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It is a sign of my system being cleaner than it was before. Onion and garlic are extremely potent medicines. They are not food. They have antibiotic properties

by msiyer 7y ago

It is a sign of my system being cleaner than it was before. Onion and garlic are extremely potent medicines. They are not food. They have antibiotic properties and kill bacteria. Our guts have microbes. Now, connect the dots...

jtreminio 7y ago
Garlic and onions are high in fructans which trigger IBS in millions of people a day. My wife enjoyed and _loved_ galic for 30+ years before her IBS kicked in. Garlic is extremely bad for IBS because bacteria gorge themselves and produce a ton of gas, which causes horrible intestinal pain. A study [0] recommends garlic and onions as key foods to restore a healthy, balanced microbiome. I have never heard anyone before you claim that garlic or onions will kill bacteria. Rather, they let a specific kind flourish. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470704/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470704/
- msiyer 7y ago
  >>Rather, they let a specific kind flourish... ... at the expense of others. Garlic is mentioned exactly once in the study. It is just included with a bunch of other things. Nothing to conclude here. Garlic is, by no means, a food. Any study that recommends it as food is not a proper study. Garlic is an extremely potent medicine.
  - gamblor956 7y ago
    Someone must let the Italians and Indians and Persians and Greeks know that they've been eating medicines for centuries... If you're going to make a silly claim that garlic and onions aren't foods you need to back that BS up.
    - msiyer 7y ago
      Indians know, or atleast knew till a few decades ago, that garlic and onion are medicines. They have known for centuries. I have no idea about Italians and Greeks.
SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
> Onion and garlic are extremely potent medicines. They are not food. Sorry, what? Onion is one of the oldest cultivated plant and it's consumption exists in nearly every culture, in much "cleaner" times than today. If our guts can adapt to milk, it will have adapted to onion. Also, you're going to have to show me evidence that the extremely potent medicine has extremely potent effects - what do we currently cure with onion? And please no big pharma arguments - aspirin and penicillin are still wildly available and they come from natural elements.
- msiyer 7y ago
  More than 75% of Asian population is lactose intolerant. Milk is not good for us. Body adapts to smoking and alcoholism. Does that make cigarettes and alcohol good for us? Coffee is a potent nerve stimulant, but too much of it makes you insensitive to its effects. Does that make coffee less potent or does that make you insensitive? Potent medicine is what Ayurveda calls it. Garlic is right at the top. Our concept of potent and the way nature works are not compatible. Hence, the diseases. Try detoxifying your body and then consume garlic to know if it is a medicine or just another food item.
  - SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
    > Try detoxifying your body Which toxins?

by msiyer 7y ago

jtreminio 7y ago

Garlic and onions are high in fructans which trigger IBS in millions of people a day. My wife enjoyed and _loved_ galic for 30+ years before her IBS kicked in. Garlic is extremely bad for IBS because bacteria gorge themselves and produce a ton of gas, which causes horrible intestinal pain. A study [0] recommends garlic and onions as key foods to restore a healthy, balanced microbiome. I have never heard anyone before you claim that garlic or onions will kill bacteria. Rather, they let a specific kind flourish. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470704/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470704/

msiyer 7y ago
>>Rather, they let a specific kind flourish... ... at the expense of others. Garlic is mentioned exactly once in the study. It is just included with a bunch of other things. Nothing to conclude here. Garlic is, by no means, a food. Any study that recommends it as food is not a proper study. Garlic is an extremely potent medicine.
- gamblor956 7y ago
  Someone must let the Italians and Indians and Persians and Greeks know that they've been eating medicines for centuries... If you're going to make a silly claim that garlic and onions aren't foods you need to back that BS up.
  - msiyer 7y ago
    Indians know, or atleast knew till a few decades ago, that garlic and onion are medicines. They have known for centuries. I have no idea about Italians and Greeks.

SketchySeaBeast 7y ago

> Onion and garlic are extremely potent medicines. They are not food. Sorry, what? Onion is one of the oldest cultivated plant and it's consumption exists in nearly every culture, in much "cleaner" times than today. If our guts can adapt to milk, it will have adapted to onion. Also, you're going to have to show me evidence that the extremely potent medicine has extremely potent effects - what do we currently cure with onion? And please no big pharma arguments - aspirin and penicillin are still wildly available and they come from natural elements.

msiyer 7y ago
More than 75% of Asian population is lactose intolerant. Milk is not good for us. Body adapts to smoking and alcoholism. Does that make cigarettes and alcohol good for us? Coffee is a potent nerve stimulant, but too much of it makes you insensitive to its effects. Does that make coffee less potent or does that make you insensitive? Potent medicine is what Ayurveda calls it. Garlic is right at the top. Our concept of potent and the way nature works are not compatible. Hence, the diseases. Try detoxifying your body and then consume garlic to know if it is a medicine or just another food item.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  > Try detoxifying your body Which toxins?