08/29/2025
⚡️Did you know, garlic has superpowers?! ⚡️
It’s an excellent source of vitamin B6, manganese, selenium and vitamin C, along with minerals including phosphorous, calcium, potassium, iron and copper. It’s antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial.
As a member of the genus Allium, garlic contains a number of sulphur compounds, including allicin, which is anti-cancer and helps prevent free radical damage to the linings of blood vessels. This limits inflammation, which may ward off heart attacks and stroke. Plus, garlic boosts cognitive function and memory.
Perhaps most fascinating, garlic intake helps boost the body’s iron metabolism, making it easy for that vital mineral get to the places in the body where it needs to be. One of those places is the brain, as iron deficiencies are strongly linked with weaker cognitive performance.
What Israeli food chemists found.
If you’re using garlic in a meal, the first thing that you should do when you walk into your kitchen is take the back of your knife and smash or chop it. Then let it sit for 10 minutes. That’s how the compound allicin develops, and where all that anti-cancer action comes from.
Chopping then letting the garlic rest for 10 minutes allows for the maximum amount of allicin to be created. Then the heat-sensitive enzyme is no longer needed, and you can cook away!
🌟A couple of great culinary tricks with garlic🌟
🧄To avoid burning garlic: heat your pan. Once warm, add olive oil. Take your pan off the heat, saute garlic for 20 seconds. Proceed with your recipe.
🧄To prepare ahead: chop or crush garlic. Rest 10 minutes (so maximum allicin develops!). Place in a jar and cover with olive oil. Your garlic is ready when you are!
✏️ Information bits sourced from the blog post www.rebeccakatz. com/blog/garlic