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[hajovonkeller]

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[thedualisticfoodie]

Magic Garlic

In 2009 I was living in San Francisco when that whole H1N1 Swine virus was going around and I was literally terrified to leave my apartment. The media did a good job assuring me I would surely die if I caught it, and maybe turn into a pig just before departing this good earth. Every throat tickle, every sneeze = panic. I was working with my good friend Olivia Speranza on a couple of online video shows and told her about my predicament. She told me whenever she felt sick she'd chop up a clove of garlic and just swallow it. It sounded crazy, but desperate times call for equally desperate measures. I'd done the Master Cleanse for 5 days so I knew if I could live off of cayenne and lemons, chugging salt water in the mornings to induce anal urination, I was absolutely qualified to down a clove of garlic. To my surprise it was not that bad, and better yet the little piggy never got the best of me. Trying to be healthy today, my fiance Justin and I chop up a clove of garlic whenever we can remember and take it with a little honey and a big gulp of water, like you would a vitamin. If garlic can ward off vampires and cancer, a little flu is nothing. 

Health Benefits of Garlic:

Immune System Booster

Cardiovascular Support

Reduces the Risk of certain cancers

Antibacterial & Anti-fungal properties 

The question you beg- don't you stink? The answer is, stinky is relative. I now love the smell of garlic and garlicky people. I look forward to taking garlic raw. I don't look forward to the smell of garlic farts, but they are few and far between... sort of. 

13 Surprising Healthy Benefits of Garlic - Readers Digest