Garlic great for a flatter stomach

If you want to lose weight, be sure to consume a balanced and healthy diet, comprising fresh, whole and nutritious foods, mostly plants. When shopping, load your basket with fruits and vegetables as well as some cloves of garlic, which can be added to any savoury meal.

Healthy digestive tract

According to Glamour magazine, garlic is not just loaded with ''toxin-battling antioxidants, but also with a naturally occurring chemical called allicin.'' It seems that when garlic is digested, this chemical reacts with our blood and creates a product that is capable of destroying many harmful viruses and bacteria, some of which could be located in our digestive tract. Thus garlic may help improve the health of our digestive tract, which is a great basis for weight loss.

Meals to which you can add garlic

Whole, finely chopped or crushed raw garlic is delicious added to salads or salad dressings. Garlic can happily be added to steamed or roasted veggies and is great in bean, lentil and other vegetarian dishes. It can be added to fish, poultry or meat dishes, and to anything Italian, like pastas, lasagna and your own home-made pizza. And it is also an essential ingredient in spicy meals and curries.

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