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Title: Garlic


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Garlic
  • Roma Patel

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Welcome BackDoes any one have any questions or
comments from last weeks lecture???
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Todays Agenda
  • Introduction about Garlic.
  • History of Garlic.
  • What are the uses?

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What is Garlic?
  • Garlic is common name. It came from Latin name
    Allium Sativum.
  • It belongs to the onion family Alliaceae. It
    includes shallots and leek.
  • Garlic has been used throughout recorded history
    for both medicinal and culinary purposes. The
    garlic bulb is divided into sections called
    cloves.

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History of Garlic
  • Garlic was a most common ingredient in
    Mediterranean and Europe.
  • European beliefs once considered garlic a
    powerful ward against demons, werewolves, and
    vampires. To ward off vampires, garlic could be
    worn, hung in windows or rubbed on chimneys and
    keyholes.

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Garlic
  • Everyone should consume 2-4 gram/day to stay
    healthy.
  • Local grocery store, farmers market, vitamin
    shop contain fresh garlic or garlic pills.
  • Garlic can be eaten raw, cook in meal or can
    taken as pills.

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Facts About Garlic
  • Garlic has germanium in it. Germanium is an
    anti-cancer agent, and garlic has more of it than
    any other herb.
  • It can helps to regulate the body's blood
    pressure. Whether blood pressure is low or high,
    garlic can help equalize it.
  • Garlic helps strengthen body's defenses against
    allergies.
  • It helps loosen plaque from the artery walls.
  • It regulates blood sugar levels

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Facts About Garlic Cont.
  • It help to kill and expelling parasites such as
    pin worms from the human body.
  • Garlic contain protein, potassium, Vitamins A, B,
    B2 and C, Calcium, Zinc and many others.
  • It also thin blood like Aspirin.

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Garlic and Health
  • Garlic and Heart
  • Lower blood pressure
  • Decrease platelet aggregation
  • Lower serum triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol (
    the bad type) levels
  • Increase serum HDL-cholesterol (the good type)
    and fibrinolysis (the process through which the
    body breaks up blood clots.)
  • Plus it stimulates the production of nitric oxide
    in the lining of blood vessel walls, a substance
    that helps them to relax.
  • As a result of these beneficial actions garlic
    helps to prevent arteriosclerosis and thereby
    reduces the risk of heart attack or stroke.

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Garlic and Health Cont..
  • Garlic and Cancer
  • Garlic contain anticancer and antioxidant
    compounds like quercetin, diallyl sulphide, allin
    and ajoene.
  • Garlic can block cancer causing agents like
    nitrosamine and aflatoxin.

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Garlic and Health Cont.
  • Garlic and Immune System
  • Garlic has antioxidant property, so it will
    protect us with bacteria and some viruses
    attacks.

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Garlic and Health Cont...
  • Garlic and Weight Control
  • Garlic contain Allicin, which prevent weight
    gain.

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Garlic and Health Cont..
  • Garlic work as anti-inflammatory
  • It contain the sulfur compounds, which have been
    found to have anti-inflammatory effects by
    inhibiting the activity of inflammatory enzymes.
  • Along with vitamin C this can make garlic a
    protection against the pain associated with
    arthritis and asthma attacks.
  • Vitamin C also increases body oxygen levels and
    interferon production which are both good for
    treating herpes.

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Garlic As A Home Remedies
  • For ear infection.
  • For scratchy throats Put a small slice of garlic
    in your mouth and suck on it for 10-15 minutes
    and that will relive the throat pain.
  • The juice of fresh garlic mixed with salt can be
    applied to bruises, sprains and ringworms.
  • For cold chop up 4 cloves of raw garlic and eat
    or use it as a garnish in soups.

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Garlic As A Home Remedies
  • Cut raw garlic and rub the cut edge on the tooth
    and gums a couple of times a day to stop
    toothache.
  • Take fresh garlic cloves and crush them, apply to
    warts until they disappear.
  • Crush a clove or two onto a dessertspoon then add
    olive oil and down the hatch. you get the
    benefits of raw garlic with none of the breath
    issues.
  • Garlic to clear sinuses. Melt some butter and add
    minced garlic cloves, spread on toast and eat.

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Garlic Side Effects
  • Over eating garlic can lead to odor on the skin
    and breath, can cause heartburn, upset stomach
    and allergic reactions.
  • Garlic can also thin the blood, so people who are
    having blood disorders, having surgery and women
    who will deliver a baby, they need to be careful
    about consuming it either fresh or in a
    supplement form.
  • Side effects from taking garlic supplements
    include headache, fatigue, loss of appetite,
    muscle aches and dizziness.

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References
  • Garlic Health Benefits (n.d.). Best Herpes
    Treatments. Retrieved from http//www.best-herpes-
    treatments.com.
  • Garlic NCCAM Herbs at a Glance (n.d.). National
    Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    NCCAM. Retrieved from http//nccam.nih.gov/healt
    h/garlic.
  • World, D. (2008). Garlic Facts Remedies and
    Health Benefits of Garlic. Disability News,
    Information and Resources - Disabled World.
    Retrieved from http//www.disabled-world.com.

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