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Article: The clove that cures: garlic helps fight cancer, heart disease, new research suggests.
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- Food Processing
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
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Gar-licks," wrote Lucy Emerson in her 1808 book, "New England Cookery," "though used by the French, are better adapted to medicine than cookery." Emerson was a pioneer for penning what's believed to be the first published cookbook in this country, and it seems that she was also right on target about garlic's health benefits.
Garlic, a member of the onion family, has been used medicinally since the beginning of history. Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Chinese and Indian physicians believed it cured a wide range of ills, including heart disease. While garlic isn't exactly a nutritional powerhouse, it does contain an organosulfide called allium sativum. Allium ...