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Article: Crush garlic before cooking for health benefits: study

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February 17, 2007
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London, Feb 17 -- If you are cooking with garlic, crush the pods first for health benefits, says a study.

Garlic's health benefits and medicinal properties are well known. It has long been considered a herbal "wonder drug" with a reputation in folklore for preventing everything from the common cold and flu to the plague.

Garlic is used extensively in herbal medicine and it contains compounds shown to help prevent blood clots. But most studies have tested raw garlic and cooking can damage garlic's anti-clotting compounds, reported an online edition of health magazine WebMD.

Crushing garlic may help prevent that damage, report researchers in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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