Garlic Diet
Ezaleon
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I read something that eating 6 cloves of roasted garlic can be very beneficial to your body and such and promote weight loss among other things. I know you should not eat that my h raw garlic but what do you all think? Has anyone tried it? I might ask my doctor about it in August but I wanted opinions form you all too, especially if you have done something similar.
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I have read Garlic is good for the heart, but I've never seen anything to say it's good for weight loss, most likely because no one food will do anything for weight loss, weight loss requires a calorie deficit.
I would suggest stop looking for "magic" solutions, weight loss is relatively straight forward you eat less than you burn.
Edited to add, I ate plenty of Garlic when I was more obese - it didn't make any difference.22 -
Garlic can be a natural diuretic. That may have something to do with the claim.7
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No, garlic will not help you lose weight.
However garlic is supposed to be good for you though as it's pretty nutrient dense. And it's tasty. If you find your diet is a little bland, garlic can be a low calorie method to introduce flavour. But 6 cloves is a heck of a lot to eat a day. 1 is much more reasonable. Maybe 2 if you have a very garlic flavoured food (eg: garlic bread, garlic mushrooms)
FYI:
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/is-garlic-a-superfood/2 -
I tried posting a reply but it didn't work. Anyway, Tinkerbell, I'm not ignorant. Nowhere in my post did I say I was looking for some magical fix it thing. I said that it can promote weight loss among other things. Please read and fully understand the question. I appreciate the edited part in your comment.
Snemberton, yeah, I've heard it can like boost metabolism and other cool healthy stuff.61 -
I use garlic in (nearly) everything I cook!
It's had zero affect on my weight loss but I've definitely gotten fewer colds since eating more of it. And my food has tasted waaaay nicer!13 -
I tried posting a reply but it didn't work. Anyway, Tinkerbell, I'm not ignorant. Nowhere in my post did I say I was looking for some magical fix it thing. I said that it can promote weight loss among other things. Please read and fully understand the question. I appreciate the edited part in your comment.
Snemberton, yeah, I've heard it can like boost metabolism and other cool healthy stuff.
Perhaps you should try not to get so defensive, there are plenty of people that come on these forums after reading mountains of Pinterest posts "Eat this one food to cut belly fat" etc.
There will be lurkers on the boards that read your post, so I am clarifying for them as well as you, I am not suggesting you are ignorant, but many people want to believe there are shortcuts to losing weight, there aren't any. You just need to eat less and move more and from another post you've made, you're already doing that, so just keep up the good work and be patient.
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No food can make you lose weight, it won't help you one bit especially if the rest of your diet is crap.8
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Not really being defensive, I just think you should fully read something before replying is all since nowhere did I say it makes you lose weight -shrugs-57
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And another person not reading. I said aid in weight loss. Not make me lose weight. Jesus.51
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I tried posting a reply but it didn't work. Anyway, Tinkerbell, I'm not ignorant. Nowhere in my post did I say I was looking for some magical fix it thing. I said that it can promote weight loss among other things. Please read and fully understand the question. I appreciate the edited part in your comment.
Snemberton, yeah, I've heard it can like boost metabolism and other cool healthy stuff.
It doesn't.7 -
I don't know why i post here thinking it's any different from the rest of the internet. Bye guys. I'll just wait to see my doctor. Thanks to those who actually read and understood my post. Peace.49
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Not really being defensive, I just think you should fully read something before replying is all since nowhere did I say it makes you lose weight -shrugs-
What is the difference between causing and aiding weight loss in your mind? You are being defensive, as shown by your further replies to people who have taken their time out to respond and just want to see you succeed.32 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »Not really being defensive, I just think you should fully read something before replying is all since nowhere did I say it makes you lose weight -shrugs-
What is the difference between causing and aiding weight loss in your mind? You are being defensive, as shown by your further replies to people who have taken their time out to respond and just want to see you succeed.
Which is why she probably struggles to lose weight, she will get fixated on useless stuff like a garlic diet and criticize anyone who doesn't reply what she wants to hear.22 -
The only way I think it would aid weight loss is by making things taste good so you're more likely to be happy with your diet. I'm not sure you need 6 cloves for that, just use as much as is needed for the dish.9
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And another person not reading. I said aid in weight loss. Not make me lose weight. Jesus.
I'm sorry?
"Aiding weight loss" means exactly the same as "helping you to lose weight"
I'm sorry that the answer is not what you wanted. If you're not happy with anything other than something that follows your narrative, why did you bother to ask the question?
If you want to be rude, I suggest taking your questions somewhere else where people won't bother to make an effort to actually help you.27 -
Not really being defensive, I just think you should fully read something before replying is all since nowhere did I say it makes you lose weight -shrugs-
Your initial post does say that "it promotes weight loss".
Garlic is delicious, especially roasted. I could easily eat a whole clove....i think the calories would counter any miniscule metabolic benefit.9 -
I don't think garlic will help with weight loss at all but 6 cloves a day will surely help with friend loss!18
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I tried posting a reply but it didn't work. Anyway, Tinkerbell, I'm not ignorant. Nowhere in my post did I say I was looking for some magical fix it thing. I said that it can promote weight loss among other things. Please read and fully understand the question. I appreciate the edited part in your comment.
Snemberton, yeah, I've heard it can like boost metabolism and other cool healthy stuff.
No, it doesn't. Sorry.13 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »The only way I think it would aid weight loss is by making things taste good so you're more likely to be happy with your diet. I'm not sure you need 6 cloves for that, just use as much as is needed for the dish.
Some of us have a poor sense of taste and need all 6 to get any flavour!! Haha!!
I definitely keep the vampires away, that's for sure... 
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I read something that eating 6 cloves of roasted garlic can be very beneficial to your body and such and promote weight loss among other things. I know you should not eat that my h raw garlic but what do you all think? Has anyone tried it? I might ask my doctor about it in August but I wanted opinions form you all too, especially if you have done something similar.
It will help you lose weight if it helps you consume fewer calories.
6 cloves is quite a bit of garlic to eat for many people.
Generally claims that if you eat an excessive amount of one food you will get some great health benefit are not true and may actually be somewhat harmful rather than helpful.
It is good that you are questioning this and will speak to your doctor.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/443569-how-many-cloves-of-garlic-can-you-eat-in-a-day/3 -
And another person not reading. I said aid in weight loss. Not make me lose weight. Jesus.
Aid in weight loss = make you lose weight. I don't see how we're getting the wrong idea from what you're saying?
There is no magic food. Garlic is great, but it won't make much of a difference. And you will stink!13 -
About eating that much garlic - I regularly eat garlic... and to be honest, one of my favorite indulgent snacks is a little paté spread on some baguette bread along with creamed roasted garlic.
I take about 3 full heads of garlic (about 24-30 cloves total), roast them... then squish them all out into a small bowl, add a little salt, pepper, a little hot sauce, and also use that as a spread to put along with the paté meat - between myself, my husband and the 4 kids, we go through it all in one sitting.
I also generally slice up and cook 1-2 cloves worth of garlic per person in side dishes.... and we don't smell of garlic other than our breaths for the next hour or so.7 -
Something about garlic people love, it makes dishes taste SO much better! I would think of it more as an appetite stimulate. Fun fact I will chop up tiny pieces of a garlic clove to mix with my beta fishs food when he's feeling sick and not wanting to eat, it's supposed to stimulate them to eat and has some healing properties 😉. So we aren't the only animals that find garlic to make us want to eat more.1
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I've always loved the dish, roast chicken with 40 cloves. Basically, the garlic is roasted in the same pan as the chicken. The roasted garlic in chicken juices is very rich, and tastes beautiful on bread or just with the meal. I could easily eat 6 or more cloves like this, and it's extremely filling/satisfying. Very good for you, too. Obviously, whether or not you lose weight eating this will depend on whether or not you eat in a deficit. But it could certainly help you to maintain a deficit by filling you up!1
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There are no special qualities in garlic to help with weight loss. And I’m not sorry.19
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OP, I'm sorry if you felt like you were attacked, but, um.....you weren't. Perhaps instead of becoming super defensive, stop and read what everyone is taking the time to write in response to your post and maybe next time try practicing a little humility.
That said, there is no quick fix, there is no easy way, and there are no shortcuts to losing weight. If there were, everyone who wanted to be would be skinny.5 -
Lillymoo01 wrote: »I don't think garlic will help with weight loss at all but 6 cloves a day will surely help with friend loss!
I don't need friends that don't share my love of garlic.27
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