My family loves the aroma that you get when the essential oils are released whether I am crushing, chopping, pressing or pureeing garlic it seems to have this magical power to pull everyone in the house toward the kitchen like a magnet, they immediately want to know what I am cooking and when it will be ready then hunger sets in!
If you are not growing garlic yourself and would rather buy it from your local store look for bulbs that are covered with a lot of the thin paper like covering that surrounds it. Stay away from the garlic with the green shoots as they are probably too old or they were stored improperly. The bulb is what you would consider as the whole garlic and with in each bulb or head there can beanywhere from 8 to 20 cloves of garlic.
Eat garlic live longer! So you may have wondered, what are the health benefits of garlic? It has been said that garlic provides or assists in many positive and beneficial ways. In fact garlic is quite healthy for you. The most potent medicinal compound derived from garlic is allico it is only present when it is released when garlic is crushed. In addition. is a powerful natural antibiotic that the body doesn't build up a resistance to. This makes it a positive health benefit that can continue for time to come. Garlic has a powerful antioxidant effect helping in protecting the body against damaging "free radicals".
Here are some positive benefits of garlic.
- Prevent the common cold and or flu.
- Used to treat symptoms of acne.
- Act as a mesquito repellent
- Help to manage high cholesterol
- Assist with blood pressure management
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