Health Benefits of Garlic

Garlic, Allium sativum L. is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. Garlic has long been used around the world in cooking as well as in medicine. Garlic was rare in traditional English cuisine (though it is said to have been grown in England before 1548, and has been a much more common ingredient in Mediterranean Europe. Builders of the ancient pyramids were said to eat garlic daily for enhanced endurance and strength.