The Healing Power of Raw Garlic as an ALternative Medicine
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Garlic is a natural plan and powerful food that an heal numbers of diseases and also booste the immune system. It is a very source of phytochemicals and also contains lots of nutrients with little calories. providing the body system some phytochemicals to fight infection and boost the body defence mechanisms.
Taking garlic in its raw natural form as become famous because of its healing and medicinal capabilities and its. The natural plant has been adopted since the ancient times to treat and prevent diseases. Countries like Babylon, Egypt, Assyria, Rome and China have been using it for centuries as an alternative medicine when modern medicine was not in existence. The healing component of Garlic are complex and different, ranging from fighting of cancers, antioxidant, antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial and also boosting the immune system.
It could also be used to minimise or reduce the risk associated to cardiovascular diseases, athsma attacks, flu, cold, bas skin conditions among other problems that garlic stands as a remedy to.
According to the National Center For Complementary and INtegrative Health (NCCIH) shows that
Garlic has traditionally been adopted to treat infections,diseases and tackle health conditions which includes:
- Cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, cancers, reduce chlesterol and also to strenghten the body defence mechanisms.
Raw Garlic or its supplements contain allicin compound which will help to relax the muscles in your blood vessels, thereby reducing the impact of blood pressure.
Garlic also get rid of cholesterol in the blood, it will reduce your blood cholesterol level.
Garlic may not cure cancer, but can prevent your system from cancers like the pancreas cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, esophagus cancer among others.
Most people do not like to eat garlic raw because of its smell. when you eat garlic the odour that will be coming out of your mouth will be irritating, apart from the smell, eating garlic has a low risk. it could only become risky to eat when you have haemorrage or bleeding disorder.
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You can always add garlic to your diet menu. it flavour well when you mix it with fruits like apple, tomatoes or lemon. You can mix it as smoothie. It will your body system to fight infections. In this content i'm not saying garlic is a cure for all, but it will boost your health and cure and manage some certain health challenges that you might be facing. Also remember that if you have bleeding disorder do not take garlic as it can add to that problem.
Several Research papers have also validated that garlic is a good antigungal agent because of the presence of allicin compound in it which is a phytochemical produced when you chewed garlic in our mouth. As a result of this, garlic can be used to treat acne caused by the overgrowth of candida yeast in the body system. Some traditionalist also said that it can cure dandruff and also get rid of pityrosporum Ovale which is popularly known as P.ovale, a little fungus that harbour on the scalp and develop dandruff on the body.
Conclusion
There are so many health and medicina advantages attributed to Garlic because of its healing power because of the presence of phytochemical such as allicin, and others like Zinc, Selenium, antioxidant vitamins and minerals. Add Garlic to your diet list and you will never regret taking.
Also before adding garlic to your diet, please consult your healthcare provider to find out it you are qualified to take garlic.
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