Mmmm I used dried chickpeas, but after soaking them for 8+ hours they are ready to sprout! You can even grow them if you want! :)

I've heard of lots of raw foodies that avoid garlic and onions, and as well as bunch of positive and negative effects of eating them raw and/or cooked...

That's a super interesting perspective and especially interesting story about garlic! Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate reading this whole new side of garlic! <3

It's kind of ironic though because my whole family on my dad's side is super Italian and all LOVE garlic and use it in almost everything they cook! As well as pretty much every raw dish they make as well! Hehe.
Though now that I think about it, that explains why the raw vegan cafe we've been eating from extremely frequently lately often avoids garlic and onions in most, if not all, of their dishes! Since they are super focused on helping people heal and most people need healing with intestinal, especially gut related issues!

I definitely would agree that it's best not to eat LOTS of raw garlic daily, unless you are sick with some disease/illness/virus, as that burning can be a super medicinal antibiotic!
However it can be just as harmful if over done! Like the saying "too much medicine can be poison" and would not recommend eating large doses of such substances unnecessarily without a serious purpose/intention, especially on a daily basis!

I doubt it is harmful in this particular recipe as I only put 2-3 cloves inside a HUGE batch of hummus!
Fortunately, garlic cloves can always be replaced with garlic chives, and maybe even ginger or other spices! :D
So I'll definitely keep that in mind since I have lots of garlic chives growing in the garden next time I want to use raw garlic! <3

In the end as long as everything is in balance I doubt it can be seriously harmful, as almost everything everyone does on a daily basis is technically "suicidal/self-destructive" :P hehe, but definitely worthy of noting to be careful with in any extreme cases, particularly for people with a leaky gut as you said!! <3

I'm not sure of many things being safe to be injected directly into the blood stream though hehe, except in emergencies, like coconut water! <3
Before reading the last part, I thought you were gonna say they used the garlic so that it would sting/hurt more after getting shot xD It's interesting because I heard lots of people also in WW II that actually used garlic topically to help heal, clean, and disinfect war-wounds! O: