Does Garlic Detox the Blood? Separating Fact from Fiction
                                
                                
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                                For thousands of years, civilizations from the Egyptians to the Romans have prized garlic not just for flavor, but for its medicinal properties. While it is a potent health food, the concept of a "blood detox" is misleading; garlic's role is not to cleanse the blood directly, but to provide powerful support to the body's natural filtering organs.