Nutrition facts and Nutritional information of Garlic

Garlic (Allium sativum, чеснок, الثوم) is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant of the onion family of the genus Allium in the family Amaryllidaceae (Alliaceae). It is a powerful aromatic medicinal and culinary plant that has been cultivated for thousands of years.

Garlic is an allium and another feeding source just like onion. Garlic and onion share many nutritional similarities.

Garlic is high in many mineral salts and vitamins such as selenium, manganese, vitamin C, thiamine B6 as well as it is high in flavonoids (antioxidants).

Sulfide allicin is the main organosulfur compound obtained from garlic. Garlic produces allicin to protect itself from insects. However, sulfide allicin is responsible for many of garlic’s health benefits.

Sulfide allicin is a chemical that can help in:

•  Improving cardiovascular health
•  Reducing the possibility of  blood clotting
•  Regulation of blood cholesterol
• Garlic also help in the treatment of diabetes.

 

Garlic can be easily worked into or included easily in a very wide array of dishes and traditional orthodox cooks because it tastes good even when used quite liberally.

Try this easy bean recipe the next time you are in the mood for power through Garlic.

Sort, rinse, and soak 1 pound of beans (pinto beans, white Brazilian beans, red Russian beans, thick American beans,) overnight in bicarbonated water or by a quicker method (boiling and then letting rest for 1 hour in boiled water with bicarbonate).

Drain off the soak water, and cover the cooked beans with several inches of water.

Add 5-7 peeled and coarsely chopped cloves of organic garlic. boil it on a low level heat, and simmer for 2-3 hours, until beans are very tender.

Add Salt & pepper to taste – eat with joy this traditional healthy orthodox cook to strengthen the tonus of your muscles giving you the inner health with an outer natural unbreakable shield.

 

 

Garlic Full Nutrition Profile

Verified by: Dr.Diab (June 28, 2017)

Citation: Dr.Diab. (June 28, 2017). Nutrition facts and Nutritional information of Garlic. Medcoi Journal of Medicine, 4(2). urn:medcoi:article18240.