Vegetable - Garlic - Other Tips

Garlic

1. Selection :
   • Purchase garlic that is plump and has unbroken skin. Gently squeeze the garlic bulb between your fingers to check that it feels firm and is not damp.
   • Avoid garlic that is soft, shrivelled, and mouldy or that has begun to sprout. These may be indications of decay that will cause inferior flavor and texture. Size is often not an indication of quality. If your recipe calls for a large amount of garlic, remember that it is always easier to peel and chop a few larger cloves than many smaller ones. Fresh garlic is available in the market throughout the year.
2. Special Tip :Before you go to bed at night, prepare this magic portion:
   • Finely chop or use the food blender to chop up two cloves of fresh garlic and let it expose to the air for a few minutes while you wash up your blender or chopping board.The chopping releases the enzyme allinase in the garlic.
   • Gather the chopped garlic on a spoon and swallow it with water.
   • The garlic will travel your entire digestive tract while you sleep and scavenge and neutralize all the toxins, carcinogens, harmful bacteria, fungi, viruses, foreign chemical before they can harm your healthy cells.
   • Swallowing the chopped garlic will not give you garlic breath, as long as you don’t chew it.
   • You brush your teeth and rinse your mouth before you go to bed anyway.In the morning, drink a big glass of water.
   • Your first bowel movement will have a strong garlic odour and you will know that the harmful stuff have been eliminated from your body.
   • Try it, especially if you have had a bad eating day.
3. Storage :
   • Store fresh garlic in either an uncovered or a loosely covered container in a cool, dark place away from exposure to heat and sunlight. This will help maintain its maximum freshness and help prevent sprouting, which reduces its flavor and causes excess waste. It is not necessary to refrigerate garlic. Some people freeze peeled garlic; however, this process reduces its flavor profile and changes its texture.
   • Depending upon its age and variety, whole garlic bulbs will keep fresh for about a month if stored properly. Inspect the bulb frequently and remove any cloves that appear to be dried out or moldy. Once you break the head of garlic, it greatly reduces its shelf life to just a few days.
4. Cooking :Too much heat for too long will reduce the activity of the health-promoting sulphur compounds that have formed by letting it sit for 5-10 minutes; it will also make garlic bitter. Therefore expose garlic to heat for as little time as possible (5-15 minutes).
5. Usage :This vegetable is used in different ways of Cooking and even in more areas as a different substitute. Read more >>
   
   

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Vegetable - Garlic - Allergies

Garlic

1. Side effects:
   • Stomach or digestion problems :Garlic can irritate the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Use with caution if you have stomach or digestion problems.
   • Garlic might prolong bleeding :Stop taking garlic at least two weeks before a scheduled surgery.
   • Pregnancy and breast-feeding :Garlic is unsafe when used in medicinal amounts in pregnancy and breast-feeding. There isn’t enough reliable information about the safety of using garlic on the skin if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side, and avoid use.
2. Caution :
   • Garlic is a very potent medicinal herb. Take no more than three cloves a day (especially if taken raw). One or two cloves daily is sufficient for you to enjoy all the health benefits it has to offer.
   • As garlic has a blood-thinning effect, do not take it with other anti-coagulant drugs. Avoid taking large quantities of garlic. Though rare, high doses of garlic can trigger some health problems in some people causing anaemia, weight loss, excessive gas, diarrhoea or asthma.

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Vegetable - Garlic - Beauty - Tips

Garlic

1. Healthy mouth :Before sleeping, cut garlic into small pieces and swallow with glass of milk. You will not feel any bad odour coming from your mouth.

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Vegetable - Garlic - Nutrition - Facts

Garlic

Vitamins & Minerals :

Vitamins	Garlic is an excellent source of vitamins A, B-complex and C.
Minerals	Garlic provides a good supply of minerals like manganese, phosphorus, calcium, copper, potassium, iron and copper.

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Vegetable - Garlic - Health - Benefits

Garlic

1. Cancer prevention : Its anti-cancer properties help decrease the risks of cancers, especially stomach and colon cancer.
2. Tick bites :Scientists have compared the number of tick bites in people who take high doses of garlic compared to people who do not take garlic. High doses of dietary garlic, over about a five-month period, seem to reduce the number of tick bites.
3. Toxicity :The sulphur compounds in garlic greatly help in detoxifying the blood of toxins, lead and other heavy metals.
4. Metabolism :Garlic may be able to improve our metabolism of iron. When iron is stored up in our cells, one of the key passageways for it to be moved out of the cell and returned into circulation involves a protein called ferroportin. Ferroportin is protein that runs across the cell membrane, and it provides a bridge for iron to cross over and leave the cell. Garlic may be able to increase our body's production of ferroportin, and in this way, help keep iron in circulation as it is needed.
5. Hardening of the arteries:As people age, their arteries tend to lose their ability to stretch and flex with age. Garlic seems to reduce this effect.Colon cancer, rectal cancer, and stomach cancer. Eating garlic seems to reduce the risk of developing these cancers. However, garlic supplements don’t seem to offer the same benefit.
6. Anti-coagulant :The natural and effective blood-thinning method, safer than taking aspirin which can cause stomach bleeding. This means that it is protective against thrombosis—blockages of blood flow by clots.
7. Wind : Small amounts of garlic taken can help relieve gas in the stomach.
8. Fungal infections :Raw garlic juice taken internally is effective in treating fungal infections like athlete’s foot or ear infections. Also apply the juice directly to the affected area to soothe the itch.
9. Hypertension : The cleansing of the arterial deposits helps to normalize blood pressure.
10. Peptic ulcer: Also effective against the bacterial stomach parasite which causes peptic ulcers.
11. Common cold : If you feel a cold coming on, take a clove or two of garlic to prevent it. If you have got a cold, take garlic too. It acts as a medication for the cold, helps relieve congestion and aids in speedy recovery.
12. Encephalitis : Garlic taken in high doses (under doctor’s observation) have been known to cure encephalitis, but please read the cautionary note below.
13. Cholesterol :Garlic juice significantly reduces the oxidation of the blood cholesterol and the build-up of plaque in arteries, decreasing the risks of heart diseases.
14. Diabetes :Take one clove of garlic daily to lower blood sugar level.

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Vegetable - Garlic

Garlic

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About the Vegetable :About the Vegetable : Garlic is a bulbous plant.It has been recognized in almost all the cultures for its medicinal properties as well as culinary uses. This wonderful herbal plant, grown for its underground root or bulb, contains health promoting phyto-nutrient substances that have proven benefits against coronary artery diseases, infections and cancers.

Scientific / Binomial name : Allium sativum

Popularly Known as :Allium sativum, Lehsun, Bolloli, Vellulipaya, Bellulli, Yellipaya

Usage :It is used in many ways.

• Garlic is one of the common ingredients employed to enhance the flavour of vegetable, meat, and seafood preparations.
• This Vegetable is also available in many colours and Varieties in the market.Show varieties
• Its cloves are added to give a spicy pungent flavour to the preparations like breads, toast and Bruschetta (grilled bread slices rubbed with garlic paste with toppings such as olive oil, pepper, tomato, cheese, meat...etc.).
• The cloves also been used in the preparation of seasonal soups, chutney, and sauces.
• Tender garlic tops are used like vegetables just like scallions and chives along with vegetables, eggs in some recipe preparations in East Asian countries.

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