date:Nov 15, 2018
Garlic is rich in sulphur compounds, responsible both for its pungent odor and many of its purported medicinal effects. It also contains the mineral selenium. Garlic is one of the most studied botanicals: Investigations of the health properties attributed to it have generated hundreds of publications in the last decade alone. In fact, a number of epidemiologic studies have linked garlic consumption specifically to reduced incidence of CVD.
Some of the mechanisms by which garlic works include l