Garlic is beneficial for blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes

Cd. De México. - Garlic is one of the most common condiments in the kitchens of almost all countries, it is used in sauces, soups, fish, and seafood, among others, and in 2017 Mexico exceeded the production of 89 thousand tons.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), this plant has also been attributed healing properties: lower blood pressure, regularize cholesterol levels and combat diabetes.




In addition, it is antibiotic, antiseptic, regulating the intestinal flora, purgative, stimulating, and regulating the endocrine glands, accurate in his blog.

Likewise, he adds, it contains antioxidants that support the body's protection mechanisms against oxidation, so it protects against cell damage and aging and can reduce the risk of suffering Alzheimer's and dementia.

The dependency points out that garlic has been linked to magic since the Middle Ages because this vegetable has been used to protect from spells, curses, witchcraft, evils of the eye, to perform clean and rituals.

This bulb is also insect repellent because it keeps flies, mosquitoes, spiders, and ants away, you just have to mix some cloves of garlic crushed with soap and water, then place the liquid in a bottle with spray and apply in the area where There are insects.

Refers that it is also a natural adhesive because you can use it to fill the cracks in a glass, you just have to crush a clove of garlic, rub the juice in the cracks and clean the excess, among other benefits.