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Article: Garlic is the go-to herb for health, whether raw, cooked or supplements.(Drug overview)
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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Garlic aficionados hold festivals each summer to celebrate what they affectionately call "the stinking rose." There you'll find garlic-flavored jams, even garlic ice cream. But taste isn't the only reason garlic is beloved. It's been revered for centuries for benefiting conditions ranging from yeast infections and acne to mosquito bites and heart disease.
Just how much of garlic's resume is folklore and how much is fact? EN looks at the science behind the clove.
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