Eat Garlic.....to stay healthy ....

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@Ganesh44 (5547)
India
October 3, 2008 10:15am CST
Do you know about garlic magic ..... Eat garlic. Study after study has confirmed garlic’s abilities to lower blood pressure, reduce phospholipids and cholesterol, strengthen heart action, increase immune response, reduce platelet clumping and clotting (thus reducing strokes) and stabilize blood sugar levels. Eat garlic raw or lightly cooked, several cloves a day. So just c how important garlic is for all of us ... Note:- As Navratra Festival is going on which prohibits eating garlic during 9 days of Navratra festival in India so dont eat garlic till 8th October 2008 as Navratra festival will be over . Thanks Ganesh
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@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
26 Feb 09
YES Garlic has all the properties explained by you.However eating raw garlic is not good. Taken along with diluted boiled milk work out wonders for you.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
27 Mar 09
wow thanks for adding to my knowledge Cheers !!!!!!!! Radhey Krishna !!!!!!!!!
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• Philippines
17 Feb 09
Good thing there is garlic. I call it my natural antibiotic without side effects. Good posting!
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
18 Feb 09
lol thanks for appreciating my post yes I agree with you garlic is a natural antibiotic witout a side effect
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
3 Oct 08
It's really good to eat garlic. I used to hear people telling me, garlic is good for health. But I don't know how it helps exactly. Now I know after reading your sharing. So, I think I should take more garlic on daily basis, because I have higher cholesterol rating in my recent blood test result. By eating more garlic, I hope I could bring it down. Thanks for the useful information and happy posting!
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
3 Oct 08
oohhh yes ...atleast one clove daily....will help you a lot .... Good to know that your doubt gets clear with this post.... Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
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@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
3 Oct 08
You are most welcome. But a clover a day seems like not easy for me. It's because the food seller do not cook with garlic often. The only way is to buy the garlic in bulk and store it at home. Then only it's possible for to take a clover and eat it as raw daily. Let's try with this new way of life, and hope my cholesterol will be reduced significantly by next blood test.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
3 Oct 08
Yes u need to store it in home in that case ... It will definelty reduce....... Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
12 Feb 09
Hi Ganesh, before reading your information I know only garlic can lower our blood pressure as well as reduce cholesterol. Thanks for willing to share with us here that to take a certain amount of garlic daily would bring so many benefit to our body healthy. Yeah, I have a bit high cholesterol when I had my blood check few years back.I think it is better for me to take more garlic daily, so I don’t have to worry whether my cholesterol is still higher. Well form today onward I would like to prepare more garlic when cooking meal at home. I dislike the taste and smell of raw garlic. I like the well fried chopped small pieces of garlic. They are really good in smell and yummy in taste of this fried garlic. But I wonder whether this fried garlic is still effective as what you emphasize here is to take garlic raw or lightly cooked. Happy posting and have a nice day.
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
14 Feb 09
I feel glad to read the further information here again. Yeah, I come to know that to eat raw garlic is more effective all the time. Anyway I feel happy as well there is a little less of benefit only to take cooked garlic to help improve our body health. so I still would keep on eating more cooked garlic as I am really dislike the taste as well as the smell of the raw garlic. It's rather pungent anyway. Thanks again for your valuable words. Take care.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
18 Feb 09
yes you are most welcome ......no probs keep eating garlic in/with a cooked food it will help you a lot .... Stay Healthy !!!
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
14 Feb 09
raw garlic is 100 percent powerful while cooked is little less so no matter which form you take both are going to help improve your health... I am happy to know that you liked the discussion and information keep smiling
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@Carolyn63 (1403)
• United States
13 Feb 09
I take garlic caps daily. For the reasons you mentioned. But it also a natural antibiotic so it's great to take to boost the immune system or when sick. It's also used in essential oil blends for earaches. I could eat raw garlic, but, well, I do like to kiss my hubby from time to time. I did plant some last year. I'm excited to use it in my cooking.
@Carolyn63 (1403)
• United States
16 Feb 09
Yes, I am aware but there are some things that help with circulation and such that I can't take because they are two spicy. I can't take capsacian. Instead I take hawthorn. I incorporate all the natural medicines I can. Keep posting. I don't know everything.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
18 Feb 09
lol yes I agree with you Carolyn infact we learn new things everyday ...yes ....All the best !!!
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
14 Feb 09
well good you have already a sound knowledge about it great
@babyorchid (1737)
• China
16 Feb 09
hey, Ganesh,garlic is absolutely a good , health food. like all u mentioned. while ,the question is hard to taste. u know u will get a terrible breath by eatting garlic. that's the reason why i have to give up garlic. mum told me taking some milk after eatting garlic will remove ur terrbile breath, i tried, but no use..
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@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
18 Feb 09
Hello Orchid yes I agree with you , but to avoid this problem you can take garlic indirectly by adding it to vegetables while cooking so that you wont have such problems yes... All the best
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
12 Feb 09
Say! Thanks for the reminder about garlic! It also keeps vampires away.. but I suppose someone has already mentioned that!
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
14 Feb 09
yes u r most welome ....I hope I will get lot of flowers from you if we ever met ha ha ha ha lol just kidding sine your mylot name is such
@aweins (4199)
• India
12 Feb 09
hi ganesh44, my dear friend, i know the good effects of garic. it is a good thing to eat and acts as a medicine too. the juice that gets in your system, helps relaxes the blood vessels and increase the blood flow . therefore , eating garlic may increase our natural supply of this vital chemical that is hydrogen sulfide, which plays a major role in reducing the risk of heart disease. i know it lowers ur blood pressure and helps in controlling cholestrol too. my mother - in -law is a litle obese and she takes two pieces of garlic every morning.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
14 Feb 09
wow yes I agree with you
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
4 Oct 08
Except for the taste, Garlic is fantastic for it's health effects. That is why it is an integral part of the Indian cuisine. Of course, due to it's bad taste it is shunned during the festivals, but apart from the ones that you have mentioned, it is also great for cleaning up the stomach. But, one point to remember is Garlic is hot, so if you are hot body, then garlic can cause the heat in the body to increase leading to some problems. Cheers! Ram
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
14 Feb 09
yes Ram I agree with you totally ..Cheers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@pinkista (892)
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
How bout saute/fried garlic? I've been eating minced fried garlic last month for consecutive weeks. I made it for garlic chili sauce that I'm gonna put in our siomai. I don't know if its still healthy but the important is its still garlic.. Haha. Do i make sense? :D
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
27 Mar 09
offfcourse Y not garlic in whatever form is good .............Cheers !!!!!!!
@eagle_f15 (1827)
• Malaysia
4 Oct 08
YEs...eating garlic is good. I add alot of garlic to my cooking especially in stir fry vegetables and steam ones. They are good and tasty but eating it raw....I have tried and it sort of burns my stomach a while and have to drink plenty of water to wash away the burning sensation. So now I don't eat raw garlic anymore but add alot of it to cooking
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
4 Oct 08
ohh good atleast you add it to your food..... if it is producing burningsensation in your Stomach than just take half or quarter clove may be your wont have that sensation ... Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
18 Feb 09
That is why you are named I am so lucky since u r really very lucky ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha lol good hmmmmmmm take care all the best
• Philippines
17 Feb 09
I eat garlic almost everyday. I like to put garlic in my cooking, so i eat them all. I found out that it reduces my blood pressure, it makes my heart healthy, and yes it solves other illnesses like cough. Besides garlic, i like ginger and onion. Its all high in antioxidants that will make your skin glow and a healthier you. Happy mylotting!!!
@iskayz (5420)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
Hi there! Yes! Eating garlic is good for the health. It has been tested and confirmed severals years ago. Here in my country there have been alternative medicines that has been produced out of garlic. A friend of mine who is a nutritionist said that we should eat raw garlic once a day. It is also good for our pets. Just like in humans. What is Navratra festival? What do you celebrate during that festival?
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
4 Oct 08
Ohhh yes it is in fact good for health of all..... In India Navratra Festival are going on that prohibits the use of garlic and onion in any form during these 9 days of Navratra festival..... these Festival is celebrated for nine days across India to workship goddess of power named " Durgaji " . Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
• China
4 Oct 08
I've never know garlic have such functions,which are good for our health.Anyway i don't like this flavor.Sometimes when I eat garlic ,my mouth is full of an wired smell.After heard of your news,i learnt some good points of garlic,and try to accept that.Maybe it's a magic kind of ingrediant.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
4 Oct 08
Ohhh yes it is in fact good for health of all..... To avoid bad odour of garlic add it to food ...yes In India Navratra Festival are going on that prohibits the use of garlic and onion in any form during these 9 days of Navratra festival..... these Festival is celebrated for nine days across India to workship goddess of power named " Durgaji " . Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
• India
26 Feb 09
Hello my friend Ganesh44 Ji, Seeing you after long time, I thing, I am off from your side, I picked you up from your profile now. Without smell, garlic would have been more costlier than 'Dimond' said my father once, when hen gave me garlic as a medicine, I could not sallow due to its un-tolerable smell. From http://www.healthcastle.com/garlic-heart.shtml I bring you some benifits, but you may Log to continue. [b]"Benefits of Garlic in Heart Disease Written by Gloria Tsang, RD last updated: October 2004 Numerous clinical trials have looked at the role and benefits of garlic supplements in heart disease. Many of these randomized studies showed positive benefits of garlic in heart disease: in particular, lowering total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol (the Bad cholesterol) and triglycerides (Also Read: How to lower Triglycerides?). A few small randomized trials also suggested the benefits of garlic in the prevention of platelet aggregation and thrombosis (the formation of plaques in the blood). Another study also showed that aged garlic extracts lowered high blood pressure. Most of these studies are relatively short-term, therefore we do not know if the positive benefits of garlic will last more than 3 months. Please also note that there were a number of studies showing conflicting results. How much Garlic? The American Dietetic Association suggested that in order to obtain the potential heal th benefits of garlic, one must take 600 - 900mg (about 1 fresh clove) per day "[/b] May god bless you and have a great day
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
27 Mar 09
Yes even rose has thorns GOD made every positive things with certain negatives lol Thanks for nice reply .................. Hare Krishna Radhey Krishna Gaqnesh
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• India
4 Apr 09
Hello my friend Ganesh44 Ji, So nice of your comments. may god bless you and have a great time.
• India
4 Oct 08
Garlic is a wonder pack..but there's just one teeny problem - It stinks! I cannot stand the smell at all. Is there some sort of an odourless garlic supplement available? I'd love it..
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
4 Oct 08
Yes it is quite tough to withstand its order so you can add the same while cooking ...... but there is no such odourless supplement of garlic....lol Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
@gemini_rose (16264)
3 Oct 08
I would love to be able to eat garlic, however I have an aversion to it so if I eat it I become quite ill! It has only been like this in the past year, but before then I was always eating garlic, I absolutely loved it and would use it in lots of things.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
3 Oct 08
oohhh sorry anyways ...u eat green vegetables and drink lots of water that will help ...yes... Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
@juhi06 (1850)
• India
4 Oct 08
yes dear friend!!
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
4 Oct 08
Thanks for your response !! Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
3 Oct 08
Hi Ganesh44, I use garlic in my everyday cooking so I think I am alright ginger is very good for you too. Tamara
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
4 Oct 08
ohh thats great it will ensure a good health for you ...... Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
@belk89 (1103)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
Garlic is important but as much as i wanted to try eating it. I just cant tolerate the taste. I use garlic when im cooking but i never eat them. My husband on the other hand eat garlic since it is good for the health. But i guess id rather just stay healthy by not eating fatty food to avoid any health issues in the future than eat garlic.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
4 Oct 08
lol...yes ...but there is adage " no pain no gain "....but in food also it helps no probs.... Thanks for your response and such a nice information... Happy Mylotting Take Care Ganesh
@thanujad (405)
• Sri Lanka
4 Oct 08
I love the taste of Garlic. Therefore, I use Garlic all the time when cooking. I agree with you for all what you have said. But I don't understand why it's prohibited during 9 days of Navarathri festival. Please be kind enough to let me know the reason when you have the time. I'm a buddhist and I know very little about your Navaratri festival. Thank you.
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
14 Feb 09
Yes navratra Festival is the famous festival in which GOdess of power ,peace, wealth is workshipped Named Durga,Saraswati,Kali, and more as per hindu religion these godess dont like onion and garlic so for their sake it is prohibited for every hindu to take garlic in the navratra festival