I haven’t had it. But, I can’t shake the feeling that I probably got it at some point and just didn’t show any symptoms.

Same

Do you have any science to back up your "clove of garlic a day keeps the corona away" theory? It sounds like you are making a ridiculous assertion based on your own experience and your guess that garlic consumption is what is rare about you.

I would suggest a statistics class. In the meantime, as a counterpoint to your anecdotal "evidence," I would offer the fact that I am also a huge consumer of garlic, and yet I've had Corona twice, once with Omicron post-vaccination.

Congrats on your good fortune, but I am 99.99etc.% sure that garlic is not the answer. It is a zillion times more likely that you had an early asymptomatic case and got antibodies.

I could see covid shots becoming much like flu shots, which is to say just throwing darts. Nah.

Does it have to be garlic or will other aromatics work? I have some shallots sitting my fridge and I don't feel like driving to get another covid shot.

Got my Pfizer bivalent booster yesterday (Moderna doesn't seem to be available in most Boston places). First time I had zero side effects/exhaustion/sore arm from one of these (all 3 previous Moderna shots wrecked me for 24 hours min), not sure how to feel about that

Does that mean it has two chips? Are they both Bill Gates or is the second from Google or someone else?

May wait a month or so. Got my only booster last November and then got Covid at the beginning of June which gave me mild symptoms. I'm assuming that immunity is waning now.

it's good that you ask so I can back it up and learn something myself while researching it.

are you ready?

here is your first link:

https://m.pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2021&no=895548

second:

http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/arti...ml?idxno=10835

third:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7qp...cure-explained

http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210331001085
....

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112220/

is say you can boost your immune system by a bit, that doesn't help anyone if they are putting it down at the same time or start in the minus. that's why kids almost never get it.

Of those, the only one even worth a click is the last, imo. And it doesn't mention garlic, but rather spicy or fermented foods that it postulates could effectively "rinse" the throat of contaminants, and admits that there are no laboratory studies to back this theory up. Given that this section cites Wikipedia multiple times, I am skeptical of even this level of "science."

I also only use sources from countries where the leading cause of death is leaving your fan on

Oh, I thought the garlic thing was a troll.

Why do you post 4 articles that point to the same study?

Fwiw, to my knowledge I have never contracted coronavirus, and I don't eat garlic or fermented veggies.

you only use sources from a country that is believing in myths as a whole as dumb as the following:


https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahdobro...-still-believe

"antiviral properties. Some of these probiotics may also protect against the Influenza virus through the modulation of innate immunity."

they are talking about anti oxidents, and anti viral properties. yes, those are also properties given to garlic.


"highlight how essential is a healthy eating pattern to strengthen our immune system."


you won't get anti oxidants from eating McDonald's. that's for sure. maybe that's why certain countries fared way better than the US. because they understood this.

anyways, "antidiabetic, chemopreventive, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial), "

I wish my burger king menu could provide me with those properties but it doesn't . garlic would provide those things presumely. if you trust the science or your grandmother's words. or the generation before. that's just common knowledge. garlic is good. it kills bacteria, you should look into that.

like I said, you can't expect it to do everything for ya, when someone starts in the minus i.e. he won't get great results. but i believe it will boost my immune system, and I have millions of doctors and heath experts backing me on this one, who say the same.

it's not a cure but it's a prevention and treatment method accredited by science. believe it or not.


you don't even understand what anti oxidents are, do ya? anti oxidents kills harmful oxidents used by the corona virus to infect your lungs.

That said it won't let you go into auto pilot, that's not a cure all take one pill and you're good strat. it's only a tiny part of a promising approach

no it wasn't. maybe you trust or distrust certain sources. now you can't. I've given you from French scientists to vice to all across the board. impossible to dismiss for you now.

maybe you have a robust immune system already and don't need any enhancements. I'd go with that.

lake, maybe you should look into what any good university studied nutritionist will tell you. I had the honor of having a very good bio and nutrition prof in college. that's no pseudo science at all. if it is, maybe I don't need to intake vitamin C anymore and my o-juice just tastes good.

Multiple sources reporting the claims of the same study is irrelevant; the veracity of the study is what's important. Posting a direct link to the study or abstract would prove useful in attempting to vet the claims. No one gives a shiit about Vice and Korean websites no one has ever heard of before.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7436771/

Ah, so the reason why I haven't contracted covid is probably due to a robust immune system, but the reason why you haven't contracted covid is definitely due to the garlic?

I haven't contracted covid. I kinda layed off the garlic for the last year or so, guess I just got lucky!

So what you're saying is that because garlic has been shown to have certain health benefits, the covid claims about it must blindly be accepted?

If your diet is healthy and balanced, you don't need to supplement with vitamin C.

I don't know what's the cause or if the garlic is even part of the equation.

but I have studied and observed different cultures, whose diets are using lots or garlic.

and you know what difference I could make out? they never catch a cold, in fact many of those didn't even know what a cold is.

that's the complete opposite of what I witness and observe in the western hemisphere with the people I know and talked to. some of the people I meet seem to have a cold 24/7 all year long. and they never touch garlic.

like my bio prof would preach, only if your diet is crap you need vitamin or nutritional supplements. I haven't had a cold in almost 20 years. I cought a slight one about 3 years ago and i know exactly what caused it. my own stupidity.

anti oxidants is spelled with an a btw, my bad.

i think you are more than just lucky. you obviously know how to walk through a minefield. not my people know how.

Elaborate on this worldly research of yours that you've conducted, especially the part about modern civilizations not aware of what a cold is.

just put 2 and 2 together, man. you can figure it out.

I never said you have to supplement it. what I said or meant was that you need it. while you absolutely need vitamin C, I am not so sure about garlic. the argument is, that it's beneficial , and the properties can't be dismissed imo, especially when youre facing a virus. but I'm not a nutritionist. I think you know one, you should talk to them and report back.

Lake, I'm only trying to make sense of it.

Please explain why the infection rate is so much better or lower in countries with high consumption rates of fermented and garlicy food, as mentioned in the studies.

why?

Oot has officially been washoed. Congrats and gl

One: There are not studies. There is study. One of them, with multiple articles about it.

Two: The study just lists several postulates about what the causation might be, of which the spicy food is only one and which the author admits has not been tested. There are other, more likely, differences. For example, public health regulations are much more heavily enforced in most Asian countries than in the West.

Three: That study is outdated. North Korea is getting hammered by corona now, after avoiding it pretty well early.

Four: According to most sources, Italians eat more garlic than any country in Europe, and they were the first to be hammered by corona.

Five: Stop noticing basic facts and building complex narratives around them. This is a pattern with you throughout the forums, and why you are always catching **** for your ridiculous leaps of "logic." Seriously, take a statistics class and stop saying "I'm just adding two and two." You are seeing one, postulating two, imagining another two, and adding them together to get 350.