Benefits of Garlic for Fighting Cancer and the Common Cold

Raw garlic is compared to roasted, stir-fried, simmered, and jarred garlic.

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The other video I mentioned is Benefits of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease (

What else can garlic do?
• Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Garlic & Onions (
• Garlic & Raisins to Prevent Premature Birth (
• Cancer, Interrupted: Garlic & Flavonoids (

More on specific foods for cold-fighting:
• Kiwifruit for the Common Cold (
• Nutritional Yeast to Prevent the Common Cold (
• Preventing the Common Cold with Probiotics? (
• Using the Produce Aisle to Boost Immune Function (
• Best Food to Prevent Common Childhood Infections (
• Best Food to Counter Stress-Induced Immune Suppression (

…and cancer-fighting:
• Strawberries vs. Esophageal Cancer (
• Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better? (
• Which Dietary Factors Affect Breast Cancer Most? (
• Back to Our Roots: Curry and Cancer (
• Breast Cancer Survival Vegetable (
• Resistant Starch and Colon Cancer (
• Tomato Sauce vs. Prostate Cancer (
• The Best Diet for Colon Cancer Prevention (

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