Vampires probably would not survive at the GroEat Farm - with all the hardneck garlic around!   So many meals we create, begin with crushing and chopping garlic.  The ingredient of garlic is simple and very versatile. No wonder it is used as a staple ingredient in so many other parts of the world.

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion. Garlic is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran and has long been a common seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use.   Garlic is one of the oldest-known natural antibiotics, garlic has been used for centuries to treat bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections. In scientific tests,  garlic kills all kinds of pathogens, including well-known microbes like staph, E. Coli, and candida. And it seems that this benefit really does carry over to human subjects. Scientists found that a diluted garlic extract helped children infected with tapeworms recover more quickly. Another showed the benefits of a garlic-based mouthwash in killing the bacteria that cause cavities.  Applied to the skin, garlic is quite an effective remedy for fungal skin infections like ringworm and athlete’s foot.  Another study found that a 1% cream of ajoene (an extract of garlic) was actually even better for an athlete’s foot than a 1% cream of a conventional antifungal.  Diallyl trisulfide, a component of garlic oil, helps protect the heart during cardiac surgery and after a heart attack, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine found. They also believe diallyl trisulfide could be used as a treatment for heart failure.  In another study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists found that garlic oil may help protect diabetes patients from cardiomyopathy.  At the end of the 4 months, the researchers concluded "...garlic extract supplementation improves blood lipid profile, strengthens blood antioxidant potential, and causes significant reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressures. It also leads to a decrease in the level of oxidation product (MDA) in the blood samples, which demonstrates reduced oxidation reactions in the body."​​​