Be sure to add garlic to your diet this time of the year. Garlic has impressive immune boosting qualities shown to prevent and treat symptoms of a cold or the flu. Fresh garlic chewed, crushed, or sliced releases an enzyme that produces allicin. Eating garlic raw is best. Heating garlic can inactivate this enzyme, so add chopped garlic in the last few minutes of cooking. Allicin is the active component responsible for the medicinal benefits of garlic. Garlic also has other organosulfur compounds, which contribute to its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and detoxifying properties. Studies have shown that garlic can reduce the likelihood of getting a cold or the flu and decrease the severity. Garlic is inexpensive and easy to find in any grocery store, making it an excellent and convenient choice.
Garlic: Weapon against Seasonal Germs!
