{"id":28357,"date":"2016-09-06T01:39:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T01:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/10-health-benefits-of-garlic\/"},"modified":"2016-09-06T01:39:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T01:39:39","slug":"10-health-benefits-of-garlic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/10-health-benefits-of-garlic\/","title":{"rendered":"10 health benefits of garlic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Garlic is a herb used by many as a flavouring in cooking but what many don\u2019t know is that garlic has so many health benefits.}<\/p>\n<p>{{Below are 10 health benefits of garlic}}<\/p>\n<p>1. According to a study carried out by Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in China, people who eat raw garlic at least twice a week have a 44% lower risk of developing lung cancer.<\/p>\n<p>2. Consuming garlic regularly will help increase your s*x drive because it helps promote blood circulation.<\/p>\n<p>3. A study published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy found that garlic is a powerful antibiotic which has the potential to reduce disease-causing bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>4. People who are diabetic will find garlic very useful because garlic regulates blood sugar level.<\/p>\n<p>5. A study published in the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention found that men who ate garlic have a lower risk of prostrate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>6. Garlic is good for the heart. A study by researchers at Emory University School of Medicine found that garlic protects the heart.<\/p>\n<p>7. Garlic helps keep the blood pressure normal by causing the walls of the blood vessels to relax.<\/p>\n<p>8. Regular consumption of garlic thins the blood and help reduce the risk of blood clot formation and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>9. Consuming garlic helps lower bad cholesterol.<\/p>\n<p>10. Garlic help prevent brain tumour due to organo-sulphur compounds found in garlic that destroys brain tumour cells.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-14797 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/garlic.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Garlic is a herb used by many as a flavouring in cooking but what many don\u2019t know is that garlic has so many health benefits.} {{Below are 10 health benefits of garlic}} 1. According to a study carried out by Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in China, people who eat raw garlic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[75],"byline":[2483],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-28357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-homenews","byline-elcrema"],"bylines":[{"id":2483,"name":"ELCREMA","slug":"elcrema","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2483,"name":"ELCREMA","slug":"elcrema","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28357"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=28357"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=28357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}