Garlic Tea - Know Advantages Of It!

Garlic is a wonder spice that not only enhances the taste of a dish but is also known for its immense medicinal properties. From consuming garlic cloves to its external use, every application of this spice comes with a health benefit. Similar to green or organic tea, drinking garlic tea is also known to work wonders on your body. 

Benefits of garlic tea

1. The LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) is a bad cholesterol that can spell doom for the heart as it can trigger Arteriosclerosis. Daily consumption of garlic tea can help lower down the LDL level significantly, keeping the heart healthy and disease-free.
    
2. Garlic, scientific name Allium sativum, contains the active compound Allicin. Allicin comes packed with antibacterial and antifungal properties and is known to strengthen the immune system significantly. Thus, a cup of garlic tea can help shield the body from various harmful infections and pathogens.
    
3. If you want to lose weight, make sure to include garlic in your diet.
    
4. If cold, cough, chest or sinus congestion and related complications are giving you sleepless night, a cup of garlic tea is all that you need to keep all these problems at bay.
    
5. Skin aging can be quite frustrating. Not anymore! Loaded with antioxidants, Vitamin A, C, B1, and B2, garlic tea protects the skin from the oxidative damage triggered by the free radicals, thereby slowing down the skin-aging process considerably.
    
6. Research suggests that garlic has anti-carcinogenic properties.Thus, drinking a cup of garlic tea, early in the morning (on empty stomach) can work wonders to prevent different types of cancer.
   
7. Drink a cup of garlic tea daily and your liver will thank you for long. Garlic contains Allicin and Selenium, both of which plays a pivotal role in keeping the liver healthy.
    
8. Garlic is a natural detoxifying agent that goes a long way to flush the harmful substances and toxins out of the body.
    
9. Many people with a high blood pressure have benefited immensely from drinking garlic tea.

Things to be taken care of:

1. For maximum benefits and to ensure that the activity of Allicin remains intact, always chop the garlic cloves and wait for at least 10 minutes before heating it.
2. Though healthy, make sure to consume garlic in moderation. When taken in excess, garlic may give rise to some complications such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, heartburn, dizziness, to name a few.

Preparing your cup of health

The preparation of Garlic tea is no Herculean task.

Ingredients

Water - 1 cup

Garlic - 2 -3 cloves finely chopped

Honey - 1-2 teaspoons (optional)

Lemon juice - ½ a cup (optional)

Method of preparation 

Step 1 - Just boil a cup of water

Step 2 - Add two to three cloves of finely chopped garlic

Your garlic tea is ready to be served. If you wish, you can add honey and lemon juice to it.