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How to Eat Garlic to Treat Appetite Loss

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Throughout the centuries, garlic has been hailed for its ability to remedy many common ailments. Today, there is scientific proof that it can help improve your overall health. It helps your cardiovascular system, has strong antimicrobial properties and helps you to treat appetite loss.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Make a soup from garlic by boiling 3 or 4 cloves in a cup of water. You can drink this twice daily to stimulate the appetite. Add the juice of half a lemon to the soup if desired, or you can add ½ tsp. of limejuice. Drink the soup for at least 1 week for the maximum benefit.

  2. Step 2

    Avoid excessive fasting because not eating can actually curb your appetite. Instead, eat a good diet that includes garlic, even if you don't feel like it, to ward off appetite loss.

  3. Step 3

    Break apart a garlic bulb and peel a few cloves of garlic. Then, slice them up and saute them with vegetables and some oil to add more garlic to your diet. Garlic adds flavor and aroma to otherwise dull foods, helping you to enjoy eating more.

  4. Step 4

    Cook with garlic for its aroma. If your sense of taste isn't that strong, you should know that smell has a lot to do with taste. The pungent aroma of garlic itself is an appetite stimulant. Merely cooking with it can help improve your appetite, even if you don't eat it.

  5. Step 5

    Take a daily garlic supplement to help treat your appetite loss. Garlic supplements are available in supermarkets, health-food stores and pharmacies. They have similar health benefits to eating fresh garlic.

Tips & Warnings
  • Consider taking a multivitamin if you haven't been eating properly due to appetite loss. The multivitamin shouldn't give you more than 100 percent of the recommended daily allowance for vitamins. Consuming a liquid nutrition supplement might be a good idea as well.
  • Treat loss of appetite the way you would treat any other symptom. Visit a health-care professional to determine why you have a decreased desire to eat before trying any herbal or medicinal cures.
  • Beware of halitosis if you are eating lots of garlic. Try chewing gum and using mouthwash to get rid of bad breath.
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