Garlic is widely used as a cooking spice, many people in Indonesia when cooking using garlic, but do you know, if eating garlic without cooking first or raw has many benefits for your body health, this is the efficacy of eating raw garlic:
- Decrease the risk of cancer
In garlic there are bioactive sulfur compounds, where these compounds can prevent cancer in the body also inhibits cells that are not good for the body. The results from studies around the world prove that the efficacy of eating raw garlic reduces the risk of cancer such as breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lung cancer.
- Lowering cholesterol levels
Experts at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, reveals that eating raw garlic can lower bad cholesterol in the body and increase cholesterol well in the body.
- Prevent high blood pressure and control hypertension
In addition to containing bioactive sulfur compounds, in garlic also contain polysulfide content that can control high blood pressure for people with hypertension.
