compounds that help the immune system fight germs. Garlic should be crushed chewed or slices to produce allicin, which gives garlic its immune-boosting properties.

Garlic can help prevent colds: Eating garlic regularly may prevent the common cold or the flu. Studies have shown that garlic reduces the risk of becoming sick in the first place, as well as how long you stay sick. It can also reduce the severity of symptoms

Maximize the benefits of garlic: The way garlic is processed or prepared can really change its health benefits. The enzyme alliinase, which converts alliin into the beneficial allicin, only works under certain conditions. It can also be deactivated by heat.

Few ways to maximize the health benefits of garlic:

• Crush or slice all your garlic before you eat it. This increases the allicin content.
• Before you cook with your crushed garlic, let it stand for 10 minutes.
• Use a lot of garlic — more than one clove per meal, if you can.

At the end of the day, garlic is both tasty and super healthy. Studies show that garlic can help fight colds and the flu. It can reduce your chances of catching an illness, and help you recover faster. To maximize these benefits, it is best to consume raw garlic or aged garlic extract.

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