GARLIC-HEALTH BENEFITS OF GARLIC .

                                           GARLIC SCIENTIFIC NAME IS ALLIUM SATIVUM , GARLIC BELONGS TO AMARYLLIDACEAE FAMILY . GARLIC HAS BEEN USED FOR BOTH CULINARY AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES . GAELIC IS EASY TO GROW AND CAN BE GROWN YEAR ROUND IN TEMPERATE CLIMATES , GARLIC CULTIVATION IS PROPAGATED ASEXUALLY , BY PLANTING INDIVIDUAL CLOVES IN THE GROUND.

CULINARY USES :

                                           GARLIC IS USED IN AROUND THE WORLD FOR ITS PUNGENT FLAVOR , GARLIC BULB IS COMMONLY USED PART OF THE PLANT , GARLIC BULBS ARE DIVIDED INTO CLOVES . GARLIC CLOVES ARE USED FOR CULINARY OR FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES . GARLIC IS THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT IN MANY DISHES , GARLIC MAY BE APPLIED TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF BREAD , TO CREATE A VARIETY OF DISHES SUCH AS GARLIC BREAD , GARLIC TOAST , BRUSCHETTA , CROSTINI , AND CANAPE .

                                          OILS CAN BE FLAVORED WITH GARLIC CLOVES . THESE INFUSED OILS ARE USED TO SEASON ALL CATEGORIES OF VEGETABLES , MEATS, BREADS , AND PASTA . GARLIC ALONG WITH FISH SAUCE , CHOPPED FRESH CHILIS , LIME JUICE , SUGAR AND WATER , IS A BASIC ESSENTIAL ITEM IN DIPPING FISH SAUCE . IN SOME CUISINES , THE YOUNG BULBS ARE PICKED FOR THREE TO SIX WEEKS IN A MIXTURE OF SUGAR , SALT AND SPICES . I EUROPE THE SHOOTS ARE PICKLED AND EATEN AS APPETIZER . LABA GARLIC IS PREPARED BY SOAKING GARLIC IN VINEGAR IS A TYPE OF PICKED GARLIC , SERVED WITH DUMPLINGS IN CHINA .

NUTRITIONAL VALUE PER 100 g GARLIC RAW ;

                                ENERGY ------------------------------ 149 K.CAL

                          CARBOHYDRATES -------------------- 33.06 g

                                      SUGARS -------------------------------------- 1 g

                          DIETARY FIBER ----------------------------------- 2.1 g

                                  FAT ----------------------------------- 0.5 g

                              PROTEIN ------------------------------ 6.36 g

                                                      VITAMINS

                                 THIAMINE -------------------------------------- 0.2 mg

                                 RIBOFLAVIN ---------------------------------- 0.11 mg

                                 NIACIN ------------------------------------------- 0.7 mg

                               PANTOTHENIC ACID --------------------------0.596 mg

                               VITAMIN-B6 -------------------------------------- 1.235 mg

                                 FOLATE ------------------------------------------- 3 ug

                                 VITAMIN-C -------------------------------------- 31.2 mg

                                                      MINERALS 

                                   CALCIUM ----------------------------------------- 181 mg

                                     IRON ----------------------------------------------- 1.7 mg

                                    MAGNESIUM ------------------------------------- 25 mg

                                     MANGANESE ------------------------------------ 1.672 mg

                                     PHOSPHOROUS ----------------------------------153 mg

                                      POTASSIUM --------------------------------------- 401 mg

                                        SODIUM -------------------------------------------- 17 mg

                                          ZINC ---------------------------------------------- 1.16 mg

                                              OTHER CONSTITUENTS 

                                         SELENIUM ---------------------------------------- 14.2 ug  

HEALTH BENEFITS OF GARLIC :

                              GARLIC CONTAIN AJOENE MOLECULES , IT IS ACTS AS AN ANTI-OXIDANT , AJOENE HAS ANTI-CLOTTING PROPERTIES WHICH HELPS PREVENT PLATELETS IN THE BLOOD FROM FORMING BLOOD CLOTS . AJOENE REDUCE THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKE IN HUMANS . AJOENE DESTROYS VIRUSES INCLUDING VESICULAR STOMATITIS , VACCINIA , HUMAN RHINOVIRUS PARAINFLUENZA  AND HERPES SIMPLEX . AJOENE HAS ANTI BACTERIAL AND ANTI FUNGAL PROPERTIES . AJOENE HAS BEEN FOUND TO DECREASE BASAL-CELL CARCINOMA TUMOR SIZE BY INDUCING APOPTOSIS AND ALSO INHIBITING TUMOR CELL GROWTH .

                            GARLIC CONTAIN ALLICIN , SO ALLICIN REDUCE FATTY STREAKS TO INCREASE ELASTICITY OF THE ARTERY WALLS TO MINIMIZE HEART STROKE . ALLICIN TO DECREASE BLOOD PRESSURE .

                             GARLIC CONTAIN ALLISTATIN , SO ALLISTATIN TO TREAT NUMEROUS INFECTIONS AND DISEASES SUCH AS WHOOPING COUGH , FEVER , COLD , RUNNY NOSE , SNEEZING , FATIGUE , HEADACHE , WATERING EYES , BODY ACHES . 

                                GARLIC CONTAIN DIETARY FIBER , SO GARLIC IS USED TO REDUCE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS WHICH MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE , REDUCING THE RISK OF COLON CANCER , AND LOSING WEIGHT . GARLIC PREVENT ABDOMINAL PAIN , AND DIARRHEA OR CONSTIPATION . GARLIC REDUCE GLUCOSE AND INSULIN LEVELS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS AND MAY LOWER RISK OF DIABETES .

                                  GARLIC CONTAIN PROTEIN , SO GARLIC IMPROVE INTELLECTUAL SKILLS SUCH AS ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT , DEVELOP MEMORY SKILLS , EASILY LEARNING SOCIAL RULES , IMPROVE PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS . GARLIC PREVENT SWELLING OF THE ANKLES AND FEET , PREVENT FATTY LIVER AND LOSS OF TEETH . GARLIC INCREASE BIRTH WEIGHT AND GESTATION DURATION . GARLIC INCREASE SPERM COUNT .

                                     GARLIC CONTAIN VITAMIN-B6 , SO GARLIC IS USED TO PREVENT SKIN DISORDERS AFFECTING THE SCALP AND FACE . GARLIC PREVENT HAIR LOSS . GARLIC PREVENT BURNING , SWELLING AND SORENESS OF THE TONGUE . GARLIC PREVENT MOUTH ULCERS AND ASTHMA .

                                        GARLIC CONTAIN FOLIC ACID , SO GARLIC IS HELP TO REDUCE THE RISK OF BIRTH DEFECTS AND PRETERM DELIVERY . GARLIC PREVENT INFERTILITY , ANEMIA , AND DEPRESSION . GARLIC INCREASE BREAST FEEDING AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY .

                                           GARLIC CONTAIN VITAMIN-C , SO GARLIC HAS MANY  ANTI-OXIDANTS , WHICH PREVENT PARKINSON'S DISEASE ,AND DECREASE DEMENTIA . GARLIC PREVENT SPOTS ON THE THIGHS AND LEGS , GARLIC PREVENT SPONGY GUMS , GARLIC IS USED IN TREATMENT OF COMMON COLD .

                                            GARLIC CONTAIN IRON , SO GARLIC DECREASE THIRST . GARLIC PREVENT WEAKNESS OR FATIGUE AND DISCOMFORT . GARLIC PREVENT SKIN PROBLEMS SUCH AS PALENESS , COLDNESS AND YELLOWNESS . GARLIC PREVENT JAUNDICE AND INCREASE RED BLOOD CELLS OR HEMOGLOBIN IN THE BLOOD .

                                             GARLIC CONTAIN ZINC , SO GARLIC HAS PROTECT AGAINST ACCELERATED AGING OF THE SKIN AND MUSCLES OF THE BODY . GARLIC HELPS SPEED UP THE HEALING PROCESS AFTER INJURY . GARLIC PREVENT LIVER DISEASE , GARLIC PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE AND SPEEDUP PUBERTY . GARLIC PREVENT DIARRHEA AND NIGHT BLINDNESS . GARLIC SPEED UP SEXUAL MATURATION .

                                              GARLIC CONTAIN CALCIUM , SO GARLIC IS IMPORTANT FOR BUILDING STRONG , DENSE BONES . GARLIC PREVENT RICKETS AND POOR BLOOD CLOTTING . GARLIC PREVENT OSTEOPOROSIS , IN WHICH INCREASE BONE STRENGTH AND DECREASE THE RISK OF A BROKEN BONE . GARLIC IS BEST FOR KIDNEYS .

                                                GARLIC CONTAIN OTHER MINERALS AND VITAMINS , THESE ARE ALL HELP TO ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO OUR HEALTH .

ADVERSE EFFECTS AND TOXICOLOGY :

                                                 GARLIC IS CAUSE BAD BREATH AND BODY ODOR , SOME PEOPLE SUFFER FROM ALLERGIES TO GARLIC . SOME BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS HAVE FOUND AFTER CONSUMING GARLIC , THAT THEIR BABIES CAN BE SLOW TO FEED , AND HAVE NOTED A GARLIC ODOR COMING FROM THEM . IF HIGHER THAN RECOMMENDED DOSES OF GARLIC TAKEN WITH ANTI COAGULANT MEDICATIONS , THIS CAN LEAD TO A HIGHER RISK OF BLEEDING .