Garlic may aid in the detox of heavy metals in the body

Garlic offers several health advantages. The ability to detox heavy metals is one of them. Garlic has been shown in studies to be able to eliminate heavy metals from the body. Rats were given drinking water contaminated with mercury, cadmium, and lead in one research. Garlic extract was found to be effective in removing varying amounts of these three metals from the rats' livers.

Garlic's sulfur compounds have been demonstrated to protect against organ damage caused by heavy metal toxicity at high doses. Another study found that garlic extract was as effective (without the adverse effects) as a prescription drug for treating chronic lead poisoning in car battery workers. Garlic lowered lead levels in the blood by 19% in a 4-week trial of employees at a car battery plant who had been exposed to too much lead. Many clinical signs of toxicity, such as headaches and blood pressure, were also decreased.