**Q. I have been eating two cloves of raw garlic every day at my evening meal. It may be a coincidence, but I have not had a cold in over 10 years and I don’t get sick for any other reason either. I’m 84 years old and am shooting for 120.**
A. Garlic has a long history of medicinal use. As far back as Hippocrates, healers used it for toothaches and chest pain. Grandmothers have been administering garlic for centuries to overcome colds and other respiratory infections.
Although there is no scientific evidence to validate garlic’s power against viral infections, eating two cloves daily may keep others so far away that they can’t give you their colds.
Redirected to Will Garlic Ward Off Colds on Dec. 1, 2016.
