Garlic – The Natural Antibiotic!

During half term, the A-life team visited the Isle of Wight’s famous garlic farm and learnt some amazing facts about how garlic helps keep your body healthy, from top to toe:

• Brain – garlic is rich in Vitamin B1 (thiamine), which is critical in maintaining a healthy brain
• Mouth – it helps disinfect abscesses
• Heart – it helps prevent heart disease
• Lungs – it has been used in the treatment of asthma and whooping cough
• Liver – it neutralises liver toxins.