In a recent study, women who regularly consumed garlic along with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables were 35% less likely to develop colon cancer. Before you go out and stuff your mouth full of garlic cloves rather than get regular colon screenings, do keep in mind that more research is needed to confirm this. It isn’t to say we wouldn’t appreciate you sending us a selfie of you with a bunch of garlic crammed in your mouth, though.
It could slow down the effects of Alzheimer’s
Garlic isn’t a magical pill that can prevent you from ever suffering from degenerative memory and cognitive diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s, but it does contain a generous amount of antioxidants, which at the very least can slow down the effects up to a certain point, potentially allowing sufferers to enjoy a high quality of life a bit longer than they otherwise might.
