Improves Oral Health and Helps Suppress Allergies
Despite the unpleasant smell that raw garlic leaves in the mouth, it has been found to help improve oral health [4]. Garlic has important antibacterial compounds [5], such as allicin that can help fight bacteria that cause gum disease and create periodontal pockets. Garlic is also high in vitamin C and has been used to prevent scurvy in the past.
Studies suggest that garlic may be useful in suppressing allergies. This is because garlic is an anti-histamine. Histamine is a substance released by the immune system during allergic reactions.
A 2014 study [6] published in the Journal of Medicinal Food suggested that garlic was potentially useful as a dietary suppressor of allergic responses. In the study, aged black garlic extract was found to suppress multiple compounds involved in allergic responses.