Sunday, January 30, 2011

Importance of Dates in your Daily life

Dates are one type of dry fruits which contains lots of essential nutrients .Dates

GARLIC AND ITS MEDICINAL VALUES

GARLIC

Garlic  belongs to the  family Allicaceae. Its scientific name is Allium sativum.It leading producer in the world is China followed by India.It contains many medicinal values. It has many anti bacterial and antiviral properties.Garlic which is more pungent is known to contain more sulphur content which has more medicinal values than garlic which is less pungent.It is known to prevent cold and flu.

Health benefits of garlic can be increased if we start using it for cooking after it reaches the room temperature.If the chopped garlic is left for sometime before cooking its anti cancerous properties get improved.Allicin (one of the garlics highly valued sulphur compound stays intact in tact for 2 -16hrs at room temp.but chopped garlic it stays for 2-1/2 days.

Garlic is a very good a source of manganese, vitamin-C ,Selenium and vitamin-B6.

The antioxidant property of Garlic is due to the presence of Selenium in it.

Vitamin B6 present in it  helps prevent heart disease.

Garlic is also known to increase the milk production in lactating women.This is the reason why in India the lactating women are given more garlic for 3 to 6 months after giving birth.

 
Garlic has more antibacterial and anti viral properties.

It  is also effective against fungus, worms and yeast.

The disulphide in garlic ajoene, has been successfully used to prevent infection caused by yeast Candida albicans.
It also prevents the bacterial infections which are not cured by prescription antibiotics due to the resistance built by their excessive use.


Garlic is known to improve the iron metabolism in our body.
Garlic improves the production of  ferroportin a protein which helps keep iron in circulation as it is needed.