According to the experts, kyolic garlic, aged garlic pressed into tablets and sold in health-food stores, works as well as garlic. At the first international meeting on garlic, papers were presented to show that aged, kyolic garlic has the same properties as fresh, raw garlic bulbs. There are many garlic tablets sold under many names; some are quite expensive. Because there are no clinical studies on this aspect of garlic tablets, the only advice is to try them and see. However, you should always focus on fresh garlic.

Garlic Do’s & Don’ts:

Do:
* Add a clove of garlic to each serving of soup.
* Add a clove of garlic to a garden salad.
* Add a clove of garlic to each serving of fish, roast, or fowl.
* Add a half clove of garlic to each serving of spaghetti sauce.

1. Rid your habits of frying foods. Trim all fat off meat before cooking. Remove fatty skin from chicken and turkey. Don’t fry foods. Roast, bake, broil or poach them instead. Use fat-free basting or marinating liquids, such as wine, tomato juice or lemon juice. If you use oil for sautéing or baking, use olive or canola, both very low in saturated fat. Use margarine that lists a liquid oil as the first ingredient. Watch out for the term “hydrogenated,” which means some of the fat has been made saturated.