Garlic - a wonderful, healthy onion

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Did you know that garlic has several affects on human health?

Garlic:

• Has proven beneficial effect on our immune system 
• Has proven to relieve the effects of cold
• Is antibacterial
• Is antiviral

In Sweden garlic has been classed as herbal against cold, meaning it have to be secure and with a proven effect.

Garlic contains something called allicin, a compound of sulphur, which the onion uses to protect itself from bacteria etc. But it is also the allicin that has the beneficial effect on humans. 

The compound is however very volatile, so if you want the benefits from it, you have to eat it raw - if you heat the garlic, the allicin is gone.