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garlic?

Posted by linkadge on June 24, 2008, at 10:31:16

Garlic is purported to have antidepressant properties.

I use garlic religiously and have noticed that if I stop putting it on things I start to have more anxiety and more craziness.

Has anyone else noticed that garlic has AD and or mood stabilizing properties?

Linkadge

Re: garlic? » linkadge

Posted by Tomatheus on June 24, 2008, at 22:43:31

In reply to garlic?, posted by linkadge on June 24, 2008, at 10:31:16

> Has anyone else noticed that garlic has AD and or mood stabilizing properties?

I noticed some modest antidepressant effects after I tried taking garlic tablets several months ago. For me, however, I developed a tolerance to garlic's effects fairly quickly. I noticed its energizing effect on day one, about half the effect on day two, and nothing after that. I think I was taking one or two tablets a day, if I recall correctly.

Tomatheus

Re: garlic?

Posted by bleauberry on June 25, 2008, at 19:56:49

In reply to garlic?, posted by linkadge on June 24, 2008, at 10:31:16

Garlic is high sulfur. For some reason, certain people feel poorly from sulfur foods and certain people really need a lot of it. Sulfur has a big role in the body's detox system, since many toxins bond (weakly) to the sulfur molecule. People suspected of being toxic from amalgams should probably avoid sulfur as it stirs up more mercury than it removes, making things worse.

Garlic is also a strong critter killer...bacteria, fungi, viruses. Maybe someone feeling better with garlic is lowering the burden of hidden unknown infectious micro-organisms?

And though I am not sure on this one, I believe garlic is anti-inflammatory, which would give it a good role in pain, fatigue, or psychiatry.

Anyway, yeah, I have heard of people feeling noticeably better with garlic, and also people feeling noticeably worse.

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