Garlic is used in many variations of cuisines all over the world because it adds to the taste.
Little did people know that garlic has a lot of health and beauty benefits because it has immune-boosting, antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-fungal effects.
Eating garlic can help lessen the risk of being exposed to certain types of cancer, such as Colon, Stomach and rectal cancer. However, manufactured garlic or artificial garlic used only for flavoring doesn't work that way. It will only take effect if it is fresh and naturally grown.
Garlic is rich in antioxidants, so eating garlic regularly and adding garlic into one's diet can actually protect a person from catching colds and even if a person still ends up catching colds, it can still help to get rid of a person's colds out of his system faster.
People who suffer diabetes are recommended to regularly consume garlic because it helps balance their blood sugar. It also helps with the production of insulin their bodies.
Rubbing a slice of garlic on a person's skin can help clear up acne, it is advised to rub the garlic before going to bed then wash it off in the morning.
For those who are suffering hair-loss, it is believed that squeezing a bunch of garlic to produce "garlic-juice" on their scalp and massage it gently and leaving it for a while can help improve the growth of hair.
Placing a small portion of garlic directly onto an aching tooth can help alleviate the pain.
Eating garlic can help alleviate the severity of allergies, it helps lessen the inflammation of airways (especially allergies that may affect airways) and soothe areas of irritation.
A study had shown that people who add garlic to their diets are unlikely to suffer tick-bites compared to those who don't usually eat garlic. (Tick bites can lead to a disease, called the Lyme disease which causes a person to lose the ability to move due to painful joints, heart palpitations and severe headaches)
