This Is What Happens When You Start Eating Raw Garlic & Honey Every Morning!

Last Updated on January 16, 2020

2. It Improves cholesterol levels

As you know, there are two different types of cholesterol: LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol. The first is known as the “bad cholesterol” while the second is the “good cholesterol”. So, when people say they have high cholesterol, it actually means that they have high levels of LDL cholesterol.

And when this happens, plaque builds up in your arteries leading to the development of atherosclerosis – a disease in which the inside of an artery narrows, that can lead to other dangerous (and even life-threatening) complications such as coronary artery disease or stroke.

Garlic can lower your bad cholesterol levels by a few percentage points (between 5% and 15%). This might not sound like much, but it can actually have a huge impact on your heart health. However, it is worth mentioning that it only has a short-term effect.

3. It Might prevent Alzheimer’s disease

Garlic might also have an effect on brain health. According to a study published in 2019, eating garlic on a regular basis can potentially prevent memory problems related to aging due to a compound called allyl sulfide.
The main cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease as it accounts for nearly 70% of its cases. It is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and is yet poorly understood. Recent research has found that garlic might reduce the risk of developing memory and cognitive issues caused by brain cell degeneration.

This conclusion was made after extensive testing performed on mice, so it might take a while before we can see any scientific proof of effective results on humans. But it sounds promising.

Old mice (24 years old) that took allyl sulfide had healthier gut bacteria when compared with mice of the same age that weren’t dosed with the compound.

The co-author of the study explained that “the diversity of the gut microbiota is diminished in elderly people, a life stage when neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s develop and memory and cognitive abilities can decline. We want to better understand how changes in the gut microbiota relate to aging-associated cognitive decline”.

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