Hating garlic - are garlic supplements worth it?

bluuu123
bluuu123 Posts: 83
in Food and Nutrition
anybody else hate garlic?

considering getting supplements, due to hearing about how amazing garlic is for you


thoughts? experience?

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  • Stella_Mayfair
    Stella_Mayfair Posts: 226 Member
    They have garlic pills, but just like cod pills they have less cod or none and are just pills. The best for me (like garlic) I use spices made from dried garlic spices. Sort of like dill pickle seeds when you cannot get it fresh. You can mash them to oblivion and add to stir fry, omelettes etc and taste add other spices u like to drive it out of mind. I love garlic bread though. Best I can think of, pills are the rip off sadly.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I like garlic myself, but what types of benefits are you reading about? Garlic does thin the blood so that should be considered if you are on any anticoagulation therapy. The garlic capsules can give you garlic breath and garlic burps, so if you really hate it, those might be unfavorable for you too. Just some things to consider.
  • Hell_Flower
    Hell_Flower Posts: 348 Member
    My husband has severe asthma and weakened lungs so started taking 4 garlic supplements a day at the start of the year in order to help with respiratory function. He says it's definitely feeling a lot better and he's managed not to have a chest infection for about 10 months now (considering he was getting pneumonia once a year and bronchitis twice a year previously) and we're living in a much colder climate, so I do think it does have some benefit for the body. It certainly cant hurt to try it.

    Although we do also eat copious amounts of garlic. GARLIC IN EVERYTHING!
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,282 Member
    I do not think garlic is particularly beneficial, let alone essential.
    if you don't like garlic in foods, don't have it.
    No need for a supplement
  • zetodd
    zetodd Posts: 22 Member
    A go to site for whether supplements do anything.

    http://examine.com/supplements/Garlic/
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    You don't like garlic? Your weird.:bigsmile:

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