Why you should consider consuming raw garlic daily

health effects, you have to consume it raw.

To clarify, don’t get me wrong here, there’s probably nothing better than roasting an entire head of garlic to a soft, sweet, and buttery consistency. However, cooking completely transforms the chemical composition of it. As far as its health benefits go, cooking garlic essentially kills them off.

To understand why raw garlic is so powerful, you have to look at a sulfur-based compound called allicin.

Here’s a fun piece of food science: allicin doesn’t actually exist inside an intact clove of garlic.