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I think you're being downvoted because you're giving non-mainstream health advice and acting as if it's sensible and obvious. Most people are used to hearing s

I think you're being downvoted because you're giving non-mainstream health advice and acting as if it's sensible and obvious. Most people are used to hearing strange health advice from others and have developed strong "bullshit detector" instincts around this topic. "Eat raw garlic" would be a textbook example of this form of health advice, as it has an extremely unpleasant taste in any significant quantity and also makes you smell bad to others.

Ensorceled 5y ago
It’s dangerous health advice as well, going completely vegan without some planning can result in all sorts of health issues. Everyone should Google “vegan b12 deficiency” Plant based diets can be healthy but you’re putting nutritional yeast in a lot of meals.
- 11235813213455 5y ago
  Yes switching too fast is dangerous for someone without a good vitality Of course people should do it gradually, and about b12 deficiency, someone eating mostly raw food will have lower levels (compared to the "health norm") but it's mostly because we need less of it, we can produce it naturally, and do so only when necessary. It's in French but someone like Florian Gomet explains this fact well. Why would I be deficient in b12 if my energy, digestion, and everything is going perfectly (someone "deficient" would not be able to accomplish what Florian Gomet did or just my life style since 10 years)? I'm asking you
  - rhn_mk1 5y ago
    I haven't been able to find any reputable sources about your claim "we can produce it naturally", which sets off my bullshit detector for your entire claim. You might be more successful if you support what you say with sources.
    - 11235813213455 5y ago
      > It (B12) is synthesized by some bacteria in the gut flora in humans and other animals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12#:~:text=It%20is%20synthesized%20by%20some%20bacteria%20in%20the%20gut%20flora%20in%20humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12#:~:text=It%20is%20... so yea not directly by us, but by our guts flora, you validate it?
      - aw1621107 5y ago
        The rest of the sentence provides some important information: > It is synthesized by some bacteria in the gut flora in humans and other animals, but it has long been thought that humans cannot absorb this as it is made in the colon, downstream from the small intestine, where the absorption of most nutrients occurs.
        11235813213455 5y ago
        ok, maybe not everything has been discovered about this, because how come my summer diet of only figs, tomatoes and some leafy greens doesn't cause any b12 deficiency symptoms? (as listed here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamin-b12-or-folate-deficiency-anaemia/symptoms/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamin-b12-or-folate-deficien...) but I'm not at all a vegan, it's just that currently there is an abundance of figs around, and why not use those calories. I may consume a fish later in the year, but I'd be curious to understand why some people suffer from b12 deficiency, and some others apparently don't
        rhn_mk1 5y ago
        https://www.b12-vitamin.com/body-store/ https://www.b12-vitamin.com/body-store/ > Our bodies store a greater amount of vitamin B12 than that of any other vitamin > serious effects of vitamin B12 deficiency can take several years to emerge.
        11235813213455 5y ago
11235813213455 5y ago
> Garlic is the plant necessary in everyday life from the past until the present days. It contains active compounds that are responsible for its effect on almost every part of the human body. Garlic is an excellent tonic for the human organism. It has been used for medical treatment of everything, from ancient civilizations to date > From all of the above-mentioned data, it can be concluded that administration of garlic should not be avoided; on the contrary, its intake should be as much as possible since it underlies human health. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249897/#sec1-3title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249897/#sec1-3...
- AussieWog93 5y ago
  Please read your own quote back to yourself. Does it make any hard, falsifiable claims (e.g. "eating one clove of garlic daily reduces the probability of catching a cold by 26%")? Does it make any prescriptive recommendations at all (at least to people that are not hyperlypemic)? Does it even sound remotely at all like hard science? Regardless of the validity of the health claims, does this mean people should actually start eating something that is repulsive to both them and everybody else around them?
  - foxhop 5y ago
    You had me at every until saying garlic is repulsive. Shots fired, I grown garlic but I most often consume it fried in olive oil to pull out compounds into the oils for flavor. Another way one is fermented with hot peppers to make hot sauce. Just a little bit of garlic goes a long way. One hint, always remove or discard the green "germ" or kernel of the garlic before using in food prep. The nasty garlic flavor comes from there. Planting and growing garlic is easy and for northerners we plant in the Autumn. Video related: https://youtu.be/GUYrN0o-cfk https://youtu.be/GUYrN0o-cfk
    - AussieWog93 5y ago
      Mate I'm a wog. I generally quadruple garlic amounts recommended in recipes. GP was suggesting eating it raw, though, in large quantity.

Ensorceled 5y ago

It’s dangerous health advice as well, going completely vegan without some planning can result in all sorts of health issues. Everyone should Google “vegan b12 deficiency” Plant based diets can be healthy but you’re putting nutritional yeast in a lot of meals.

11235813213455 5y ago
Yes switching too fast is dangerous for someone without a good vitality Of course people should do it gradually, and about b12 deficiency, someone eating mostly raw food will have lower levels (compared to the "health norm") but it's mostly because we need less of it, we can produce it naturally, and do so only when necessary. It's in French but someone like Florian Gomet explains this fact well. Why would I be deficient in b12 if my energy, digestion, and everything is going perfectly (someone "deficient" would not be able to accomplish what Florian Gomet did or just my life style since 10 years)? I'm asking you
- rhn_mk1 5y ago
  I haven't been able to find any reputable sources about your claim "we can produce it naturally", which sets off my bullshit detector for your entire claim. You might be more successful if you support what you say with sources.
  - 11235813213455 5y ago
    > It (B12) is synthesized by some bacteria in the gut flora in humans and other animals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12#:~:text=It%20is%20synthesized%20by%20some%20bacteria%20in%20the%20gut%20flora%20in%20humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12#:~:text=It%20is%20... so yea not directly by us, but by our guts flora, you validate it?
    - aw1621107 5y ago
      The rest of the sentence provides some important information: > It is synthesized by some bacteria in the gut flora in humans and other animals, but it has long been thought that humans cannot absorb this as it is made in the colon, downstream from the small intestine, where the absorption of most nutrients occurs.
      - 11235813213455 5y ago
        ok, maybe not everything has been discovered about this, because how come my summer diet of only figs, tomatoes and some leafy greens doesn't cause any b12 deficiency symptoms? (as listed here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamin-b12-or-folate-deficiency-anaemia/symptoms/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamin-b12-or-folate-deficien...) but I'm not at all a vegan, it's just that currently there is an abundance of figs around, and why not use those calories. I may consume a fish later in the year, but I'd be curious to understand why some people suffer from b12 deficiency, and some others apparently don't
        rhn_mk1 5y ago
        https://www.b12-vitamin.com/body-store/ https://www.b12-vitamin.com/body-store/ > Our bodies store a greater amount of vitamin B12 than that of any other vitamin > serious effects of vitamin B12 deficiency can take several years to emerge.
        11235813213455 5y ago

11235813213455 5y ago

> Garlic is the plant necessary in everyday life from the past until the present days. It contains active compounds that are responsible for its effect on almost every part of the human body. Garlic is an excellent tonic for the human organism. It has been used for medical treatment of everything, from ancient civilizations to date > From all of the above-mentioned data, it can be concluded that administration of garlic should not be avoided; on the contrary, its intake should be as much as possible since it underlies human health. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249897/#sec1-3title https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249897/#sec1-3...

AussieWog93 5y ago
Please read your own quote back to yourself. Does it make any hard, falsifiable claims (e.g. "eating one clove of garlic daily reduces the probability of catching a cold by 26%")? Does it make any prescriptive recommendations at all (at least to people that are not hyperlypemic)? Does it even sound remotely at all like hard science? Regardless of the validity of the health claims, does this mean people should actually start eating something that is repulsive to both them and everybody else around them?
- foxhop 5y ago
  You had me at every until saying garlic is repulsive. Shots fired, I grown garlic but I most often consume it fried in olive oil to pull out compounds into the oils for flavor. Another way one is fermented with hot peppers to make hot sauce. Just a little bit of garlic goes a long way. One hint, always remove or discard the green "germ" or kernel of the garlic before using in food prep. The nasty garlic flavor comes from there. Planting and growing garlic is easy and for northerners we plant in the Autumn. Video related: https://youtu.be/GUYrN0o-cfk https://youtu.be/GUYrN0o-cfk
  - AussieWog93 5y ago
    Mate I'm a wog. I generally quadruple garlic amounts recommended in recipes. GP was suggesting eating it raw, though, in large quantity.