Advantages and disadvantages of garlic(Lahsun)

  

  Advantages and disadvantages of garlic

Lahsun is a food item that enhances the flavor of many vegetables.  The garlic tempering increases the taste of the vegetable from lifeless to multiplication.  These edible ingredients found in almost every kitchen not only enhance the taste of vegetables, but it is also very beneficial for health.  Today we are going to tell you about some similar benefits of garlic in this article.

Medicinal Properties of Garlic -

There was a time when there were no drug shops like today.  At that time, garlic was also used for Ayurvedic treatment. Garlic is rich in anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial properties.  It contains allicin and other sulfur compounds. In addition, garlic contains elements like ajoene and compounds like alleins, which make garlic a more effective medicine.  However, because of these elements and compounds, garlic tastes bitter, but these components also give garlic the ability to cure infection (1). Let's now know about the beneficial properties of garlic one by one.

1. Garlic helps in weight loss -

Nowadays everyone has a busy routine.  People are not able to pay much attention to their health in the cycle of creating synergy between home and work.  Due to poor diet and not exercising regularly, people are also falling prey to obesity.

 However, many times people try to exercise regularly and diet while eating, but they are not able to do so for long.  In such a situation, garlic can prove to be helpful to a large extent in stopping weight gain. It helps to inhibit the expression of adipogenic tissue, increases thermogenesis and reduces harmful cholesterol.  Garlic can give you relief from obesity due to its unique properties.

2. Garlic controls high blood pressure - 

 These days the risk of high blood pressure in people is increasing very fast.  Some people resort to medicines to control it, while some people take home remedies.  Consuming garlic as a home remedy in high blood pressure has proved very useful. Actually, garlic contains the bioactive sulfur compound, S-allylcysteine, which lowers blood pressure to 10 mmhg (systolic pressure) and 8 mmhg (dialytic pressure).  Since sulfur deficiency also causes high blood pressure, giving the body a diet containing organosulfur compounds can help stabilize blood pressure.

3. Garlic helps in fighting diabetes - 

 Due to the changing and unbalanced lifestyle everyday, many people are suffering from diabetes ie diabetes, but very few people know that consuming garlic can prevent diabetes.  Scientists at IICT (India) fed garlic to mice in the laboratory. This was followed by a decrease in glucose and triglyceride levels in the blood of mice. In addition, insulin sensitivity in the body of mice was also increased .  Therefore, if you suspect diabetes or have diabetes, then you should consume garlic. It increases the amount of insulin by controlling the level of sugar in the body.

 4. Garlic prevents colds - 

Due to the change in the weather, it is very common to have a cold-cold, but it is not necessary to take English medicines every time for the treatment of these diseases.  Actually, garlic has a wealth of anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-oxidant properties. It contains an enzyme called aliens (or aliens), which transforms into a sulfur-containing compound called allicin.  This compound increases white blood cells, which helps fight cold-virus .

5. Garlic is helpful in cholesterol prevention - 

 People are also having problems of increasing cholesterol due to high oil-ghee food.  US scientists have found in one of their investigations that the consumption of chronic garlic can help reduce the level of LDL cholesterol (which is harmful cholesterol) in the body.  However, there is no consensus among scientists regarding this property of garlic so far.

6. Garlic is helpful in fighting heart related diseases - 

 As we know, diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol have a direct relationship with heart related diseases.  In such a situation, the consumption of garlic can prove effective in the prevention of heart related diseases.

 7. Relief from eating garlic in arthritis -

Garlic is also very beneficial for bones.  It has been found that the consumption of garlic provides considerable relief to patients suffering from bone diseases like osteoporosis and arthritis.  Scientists have proved through experiments that garlic is able to suppress undelectomy-induced bone adsorption. In addition, researchers have also discovered that garlic helps suppress enzymes that degrade the diallyl disulfide matrix.  In this way, garlic also prevents damage to bones. 

 8. Benefits of garlic consumption during pregnancy- 

 Early in pregnancy, garlic may be included in limited quantities.  At this time, garlic has less effect on the fetus . However, garlic should be used with little consideration in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.  During this time, due to the wrong effect of garlic, there may be problems like thinning of the blood, upset stomach or low blood pressure. Therefore, before eating garlic in pregnancy, please consult your doctor.

9. Garlic increases the ability to fight diseases - 

 Garlic has phytonutrients, which are a type of antioxidant.  Antioxidants flush out toxins from our body and reduce oxidative stress in the body.  In other words, antioxidants protect you from falling ill. Researchers have also found that eating garlic increases the number of immune cells in our body in many ways.  (13)

 10. Garlic keeps liver healthy -

 Consuming a limited amount of garlic may prove useful for people who have liver inflammation.  Scientists have found that S-allelmar captocysteine ​​(SAMC) found in garlic is helpful in the treatment of hepatic injuries.  At the same time, garlic oil is full of antioxidative properties, which protects against liver inflammation.

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