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**angele803** · 01-25-2008, 01:46 PM

I hate garlic.

Am I alone? I am thinking about starting a Garlic Haters site.

I think I hate it because after you eat it, it leaves a gross taste in your mouth for the rest of the day.

Do you hate garlic? Do you love it? Why??

And why does Rachael Ray have to put garlic and onions into every single recipe she shows on tv? Blah!

**ADAM Web Design** · 01-25-2008, 01:50 PM

I used to hate it, but now it's grown to the point where it's just barely tolerable for me.

Spanish onions on the other hand? There's a food no one should ever eat.

**cbwm** · 01-25-2008, 01:59 PM

There is a simple way to figure out if she is a witch or not.
Witches burn, and what else burns?
Wood!
Yes, and wood floats. What else floats?
... A duck?
Yes! So if this woman weighs as much as a duck, than she is a witch!

- So.... What else hates Garlic? - A VAMPIRE!

sorry.. its lame.. I know.

**fastreplies** · 01-25-2008, 02:28 PM

Regardless if you hate garlic, you must give credit to it medicinal value. You may hate how your mouth feels but if you have high cholesterol what would you rather to tale some pills that will kill you liver or garlic?

So, eat garlic, brush you teeth and stay healthy.

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**jamestl2** · 01-25-2008, 04:44 PM

"You're not a vampire, are you Stephanie?" - That's what I think cbwm was trying to ask

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There are things you can do to help get rid of that garlic-breath, though.

**Moxxnixx** · 01-25-2008, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by angele803

And why does Rachael Ray have to put garlic and onions into every single recipe she shows on tv? Blah!

Because Rachael's family originally came from Sicily, Italy. Rachael uses garlic in many of her recipes because it's a simple way to enhance the flavors. A few years ago, I worked as a sous chef at an Italian restaurant and we used garlic in just about everything. I hated garlic when I was a kid, but now I love it.

**angele803** · 01-25-2008, 07:16 PM

I can never get rid of garlic breath. I can brush my teeth 12 times, chew eclipse gum and hours later, I can still taste it....blah. Maybe I am extra sensitive to garlic??? Maybe I am really a vampire???

**joder** · 01-25-2008, 11:49 PM

I use lots and lots of garlic.

**DaveMo~** · 01-26-2008, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by angele803

Am I alone?

I looked at the poll results (after I voted of course) and I think you're pretty much alone.

Dave

**fastreplies** · 01-26-2008, 02:10 PM

Yep Dave, life without spicy and yummy garlic can be very lonely regardless
how many time per day you’re brushing you teeth

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**1stander** · 01-27-2008, 08:24 AM

Sorry my friend.
I cannot join with you.
I need garlic in one form or other as pickle or
in curry. Raw onion I am not taking.
Onion is a nature's gift.
PLEASE READ THIS.
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Garlic ( Allium sativum )

History and uses : For centuries an amazing array of magical and medicinal powers has been attributed to garlic. It has been used as protection against vampires as well as to enhance sexual prowess. The Egyptians prescribed garlic to build up physical strength, while the Greeks used it as a laxative. Garlic is given some credit for providing immunity to those who ate it during the plague years in Europe. The Chinese have traditionally used it to lower elevated blood pressure.

Early in this century, garlic was used to treat tuberculosis, and as an antibiotic for battle wounds during WW II. Although today most people think of it as a culinary ingredient rather than a potent medicine, scientists have not totally ignored garlic's potential as a healing agent.

Louis Pasteur, the great 19th century French chemist, was the first to prove garlic's antiseptic properties, and since then hundreds of studies have established the value of garlic as an effective destroyer of bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. Modern day antibiotics such as penecillin may have overshadowed garlic as a remedy; yet it is still regarded by many herbalists as an effective preventive for colds, flu and other infectious diseases. Garlic is also used to treat some lower tract problems, such as gas pains and intestinal worms.

Recent research has also shown that garlic has great potential for treating cardiovascular conditions. Various controlled studies have shown that it can reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels in blood. Experiments also indicate that garlic affects the blood in another important way - by reducing the blood's ability to clot. The herb's capacity to lower high blood pressure has also been proven in tests involving both laboratory animals and humans.

Scientific attention has also turned to garlic's potential as an anticancer agent. Experiments with animals suggest that garlic may inhibit or even reverse the growth of certain tumor cells. In another area of research, some studies involving the immune system indicate that garlic may stimulate immnune functions by making "killer cells" more active against invading microbes, and perhaps cancer cells as well.

Garlic is considered a safe herbal remedy. No one is immune to garlic's distinctive odor, which lingers on the breath and the skin. In large amounts, garlic may have toxic effects, such as stomach ulcers and anemia.

Plant Parts & Active Compounds : Bulbs. Before a bulb of garlic is crushed or chopped it contains few medically active compounds. But once it is cut chemical reactions occur that create dozens of new compounds. Two of the many newly formed sulfur-containing compounds are allicin, which gives garlic it's antibiotic properties, and ajoene, which is an anticoagulent. Allicin is responsible for garlic's strong odor.

Many of garlic's medicinal compounds are destroyed through processing, some studies suggest, and so it may be best to use fresh garlic, and not dried or powdered forms.

**ladyoftheprance** · 06-14-2008, 03:50 AM

I think garlic is vile. But I'm also allergic to it. Eating it is one of the most painful experiences I've had. I wish restaurants would cut down or offer sauces and vegetables that didn't have it. There's a local restaurant that offers "mashed potatoes" and "garlic mashed potatoes." The difference? The "mashed potatoes" have a little less garlic than "garlic mashed potatoes."

Frankly, I think people who resort to garlic when it isn't necessary are just lazy cooks. With the enormous diversity of flavors in the world, why stick to just one? Thyme is my absolute favorite herbal flavor, but I don't use it all the time. Probably not even 50%.

I'd join your website, if only because I'm tired of going to restaurants, being assured there's no garlic in something, then taking fistfuls of drugs for the next several days to kill the pain.

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Regardless if you hate garlic, you must give credit to it medicinal value. You may hate how your mouth feels but if you have high cholesterol what would you rather to tale some pills that will kill you liver or garlic?

Considering there's an assload of other natural foods that are thought to lower cholesterol, why would you want to pick garlic over cranberries or pomegranates? Otherwise, the choice you gave me is to either kill my liver or have a painful death.

**Dairyman** · 06-14-2008, 07:07 AM

I love garlic and eat a lot daily

**dWhite** · 06-14-2008, 03:02 PM

I love garlic, and the nutritional values it brings. However, I tend to have it in moderation as large amounts of it can cause liver toxicity and death.

**ProWriting** · 06-15-2008, 01:35 PM

I used to hate garlic too...but whenever i comeover to the house of this certain friend i had way back in high school his father would always remind me to intake garlic just like how i take vitamins everyday.He'd never let us leave their house without seeing me putting that garlic into my mouth and swallowing it...after some years most of my friends developed diseases like hypertension some had mild strokes and me just look at me i dont eat veggies that much in fact im have a very meaty diet but still im still healthy and that's because of garlic....i can't deny the fact that it's one of the reason now why im still not having problems intaking foods which are tagged as BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH ...

**ladyoftheprance** · 06-15-2008, 03:07 PM

Good thing you weren't allergic or had a sensitivity to it. I don't think it's a good idea for someone to be forcing other people's children to take an herbal supplement, especially one known to be an allergen.

If garlic really is the miracle food people say it is, I wonder why I haven't keeled over dead yet? Or my husband. Or his parents. Or his siblings. Or my parents. Or my siblings. Etc. Stroke free, heart attack free, hypertension free, and all have low blood pressure. Some on fatty diets, some on high sodium diets, some on grain and vegetable intensive diets, etc. Why did my former roommates, who were garlic lovers (and put me into anaphylaxis by spiking my food with garlic), have so many heart and circulatory problems?

As much as people rave, I just don't think it's garlic by itself that is the turning point. There's hundreds of other foods that have the same health benefits and genetics is always key factor. What works for one person doesn't work for others.

Certainly it helps, but so does so many other foods we eat and drink every single day. To narrow it all down would take intensive study and so far no one has actually done that.

**nyef** · 06-15-2008, 03:50 PM

Garlic is awesome. Brushing teeth before kissing anyone is highly recommended though.

**jabo** · 06-16-2008, 02:33 AM

^^^^ good one.. there are many use of garlic and spices like them makes food more interesting... Imagine just what would happen if there would be no garlic.

**jv17** · 06-16-2008, 07:00 AM

yeah I also hate garlic but sometimes I used that especially when im making fried rice..

**johnlloyd** · 06-16-2008, 07:21 AM

honestly i like garlic, it is very helpful to your health!