Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 > > I ate some pepperoni pizza with the garlic. Well, that alone would make me sick if I didn't have enough acid in my stomach to digest it properly. I didn't crush the garlic before eating, I merely bit off a small > piece at a time, briefly chewed it (it really burned my mouth), and > swallowed it as fast as possible. Your intestines probably liked the burning even less than your mouth did. As a rule, all foods should be thoroughly chewed before swallowing to increase the surface area so that stomach acid can work as efficiently as possible - especially if you're taking acid blockers. If you can't chew something effectively, you need to do something to reduce the particle size before eating it. I'm really wondering if the Pepcid is the culprit here. When > Pepcid/etc turns off acid production in the stomach, what actually > happens to the food in the stomach? I tried pepcid a few times years back when my doc insisted my occasional heartburn was due to too high stomach acid. [i later found that my acid was actually terribly low and that was what was causing me my issues (apparently this is the case for a lot of people).] When I took pepcid back then, nothing digested properly (as in, stuff came out whole on the other side - terribly painful and usually resulted in SBBO and other gut infections). Then again, nothing digested properly back then anyway - I always had food rotting in my digestive tract but at least it wouldn't come out whole. This was part of the reason why I started food combining/stomach layering in the first place. Now I find as long as I get enough chloride (usually in the form of salt), and I buy all my food fresh (garlic still in the skins, etc) I no longer have those issues. Perhaps the intestines aren't " designed " to deal with garlic? Thee intestines are certainly not designed to deal with *anything* that hasn't been properly decimated by the stomach. I feel inadequate stomach acid is one of the first steps to gut problems, and IMHO the standard practice of inhibiting stomach acid in people with stomach problems is probably one of the worst mistakes conventional medicine has made in terms of gut health. Then again, it doesn't help that most people don't wait until their stomach is empty before putting something else in it. Anytime you introduce food into the stomach, you increase the PH - so if you never let your stomach empty, it will never get back to that base PH. This link goes over digestion time/stomach layering: http://www.drbass.com/sequential.html -Lana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Last year when I had a bumper crop of garlic, I looked at preservation methods for it, and found out it is very prone to going bad in jars, I think botulism or something like that it said. My bet is it was because the jar of garlic had gone bad on you. > > > > Are you sure it was the garlic? It could have been something was > bad in the > > food or maybe even a stomach virus. It does not sound like something a > > couple cloves of garlic would produce. My ex had really bad candida and > > Epstein Barr and he ate lots of garlic and nothing like that ever > happened. > > > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > Allyn > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 too much garlic, gives me gas. I like garlic, but in moderation </HTML> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Sooooo what this means is that garlic is GOOD... right? Very interesting, some pet owners swear by garlic as being good for their pets health. Veterinarians and other petsy people who have not heard the positives about garlic will buck the idea. Crushed garlic given to shelties with dermatomyositis on a daily basis ... (along with apple cider vinegar) seem to have fewer or no flare-ups. Garlic thins the blood right? So does the very expensive medication that is recommended through studies on DM through Texas A & M. Garlic is fed to horses in the summer as fly control. Every spring there is an email that goes around the internet every time someone suggests garlic for horses during fly season. It seems there was a study done on 6 or 8 horses. They were fed extreme amounts of garlic powder. A couple of horses died, resulting in the statement that garlic is bad for horses. In actuality, a horse is supposed to be given about 2 tablespoons of a quality garlic powder per day. Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 I eat 2 cloves pickled garlic almost every day and I have not had a cold for the past 5 years, FYI. The good Lord gave us all the natural food on this earth with a purpose, some are good and some are bad for us. The key is " MODERATION WITH VARIETY " so that you can obtain the necessary nutrients that your body needs. Do you remember the news that a lady died of drinking too much water earlier this year? Unfortunately, most of us just like processed food these days because it meets our desire, taste, and greed as well as laziness in food preparation. Baybill --- snafflesnshelties <snaffles@...> wrote: > Sooooo what this means is that garlic is GOOD... > right? > > Very interesting, some pet owners swear by garlic as > being good for > their pets health. Veterinarians and other petsy > people who have not > heard the positives about garlic will buck the idea. > > Crushed garlic given to shelties with > dermatomyositis on a daily basis > .. (along with apple cider vinegar) seem to have > fewer or no flare-ups. > Garlic thins the blood right? > So does the very expensive medication that is > recommended through > studies on DM through Texas A & M. > > Garlic is fed to horses in the summer as fly > control. Every spring there > is an email that goes around the internet every time > someone suggests > garlic for horses during fly season. It seems there > was a study done on > 6 or 8 horses. They were fed extreme amounts of > garlic powder. A couple > of horses died, resulting in the statement that > garlic is bad for > horses. In actuality, a horse is supposed to be > given about 2 > tablespoons of a quality garlic powder per day. > > Joyce > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Speaking of water, I think 'six to eight glasses daily' is ridiculous! > > > Sooooo what this means is that garlic is GOOD... > > right? > > > > Very interesting, some pet owners swear by garlic as > > being good for > > their pets health. Veterinarians and other petsy > > people who have not > > heard the positives about garlic will buck the idea. > > > > Crushed garlic given to shelties with > > dermatomyositis on a daily basis > > .. (along with apple cider vinegar) seem to have > > fewer or no flare-ups. > > Garlic thins the blood right? > > So does the very expensive medication that is > > recommended through > > studies on DM through Texas A & M. > > > > Garlic is fed to horses in the summer as fly > > control. Every spring there > > is an email that goes around the internet every time > > someone suggests > > garlic for horses during fly season. It seems there > > was a study done on > > 6 or 8 horses. They were fed extreme amounts of > > garlic powder. A couple > > of horses died, resulting in the statement that > > garlic is bad for > > horses. In actuality, a horse is supposed to be > > given about 2 > > tablespoons of a quality garlic powder per day. > > > > Joyce > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _______________ > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 Well, we have to use our own judgment on the health related information received regardless it is from the Internet, from books, or from newspaper articles as everyone's situation is " different and unique " . For example, I have been trying to get down to 160 lbs on my body weight for many years by following the weight/height chart from insurance company. I finally found out that my body weight is at 170 lbs and fairly stable +/- a few pounds depending whether I am on a diet or just eating average meal or even heavy meal. Anyway, the body fluid intake should be around 6 to 8 glasses, mostly clean water, including soup and juice but excluding coffee and beer during the day. Caffeine and alcohol are poison to your body and your body is trying to get rid of them - thus they are diuretic. The best way to consume this amount of fluid is to take 2 glasses after get off from bed in the morning, 1 glass about 1/2 hr. before lunch, 1 glass in the mid afternoon, and 1 glass about 1/2 hr. before dinner and 1 glass in the evening time. This is essentially important for those who have gout problem on their joints and it has been verified by one of my church brothers having the gout problem. DO NOT TAKE more than 8 glasses per day as it will throw your body's sodium content off balance and that creates problem for you! --- tempo33x <tempo33x@...> wrote: > > Speaking of water, I think 'six to eight glasses > daily' is > ridiculous! > > > > > > > > > Sooooo what this means is that garlic is GOOD... > > > right? > > > > > > Very interesting, some pet owners swear by > garlic as > > > being good for > > > their pets health. Veterinarians and other petsy > > > people who have not > > > heard the positives about garlic will buck the > idea. > > > > > > Crushed garlic given to shelties with > > > dermatomyositis on a daily basis > > > .. (along with apple cider vinegar) seem to have > > > fewer or no flare-ups. > > > Garlic thins the blood right? > > > So does the very expensive medication that is > > > recommended through > > > studies on DM through Texas A & M. > > > > > > Garlic is fed to horses in the summer as fly > > > control. Every spring there > > > is an email that goes around the internet every > time > > > someone suggests > > > garlic for horses during fly season. It seems > there > > > was a study done on > > > 6 or 8 horses. They were fed extreme amounts of > > > garlic powder. A couple > > > of horses died, resulting in the statement that > > > garlic is bad for > > > horses. In actuality, a horse is supposed to be > > > given about 2 > > > tablespoons of a quality garlic powder per day. > > > > > > Joyce > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > _______________ > > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > > http://www./r/hs > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 I am not that person but I can tell you. You can buy it in capsules at the Healthfood store or sometimes if I can't get there and am out, I chop up some fresh garlic and down it with water. It works very well. garlic to the person who wrote about garlic replacing antibiotics, how are you taking the garlic? Do you eat the cloves or take a garlic supplement? Thanks PP in Wisc ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ No Cost - Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now. Sweet deal for users and friends. http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text1.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 We mostly cook with it! I buy chopped form in jar(in olive oil). We used to use pill form for my husbands high blood pressure, he was able to stop medications due to it. Pill form works for many things but not well for virus issues. It is to proccessed for that. Allicin is the main ingredient for most of garlics uses/antibiotic/natural enzyme use etc. It has to be eatin within minutes of crushing. So adding the chopped form(whole garlic from garlic press would be the most potent) to cooking minutes befor meal is done is best, then we chew and this activates the allicin. Our favorite is fried potatos cooked in olive oil and then I add in the last few minutes or so. Now if we are unfortunate to have a flu/virus/bacteria strike(very rare) we well actually get the jar of chopped garlic, crush it in bowl swallow and chase with a drink. Usually a couple of teaspoons well do it. If the bug is bad we do this a couple of times that day and feel no illness by the next day. If you cant stand the thought/taste, you can take the crushed garlic and add to pudding, whip creme etc and then swallow, just make sure you crush just befor ingesting. Now that we use it regular for cooking we rarely need to do it that way. My youngest/disabled child cant chew. So he is on pureed. I prepare his food, crush the garlic and mix with a spoonful of his pureed food and he just swallows. My son used to be cronicly ill and now recovers better than any kid in school. My oldest son well actually just take about a tablespoon and chew the stuff. He used to have cronic sore throats(befor we discovered the miracle of garlic) and they wanted to pull his tonsils. He no longer has that problem. This has been so much better for our family. 10 days of antibiotics that is going to destroy the immune in the long run and damage the gi or 1 day of not that great of tasting garlic or just cook and enjoy the food! I hope this helps. There are so many ways to cook and even bake with seasoned garlic(the whole clove). Jennie<>< Penner <fyrefli578@...> wrote: to the person who wrote about garlic replacing antibiotics, how are you taking the garlic? Do you eat the cloves or take a garlic supplement? Thanks PP in Wisc --------------------------------- Special deal for users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 This is so true. I had the worst sore throat and had been giving my son garlic so I crushed some before bed, drank a glass of orange juice and the next morning I woke up and my throat was fine. I couldn't believe it!!! Dianne n , Barrow <andrewalexandandy@...> wrote: > > I am not that person but I can tell you. You can buy it in capsules at the Healthfood store or sometimes if I can't get there and am out, I chop up some fresh garlic and down it with water. It works very well. > > > > garlic > > to the person who wrote about garlic replacing antibiotics, how are > you taking the garlic? Do you eat the cloves or take a garlic supplement? > > Thanks > PP in Wisc > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > No Cost - Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now. Sweet deal for users and friends. > http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text1.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 http://www.juniperandsage.com/materia_garlic.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I know what I am having for dinner tonight. Elephant Garlic served with goat cheese, finely chopped red onions, relish and capers. YUM. I heard it keeps mosquitoes away from you as well. Tomorrow, NO ONE will want to be near me! > > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb379149.htm > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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