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Garlic, anyone? (Original Post) question everything Jul 2020 OP
Well, eat enough garlic leftieNanner Jul 2020 #1
It has known antibiotic properties, but I don't know about anti-virus. Laffy Kat Jul 2020 #2
Thieves Oil or Marseilles Remedy is good too donkeypoofed Jul 2020 #3
My grandfather said the same thing, and he helped his priest give last rights to flu victims Siwsan Jul 2020 #4
My wife and I eat a lot of garlic. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #5
Love garlic! sinkingfeeling Jul 2020 #6
Wear a mask anyway...spare others the lovely "garlic breath". BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #7
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. TomSlick Jul 2020 #8

Laffy Kat

(16,356 posts)
2. It has known antibiotic properties, but I don't know about anti-virus.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:18 PM
Jul 2020

I guess if you eat enough of it, social distancing just happens.

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
3. Thieves Oil or Marseilles Remedy is good too
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:41 PM
Jul 2020

This stuff was invented and used to protect people from thr Black Plague. If it can protect against the Plague, it can protect against a woosy little virus like Covid19.

Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
4. My grandfather said the same thing, and he helped his priest give last rights to flu victims
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:42 PM
Jul 2020

He had very young children at home and none of them were infected.

He chewed up and swallowed one or two big cloves of raw garlic, every single morning.

I grow my own garlic and use the smaller cloves like capsules. I don't chew them - just crush and swallow them whole and I use garlic a lot in my cooking. I've never had flu of any variety.

cayugafalls

(5,631 posts)
5. My wife and I eat a lot of garlic.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:51 PM
Jul 2020

It has proven health benefits. Since we both eat it, the breath problem is not a concern.

Even if I did not eat it, it would not be a problem. She eats more than me and even eats a whole clove with her evening meal.

So yea, garlic!

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
7. Wear a mask anyway...spare others the lovely "garlic breath".
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 09:26 PM
Jul 2020

My mom used to brine her own pickles. The smell of garlic came out of my pores...just ask the other students I went to art school with. They let me know loud and clear when they wouldn't work next to me one day.

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