5 surprising health benefits of eating garlic

Kwasy Danyels

January 8, 2019 9:58 AM

While garlic is a common ingredient in every kitchen, back in the days, it was highly valued for its many health benefiting properties, which are still followed in some cultures today.

Surprising Health Benefits of Garlic

Garlic is not only a delicious aromatic that is used in cooking, it also boosts your health. Garlic has been used as medicine for thousands of years by the Chinese, Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans.

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It also contains high levels of saponins, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, and zinc, moderate levels of selenium and vitamins A and C, Low levels of calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, manganese, and B-complex vitamins.

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1.Garlic could help treat brain cancer

Garlic contains a diallyl trisulfide, a sulfur-containing compound ,which reduces the size of brain tumors in mice by inhibiting the enzyme histone deacetylase (HDAC), which causes tumor cell death.

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2.Keloids treatment

Garlic helps treat keloid scars, which are tough scars caused by the overgrowth of skin collagen. Garlic inhibits growth factors, nitric oxide, and enzymes involved in the production of collagen

3. Anti-Aging Effects

Antioxidants in garlic prevent damage caused by free radicals. Garlic also contains cytokinin, a hormone that promotes cell growth and delays aging through its antioxidant effects.

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4.Garlic Helps Treat Cold and Flu

Garlic extract reduced the severity of colds and the flu by increasing the number of immune cells (T cells and NK cells) and by boosting the immune system.

5.Garlic Helps with Hair Loss

Garlic gel in combination with steroid cream helps treat patients suffering from alopecia, a type of hair loss that results from immune cells attacking hair follicles.

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