The benefits of garlic are astounding.
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Garlic is amazing, am I right? Garlic makes everything taste better. Did you know that it has some amazing health benefits though? It is seriously underrated in terms of health. Everyone eats it but doesn’t really know what it can do for you if you are eating it on a regular basis.
If you want a good recipe to use garlic in, look no further than my butternut squash soup recipe 👀
Lets cut to the chase…
Garlic can benefit you in these ways:
- Help manage blood pressure
- Promotes bone health
- Strengthens immune system
- Fights bacteria
- Anti-Cancer
- Regulates blood sugar
Who wouldn’t want to start using garlic in their daily life with those benefits? To top it all off it’s delicious, so its a win-win!
Now have you ever heard of what happens to your body after you eat 6 cloves of roasted garlic?
The First Hour: Body digests Garlic
Hours 2-4: Starts to destroy cancer cells and free cells of free radical damage
4-6 Hours in: Metabolism starts speeding up.
Hour 6-7: Garlic starts destroying harmful bacteria in body.
Hour 6-10: Garlic starts to provide antioxidant effects to cells throughout body.
The final 10-24 Hour period: Cleansing and detoxing throughout body.
Utilizing the Benefits of Garlic
Having garlic in your pantry is an essential part to using garlic to its full benefits. I always have quite a few bulbs on hand and plan to plant my own this fall.
Roasting garlic is very easy to do. Whenever I am using the oven for a meal I always roast a couple bulbs to have in the fridge ready on hand to use. All you do is chop off the top and rub a little olive oil on it then cover with foil. It takes around 45 minutes to get it nice and soft how you want it. You will be so happy to have it around though!
A great way to enjoy this is slicing a piece of sourdough toast, toasting it and spreading the roasted garlic on top, drizzle some olive oil on it and place some thyme on it as well. It’s the best evening snack to enjoy out on a patio watching the sunset while dinner is simmering away.
If your looking for a good slicing sourdough recipe –
–Try my sourdough sandwich bread.
If your looking to start your sourdough journey –
