Garlic is a super food. Not only does it allow you to improve and strengthen your immune system, but it also allows you to lower blood cholesterol and blood pressure, but also prevent or reduce the presence of clots and thrombosis. But to have these benefits it is very important to know how much and how to eat garlic.
Because you see, garlic has a secret. You have to know how to activate it in order to obtain its benefits in a much more adequate way. And that is exactly what I am going to talk about today.
My name is Juan Ignacio Veller. I am a doctor specialized in cardiology and today I am going to talk to you about the benefits and secrets of garlic, but also about curiosities such as garlic for the prevention of some types of cancer. Garlic as a detoxification that there are very interesting studies, but I want to start here.
The secret of garlic is in one of its components called Allicin. Medicine is a component derived from sulfur. You see, garlic in its natural form does not have Allicin in that way, but it has something else called Aliina la Aliina to become Allicin, which is going to be the one that is going to give you the beneficial effects.
It has to come into contact with another substance that is inside the garlic, but in separate compartments, and it is an enzyme called allinase for Allicin to form, which is going to give you the beneficial effects. You have to combine the alliin with the flaxseed. To do this you have to cut or crush the garlic.
In this way, these two substances are going to unite and are going to form this substance that is going to give the true beneficial effects. So, first thing, collect. How?
Cutting, grinding or chewing. On the other hand, heat destroys allicin. Then it will not allow it to produce its beneficial effects.
So, two things one, garlic should be eaten raw, not heated, because it loses its beneficial effects. 2 You must cut, crush or grind and you have to wait between 5 to 10 minutes for this substance to form that will give you its beneficial effects. Now that you know how to activate garlic, you have to know what benefits it will provide you.
And then I'll tell you how much and how to eat. You see, in your blood there is something called bad cholesterol, which in medicine we know as LDL. That cholesterol is deposited in the arteries and forms these plaques called Atherosclerotic plaques.
If you think that the blood comes through here and this plaque grows more and more, it will reach a point where the blood will not be able to circulate properly when that plaque grows enough or when it breaks and forms a clot. There is fairly convincing evidence that garlic lowers total cholesterol by 5 to 15 percent, but mainly bad cholesterol. And there are smaller studies that show that this plaque, which is the enemy and the one that generates heart attacks, strokes and other diseases, decreases with the consumption of garlic.
While this latest evidence isn't that strong, it stands to reason that if you lower your bad cholesterol, your total cholesterol will eventually lower your plaque. The other great enemy of ours are the bad ones or thrombi, that is, when platelets stick together and form a dense group of platelets, that is a clot. When it is weak, when it is released and travels elsewhere, it is called a thrombus and thus it impacts your arteries like the one in the brain, generating a stroke.
Well, there are also moderately convincing studies that show that consuming garlic every day would allow to decrease platelet aggregation and that would ultimately destroy or decrease or actually prevent the formation of these clots and thrombi. In this way, we could say that we are partially protected from some types of diseases, or at least as garlic has not been shown to be harmful to add to your diet if you are a person who suffers from clots and thrombosis. It would be a recommendation.
But for one little thing, if you are anticoagulant with warfarin and, mainly, with acenocoumarol, consult your doctor, the same as if you are about to have an operation soon. You know why? Because garlic can increase the effects of blood thinners, so parenthesis there.
Eye, always consult with your doctor if you have any of these problems. The other great enemy of world health is arterial hypertension. You will see when your pressure rises in your body there are arteries and veins that break and become damaged.
This predisposes to the formation of these fatty plaques and even to the formation of clots. That is, hypertension collaborates with the previous two. Garlic has been shown in moderately and somewhat less reliable studies to lower high blood pressure, ie.
The systolic between about 5 to 8 points and low pressure. That is, the diastolic call between 4 and 5 points. Now there are studies that compare garlic capsules, which beware, I do not recommend that you take them, I prefer it to be natural garlic, a clove of garlic, as we will talk about later, because many times they are combined with other harmful substances.
Anyway, there are studies that show that pure garlic compared to some blood pressure medications such as atenolol have been significantly beneficial. But I'll give you a parenthesis. Never stop a blood pressure medication or replace it with garlic and much less without first consulting your doctor, because if he prescribed a blood pressure medication, surely you need it, but probably add garlic to your meals raw , as I am going to tell you later, could be beneficial in the event that you are hypertensive, accompanied by the rest of the treatments that your doctor will surely direct you.
Let me tell you about three more benefits of garlic before I tell you about the risks and side effects. And what does a clove of garlic give you and how much should you eat? There are two types of cancer.
It is well known in the gastrointestinal system that of the stomach and that of the large intestine and the small intestine . The evidence is quite in favor of garlic and other plants of the garlic family such as onions, chives, etc. would improve and prevent being one of the most frequent cancers in the elderly.
What is colon cancer and intestinal cancer, Regarding stomach cancer, the evidence is a little less and this would not be proven. But again, garlic is so harmless that it might be helpful to include it in your antioxidant diet because it's high in antioxidants. That is, antioxidant substances inflame, produce hypertension, produce clots, produce thrombi and garlic is a good source of antioxidants.
Let me tell you one of the most curious things in animal studies, it has been seen that garlic strengthens and improves the immune system of these animals. What do I mean? In the laboratory it has been seen that it is good for fighting bacteria, viruses, parasites and we have not known how to draw a fungus, but also fungi.
This has been studied a lot when it comes to the flu. It has even been included in what has to do with COVID19. However, when one reviews the evidence, the evidence is very confusing.
Some studies show that patients who ate garlic get less sick from the flu, get less sick from COVID, but other studies show the opposite, that there is no effect. What I want to tell you is apparently it would strengthen your immune system, but this has been well proven in animals and in laboratories and sadly, to date, it has not been possible to verify it accurately in studies in humans. In other words, more information is needed for me to make a recommendation regarding fighting the flu and the immune system.
But once again, garlic has almost no side effects, so it can be recommended in some diets to improve and strengthen your immune system. And finally, I want to tell you about a very interesting study. A study has been done on auto battery workers and they have been given garlic to eat.
A group and another group from the same factory that did not eat garlic when they were studied after three or four weeks, it has been seen that the blood of the patients who ate garlic had 20 percent less lead. So that's good information because it says that garlic would help us detoxify heavy metals, in this case lead. There are other small studies that relate to other heavy metals and even other substances that are very interesting to read and that we leave you in the description of this video.
Now you will want to know what garlic provides and how much and how you should eat it. You see, garlic gives you large quantities, not really that large, because the portion you should eat is very small, which is one clove of garlic, two bars per day, that is, between 4 and 6 grams of garlic, but it gives you Interesting amounts of potassium, B-complex vitamins , C-complex vitamins , and manganese. Here it should say manganese.
Now remember, it is important that to obtain these benefits you can take advantage of this impressive substance called Aulicino and for that you must eat it raw, cut, ground, chopped or crushed. Include it that way in salads, for example 2 garlic in meats after having prepared them. Because remember that the heat destroys the Aulicino or make a small slice of garlic as I love to add it to the oil and season your meals at the end with that garlic oil , even garlic powder also comes, which is usually very.
As long as it does not have additives or even garlic oil, depending on its composition, it can also be consumed. But the recommendations are safe and I consumed raw, natural garlic. And here is a detail.
There are many people who believe that they should consume garlic on an empty stomach because it is good, right? That is not so true. When I consume on an empty stomach you can increase the side effects, which are nausea, abdominal pain and mainly unpleasant breath.
So I do not recommend that you eat garlic on an empty stomach, but that you add it to meals as we talked about here. And again the recommendations between 1 to 2 cloves of garlic per day, as long as you do not have a contraindication. Let's finally talk about the risks and side effects.
There are some people in the world who are allergic to the jewel and described really serious allergic reactions. If you notice that your skin is itchy, red, sneezing a lot, or have other side effects after eating garlic, I recommend that you stop eating garlic and ask your doctor if it would be advisable to continue adding it to your diet. , because it is well described that there are people who are really allergic to halitosis.
One of the main side or unwanted effects of garlic is actually the bad smell in the mouth. And that's true because lysine, in addition to being very beneficial, is very stinky. And that is transmitted when we talk, when we talk to other people, when we meet, when he sneezes.
The recommendation is to eat less garlic, brush your teeth well, use mouthwash and not always eat them alone and accompany them with some oil from some meat to reduce this side effect a little and stomach pain , dyspepsia, gastric discomfort They can be avoided by moving garlic away from fasting, from continuing to eat accompanied with meals. I hope this talk is really useful for you. Follow us, leave us a comment that this talk was made thanks to your comments.
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