| − | Garlic is a herb sometimes used to flavor food. It has many health benefits, including lowering blood pressure and [[cholesterol]]<ref>http://www.garlic-central.com/cholesterol.html</ref>. It also seems to moderate obsessive compulsive disorder. There is a [[superstition]] that it wards off [[vampires]], which is false because vampires do not exist. | + | '''Garlic''' is a [[herb]] sometimes used to [[flavor]] food. It has many health benefits, including lowering blood pressure and [[cholesterol]]<ref>http://www.garlic-central.com/cholesterol.html</ref>. It also seems to moderate obsessive compulsive disorder. In many fictional stories, garlic has the power to ward off [[vampires]]. |