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Is garlic good or bad?
I just read that garlic is "poison for the brain". Now I'm really confused because a lot of websites state, that garlic is good for you and provide good reasons, while other websites do the exact opposite.
Now is there a smart person on here, who could explain the truth? .__.
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This site breaks down the rumor that garlic is harmful and finds it wanting:
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There are no reputable scientific studies that show any harm from garlic to the brain. Garlic's increased blood flow is great for the brain, and populations that eat the most garlic (Mediterranean populations) have a lower risk of Alzheimer's and dementia:
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The sites that have been telling you this aren't scientific or reputable, and I'd suggest not using them as a resource.
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I have never heard that garlic is poison for the brain. Garlic has curative effects, helping strengthen your otherwise naturally immune system when it is under attack due to cold or virus germs or just run down from stress and lack of sleep and being more suseptable to illness that may come along.
It is also a known fact that too much of one thing, even if taken in normal amounts, is not toxic, can't kill you, has some benefits for the body and possible curative, immune boosting effects.
You know that enough water intake daily is important to good health. Did you know that too much in a small space of time can lead to intoxication, same effects of drowning in water and even possibly death if not treated? Heres a link to prove that:
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Now here is one link on garlic and the few things that might be a problem if you take way too much of it, no mention of being poison for the brain.
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What is important to realize is that the guideline of daily recommended requirement by Doctors of whicht vitamin and minerals are essential for good health is there for a reason, so we know if we are not getting enough. But also so we are not taking in too much of any one good thing. Each plant and fruit and vegetable contains many different components in its make up. One of those in too much concentration in our bodies can cause problematic effects like too much gas, bloating, diarrhea, stomach pains, acid indigestion, tiredness, hyper, headaches, congestion in nose, bronchial, chest, etc... and some things taken in too large an amount can by other symptoms if not treated in some cases, lead to eventual death.
Of course, as you said, you'll always find opposing reports on the net that something is good for or bad for you...two different views it would seem.
But if you actually research it closely you realize its a bunch of bunk, just an excuse, flimsy reason to publish an article. I once heard a report that "Chocolate is good for your heart, so you can go ahead and eat as much of it as you can."
Well, there's just one or two enzymes in chocolate that are beneficial but not present in large enough amounts to really help. It is better for you to go to a natural food/supplement outlet and purchase that enzyme in a concentrated pill form. Eating the amount of chocolate needed to help your heart would possibly cause terrible acne outbreak due to the fat content. Thats one that happens to me if I overdo it. Also the sugar increase in diet if kept up can lead to diabetes. There may be other problems but I don't have the time to look. Here's the article on chocolate
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So basically, you need to excercise your common sense in relation to what you hear and do more research on your own to know whats what.
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