The Health Benefits You Probably Didn't Know About Garlic

Garlic is a popular supplement to be given to ward off flies and mosquitos. It is said to leave an unfavourable smell to these bugs once the garlic has been digested and absorbed. Garlic has also been studied worldwide and shown to have a positive protective effect on the heart and the kidneys, in part due to the selenium and sulfur present.

Read more about Garlic and its incredible nutritional benefits below:

An evidence-based approach to the evaluation of ethnoveterinary medicines against strongyle nematodes of equids.

Biological activities of Allium sativum and Zingiber officinale extracts on clinically important bacterial pathogens, their phytochemical and FT-IR spectroscopic analysis.

Modulation of the multidrug efflux pump EmrD-3 from Vibrio cholerae by Allium sativum extract and the bioactive agent allyl sulfide plus synergistic enhancement of antimicrobial susceptibility by A. sativum extract.

Inhibition of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B using allicin from garlic. Allium vegetable intakes and the incidence of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and type 2 diabetes in adults: a longitudinal follow-up study. Garlic for Cardiovascular Disease: Prevention or Treatment? Antihypertensive effect of allicin in dexamethasone-induced hypertensive rats.

Does Garlic Supplementation Control Blood Pressure in Patients with Severe Coronary Artery Disease? A Clinical Trial Study

Diallyl trisulfide induces apoptosis and mitotic arrest in AGS human gastric carcinoma cells through reactive oxygen species-mediated activation of AMP-activated protein kinase.