Garlic, anyone?

[question everything]

My late grandfather in law, whom I have never met, used to say that eating garlic spared him from the 1918 pandemic. Spouse was so impressed that still remembers this.

[leftieNanner]

1. Well, eat enough garlic

and everyone will stay as far away from you as possible.

Garlic breath anyone?

[Laffy Kat]

2. It has known antibiotic properties, but I don't know about anti-virus.

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

[donkeypoofed]

3. Thieves Oil or Marseilles Remedy is good too

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]

4. My grandfather said the same thing, and he helped his priest give last rights to flu victims

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. My wife and I eat a lot of garlic.

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!

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Love garlic!

[BigmanPigman]

7. Wear a mask anyway...spare others the lovely "garlic breath".

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.

[TomSlick]

8. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A garlic bulb a day keeps everyone away.