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It may come as a surprise that garlic is actually part of the same family as the dainty lily. Unlike the lily flower with its delicate fragrance, the strength of smell emanating from garlic is an indicator of its medicinal potency.

Flush Your Liver
Garlic has remarkable effects on the liver’s ability to identify and metabolise hostile cells that could otherwise develop into cancer. In The Complete Guide to Natural Healing, Tom Monte discusses findings by the Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas that garlic encourages the body to produce enzymes, which directly attack cancer cells and tumours.

The compounds that promotes the body’s detoxification process is called allicin, which is also found in onions. Allicin is at its most potent in raw, crushed garlic.

Fight Your Flu
Allicin is also responsible for the antimicrobal and antibiotic properties of garlic. Before the world discovered penicillin, garlic and honey were the antibiotic combination of choice. Used topically or internally, cooked or raw, garlic is a potent medicinal vegetable for fighting infections across the whole body and keeping heart disease at bay.

To fight off flu and cold drink 1-2 glasses daily of:
2 cloves of garlic
1 large carrot
1 medium sized beetroot
1 handful of spinach
1 medium sized apple
1 red onion
ginger (a piece the size of your small finger)
horse radish (a piece the size of your small finger)
Add 1 tablespoon of Manuka Honey (UMF 15+)

This juice won’t win many prizes with delicate taste buds, but it is really worth downing for its potent antibiotic properties.


Crush Your Cholesterol
Garlic has significant impact on cholesterol levels. Not only does it raise the level of HDL cholesterol (the “healthy cholesterol”), it has also been found to significantly reduce the levels of LDL (the “lethal cholesterol”) as well as lowering blood pressure.

As such garlic is heavily used in the diets of heart healthy cultures (e.g. across all of the Mediterranean, Asia) and has been a cornerstone for fighting arteriosclerosis and heart disease in modern times. It is possible to purchase odorless garlic in pill capsules. But clinical studies have not been able to replicate the medicinal benefits of the natural raw version.


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