Garlic and Garlic Links

History
Garlic has been attributed with miraculous healing powers and had been used throughout medical history in the treatment of many kinds of disease. Ancient records show that garlic was was used as medicine as early as 3000 B.C.

The eating of garlic was recommended for many reasons: "it satiates hunger, it brightens up the face, it improves circulation and keeps the body warm, and it kills the parasites."

Garlic and Food
Garlic is most certainly a terrific health food as well as a miraculous medicine. In fact, Garlic fulfills, more than any other food, Hippocrates' requirement of a perfect food:
-- that our food should be our medicine -- and that our medicine should be our food.

Antibiotic Properties of Garlic
Garlic emits a peculiar type of ultra-violet radiation called mitogenetic radiations. These emissions, now referred to as Gurwitch rays, have the property of stimulating cell growth and activity and have a rejuvenate effect on all body functions.

Antibacterial Properties of Garlic
Numerous studies demonstrate that garlic juice exhibits strong antibacterial properties. Due to those properties, garlic has been widely known as a blood purifier.

Anticancer Properties of Garlic
Garlic preparations of various kinds--mostly in natural form, but also as extracts or juices--have been used successfully against cancer--both in animal and human studies.

Garlic. The Miracle Healer
Here is a partial list of ailments that have been successfully treated by raw garlic and garlic extracts:

high blood pressure (hypertension)
atherosclerosis
diabetes
arthritis
cancer
hypoglycemia
bronchitis
asthma
pneumonia
common cold
dysentery
insomnia
whooping cough
tuberculosis

Garlic Links:
The Garlic Page
Mostly Garlic Magazine

The information for this web site was adapted from the placemats used at Mayslack's Restaurant and Polka Lounge, Minneapolis, Minnesota -- home of the world famous roast beef sandwich.

The sandwich really is terrific! And of course it is cooked with a healthy dose of garlic!

1428 NE 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN
612-789-9862

Links:

Best of Minnesota

Bloomington Restaurants

Mark and Michelle's Restaurant Page