Ever Wondered About Food

Onions and Garlic (5x6)

: 14, 2007

The world’s third most popular ingredient after salt and pepper, onions and garlic have traditionally been just as common in the medicine chest. Egyptian slaves were given daily rations of garlic and Alexander the Great wouldn’t march before feeding his army onions. Modern medical research is focused on possible uses in the treatment of breast cancer, heart disease and MRSA.