Garlic is not only delicious, adding a lot of flavor to our foods, it is also great for our health. Did you know garlic can help you lose weight, helps with diabetes, and strengtthens teh immune system.  Check out these amazing garlic benefits.

Garlic,  effectively prevents LDL cholesterol from oxidizing. All those who have high cholesterol levels should include garlic in their daily diet.

Garlic is an herbal ingredient for curing hypertension. When exposed to high levels of pressure, the allicin present in garlic relaxes the blood vessels. Garlic also fights against thrombosis by reducing platelet aggregation.

Garlic can help increase exercise capacity and reduce exercise-induced fatigue. Garlic has a long history of being used in ancient cultures to reduce fatigue and enhance the work capacity of laborers. Garlic oil has been shown to improve the exercise capacity of people with heart disease. A 2005 study published in the Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology found participants with heart disease who took garlic oil for six weeks saw a reduction in peak heart rate by 12 percent. This was accompanied by an improvement in their physical endurance during a treadmill exercise.

Garlic strengthens the immune system as well as helps to fight chest infections, coughs and congestion.

In the winter months garlic is a great food to boost your immune system and ward off colds and flu. An old folk remedy is to eat a clove of garlic that has been dipped in honey at the first sign of a cold. Why not try it and see if it works for you?

Garlic is a great source of vitamin B6 which is needed for a healthy immune system and the efficient growth of new cells.  Vitamin B6 can also assist with mood swings and improve your cheery disposition!

Garlic is good for your heart, fights viruses and bacteria, and may even prevent cancer. Is it possible that it could also help you lose weight too? Well, an interesting study published in the American Journal of Hypertension found allicin was very good for the weight of animals fed a fructose-rich diet. Not only did the garlic compound lower blood pressure, insulin and triglycerides, but it also helped to control weight. While the animals being fed only the fructose-rich diet gained weight, those whose diets were supplemented with allicin did not, and some even lost weight. 

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Garlic is also easy to grow at home. Here is how to grow an endless supply of garlic.

You Will Need

A container
Potting soil
A head of garlic
Instructions

All you need to grow garlic indoors is one good garlic head.
Put potting soil in a large container, then break garlic cloves apart and sow every clove vertically into the soil at a depth of approximately 1 inch.
Cover all of the cloves with the Cover them with approximately 1 inch of soil.
Place the pot in an area with plenty of direct sunlight.
Like any indoor plant, you must keep a eye on the soil and water it when it starts to dry out you will need to refill it.
When the greens reach about 3 – 4 inches of height clip them off, leaving about an inch or so for it to re – With time the greens will stop growing.
When it dries up and turns brown, dig the clove of garlic out of the soil and you should have a full bulb. Take a clove from that one and start over!