Bread Spread

Olive oil is ideal for dunking your bread, but if you must use a spread, pick one with cholesterol-lowering sterols.

Adding 2 g of these plant compounds to your daily diet can help lower your total cholesterol by about 10% -- often within 2 weeks, according to numerous studies published in both American and European medical journals. That may not sound like a substantial reduction, but it could translate to a 20% lower risk of heart disease.

Fresh Garlic

Garlic has fascinating health properties and is almost indispensable as an anti-aging ingredient. Over hundreds and thousands of years, garlic has found a treasured place among naturopaths and traditional therapists as an excellent health remedy with both curative and protective properties.

Garlic is anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-viral agent. It retards cellular decay, thins blood and prevents infections. Garlic is an excellent antioxidant and thus helps in retarding growth of abnormal cells.

Aging lowers immunity, which is why old people are more prone to catch an infection and fall sick. Infections are caused mainly by harmful bacteria and viruses. The anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties of garlic thwart these agents from multiplying in the body and cause sickness. Moreover, since inflammation is generally the first stage of any infection, the anti-inflammatory properties of garlic can help to quickly contain the infection and prevent the spread of illness.

Garlic is best taken raw. One small clove of garlic swallowed raw early in the morning in empty stomach is an excellent way to start your day and get the maximum of health benefits of this wonderful product. You can also take garlic roasted or use it as a condiment during cooking foods or drink its extract.

Nowadays many garlic products, such garlic bread, garlic soup sticks, garlic butter and garlic spreads are available that you can conveniently take to derive the maximum of anti-aging health benefits of garlic. Garlic leaves a slightly discomforting smell in the mouth if taken raw. However, the best tip is to take it raw and thereafter rinse the mouth with any standard mouthwash and drive out the smell.

Just one clove a day -- or 300 mg 3 times daily -- reduces the risk of a heart attack at least three ways: It discourages red blood cells from sticking together and blocking your arteries, it reduces arterial damage, and it discourages cholesterol from lining those arteries and making them so narrow that blockages are likely.

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