Cholesterol is the fatty component of the blood that can increase your risk of strokes and heart attacks. But to make matters kind of confusing, there is a “good” kind of cholesterol that your body needs (HDL) along with the evil kind (LDL). Studies show that eating generous amounts of garlic can reduce LDL levels by as much as 15% while maintaining healthy HDL levels. So now you have no excuses for not adding a heaping spoonful of garlic to your milkshakes, okay?
Antibiotics up the yin and yang
Garlic contains allicin, a bioactive antibiotic that has been demonstrated to suppress the growth of certain bacteria, including salmonella and various types of fungi. This doesn’t mean you should just go ahead and throw your prescription antibiotics into a back alley dumpster or anything. But when used in conjunction with your meds, you can fend off all manner of harmful microorganisms.
