Garlic is a plant native to Africa and central Asia. It was discovered and used by the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Greeks and Romans. Garlic earned a renowned place in the modern natural medicine. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance when the population was facing great plagues, garlic was used very often as a protective medicine. It gained its fame owing to some wrongdoers who fended off the plague by using antiseptic garlic vinegar. As a result, garlic was known as the best antidote against the plague under the name of “the vinegar of the four thieves”. Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know that your body is actually swarming with bacteria – and that it’s a good thing?

At any given time you have ten times more bacteria in your body than you do cells. Some of the bacteria are good (probiotic) and some are harmful (pathological). The bacteria residing inside you are not parasites. You live in complete symbiosis with them. Beneficial bacteria perform many useful tasks, and your health would seriously deteriorate without them. Read the rest of this entry »