Garlic Is Good For Your Brain

No. Garlic won’t make you smarter, but according to researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, it might protect your brain against aging and disease. A U of Missouri news release reports that researchers at the school focused on a carbohydrate derivative of garlic known as FruArg and the role this nutrient plays in protective responses, paying particular attention the nutrient’s ability to inhibit ― and even possibly reverse ― brain cell damage caused by environmental stress. What did they find? The envelope please…..When FruArg was applied to model microglial cells, the cells adapted to the stress by reducing the amount of nitric oxide they produced. That’s important because excessive production of nitric oxide leads to brain cell damage and promotes neurodegenerative diseases such as cerebral ischemia, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Wait, there’s more: FruArg promoted the production of antioxidants, which offered protective and healing benefits to other brain cells.