Should I include garlic in my diet?

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I thinking of including garlic in my diet, since I hear from many different sources that it's so healthy. I think I might just take it three times a week, since I already have a otherwise balanced diet, and I don't to rank of it in certain social situations. But if I already take sources of antioxidants in my diet, do I really need garlic?

In spite of reading many times that the recommended amount of daily garlic to be one clove, that seems far too strong and intense for me to take. I think I might go with a just a quarter of a clove. But even that feels too strong.

But I also hear it's toxic. You can feel it in your sinuses for a few minutes afterwards, and in your burps for a few hours afterwards. I think it must be the only food that has components that penetrate all barriers in the body and be smelled afterwards. It also thins the blood like warfarin. The very fact that it can be used to kill microbes, and deter insects makes me think that it might be bad!!

Alf Veedersane

Like Dolphines Can Swim wrote: »

I thinking of including garlic in my diet, since I hear from many different sources that it's so healthy. I think I might just take it three times a week, since I already have a otherwise balanced diet, and I don't to rank of it in certain social situations. But if I already take sources of antioxidants in my diet, do I really need garlic?

In spite of reading many times that the recommended amount of daily garlic to be one clove, that seems far too strong and intense for me to take. I think I might go with a just a quarter of a clove. But even that feels too strong.

But I also hear it's toxic. You can feel it in your sinuses for a few minutes afterwards, and in your burps for a few hours afterwards. I think it must be the only food that has components that penetrate all barriers in the body and be smelled afterwards. It also thins the blood like warfarin. The very fact that it can be used to kill microbes, and deter insects makes me think that it might be bad!!

There have been an increasing number of sightings of vampires lately so I take it on account of that.

bman

Are you aware that a clove of garlic is not the whole bulb? It's just one segment.

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bman wrote: »

Are you aware that a clove of garlic is not the whole bulb? It's just one segment.

Are you aware how intense it is. If would pay a €1000 to see someone eat an entire bulb! You'd be off to hospital I'd say

Alf Veedersane

Like Dolphines Can Swim wrote: »

If would pay a €1000 to see someone eat an entire bulb!

It's cheaper to just fly to France.

floggg

Like Dolphines Can Swim wrote: »

Are you aware how intense it is. If would pay a €1000 to see someone eat an entire bulb! You'd be off to hospital I'd say

€1,000?

I'm game. I'll need to see proof of funds first though.

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floggg wrote: »

€1,000?

I'm game. I'll need to see proof of funds first though.

Fine, I suppose you're not in the Cork area? Let's film it as a safe guard for yourself

DM addict

I have eaten a clove (not bulb!) of raw garlic before (I was a student, it was a bet). It's not that bad.

Does it need to be eaten raw for efficacy or can it be cooked/added to food?

Brian?

Cooked garlic is not an overpowering flavour really.

Pretty much every dish I cook starts with garlic and some type of onion.

Curry: Garlic, Onion and ginger as a base

Chinese food: Garlic, Onion and ginger again

Tomato based pasta sauce: Onion and garlic

Beef stew and it's variations: Onion and garlic.

How can you not eat garlic?

If I was making beef bourginion say, to feed 6-8 people, there would be at least 8 cloves of garlic in it.

Alf Veedersane

DM addict wrote: »

I have eaten a clove (not bulb!) of raw garlic before (I was a student, it was a bet). It's not that bad.

Does it need to be eaten raw for efficacy or can it be cooked/added to food?

Doesn't need to be raw.

Can be taken in supplement format as well.

Like Dolphines Can Swim

DM addict wrote: »

I have eaten a clove (not bulb!) of raw garlic before (I was a student, it was a bet). It's not that bad.

Does it need to be eaten raw for efficacy or can it be cooked/added to food?

To get the the full effect(at least as regards the pain), it needs to be eaten raw. Certain components are lost when cooked

Alf Veedersane

Like Dolphines Can Swim wrote: »

To get the the full effect(at least as regards the pain), it needs to be eaten raw. Certain components are lost when cooked

Which components?

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Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Which components?

I hear it destroys some complex sulfur component! But I'm sure it's still good

Alf Veedersane

Like Dolphines Can Swim wrote: »

I hear it destroys some complex sulfur component! But I'm sure it's still good

Allicin.

But it only degrades slowly as it cooks. You only really add in the garlic towards the very end of the cooking anyway so you don't really lose much at all.

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Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Allicin.

But it only degrades slowly as it cooks. You only really add in the garlic towards the very end of the cooking anyway so you don't really lose much at all.

But there must be something different if it's so much more easy to eat!!

floggg

Like Dolphines Can Swim wrote: »

Fine, I suppose you're not in the Cork area? Let's film it as a safe guard for yourself

Show me the money.

You can send transfer it to the one of the mods to hold if you want.

johnfaul

Any tips other than cooking to reduce the smaeel when you eat garlic.
Ive juiced it before and the smell literally came out of my skin. never again

Alf Veedersane

johnfaul wrote: »

Any tips other than cooking to reduce the smaeel when you eat garlic.
Ive juiced it before and the smell literally came out of my skin. never again

Chew on some parsley afterwards and drink some milk.

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johnfaul wrote: »

Any tips other than cooking to reduce the smaeel when you eat garlic.
Ive juiced it before and the smell literally came out of my skin. never again

The smell will nearly always be there because it takes a long time before it actually gets into your blood. Anything you eat to reduce the smell will only last for a short amount of time!

ted1

Pot of mussels, bit of white wine some butter, add some chopped garlic, boil for 5 mins and enjoy