Well for about 3 months now, I have been doing a daily Garlic routine!
I take like half of bulb , cut it up into somewhat small chunks, and then chew half raw, and down with water!
Then I do it again!
This is not the easiest thing to get down, but for those who are worried about their blood pressure and their general health it’s a great habit to get into!
So from different sources I have been reading , I came to learn about Alllacin
Eat fresh, raw garlic!
Garlic has a wide range of well-documented effects, including helping to lower blood pressure. Studies showing a positive effect of garlic and garlic preparations are those that deliver a sufficient dosage of allicin. In double-blind studies with garlic preparations providing a daily dose of at least 10 mg allicin, blood pressure readings dropped with typical reductions of 11 mm Hg for the systolic and 5.0 in the diastolic within a 1 to 3-month period. To get enough allicin, eat 1 to 4 cloves of fresh garlic a day. If you want to avoid garlic breath in public, add minced fresh garlic to your salad dressing in the evening at dinner.
Why it works: All of the beneficial effects of garlic are attributed to its sulfur-containing compounds: allicin, diallyl disulfide, diallyl trisulfide, and others. Allicin is mainly responsible for the pungent odor of garlic. It is formed by the action of the enzyme alliinase on the compound alliin. The enzyme is activated by heat, oxygen, or water. This accounts for the fact that cooked garlic, odorless supplements, "aged garlic preparations," and garlic oil products produce neither as strong an odor as raw garlic nor nearly as powerful medicinal effects as raw fresh garlic.
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Why KT are you posting this, Well after like I said about 3 months of doing this I am feeling way better than I used to. It only takes a few minutes for it to hit,
and then I feel better, way better!
Just thought I would throw this out there!~
Think i am going to post about Juicing raw Veggies only soon!