Creamy Garlic Soup For A Healthy Heart

Today, garlic has become an integral part of the kitchen and is used to flavor many of our dishes. Below is the recipe for a less well-known but no less tasty, nutritious soup: a creamy garlic soup.

The ingredient garlic is used in numerous recipes and is best known for its preventive effect against cardiovascular and circulatory diseases.

The recipe for garlic soup is on the menu in different cultures and you can also give it your own personal twist. Start with the basic recipe as described in this article and feel free to experiment by adding different herbs or vegetables.

It’s a simple and inexpensive recipe that offers many health benefits for you, your family and friends who are your guests.

Benefits of garlic soup

• Garlic helps improve  cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
• Cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes, are the leading causes of death in the world. High blood pressure is one of the main causes of these diseases. Human studies have shown that eating garlic regularly can significantly help lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure.

• It prevents the hardening of the arteries, which is called atherosclerosis. During the aging process, the arteries gradually become less flexible, which reduces the flow of blood and can lead to health problems. Garlic has a cleansing effect in the arteries, making them flexible and vital again.
• Also you can prevent the formation of blood clots by regular garlic to add to dishes. This allows the blood circulation to remain smooth and free of blockages.
• Garlic soup has additional additional health benefits such as: lowers fever, reduces coughs and colds, soothes stomach pain and headaches, has a healing effect on asthma and bronchitis and helps to lower blood sugar levels in the body. All these healing properties make garlic one of the most widely used and effective natural remedies.

• In addition, studies are currently underway seeking confirmation for the claims that garlic is also curative in the case of stomach, colon and rectal cancers.

Use fresh garlic

To fully enjoy the listed health benefits, we recommend using fresh garlic cloves over powdered supplements. The active ingredient allicin is formed by the sulfur compound that is formed when a clove is chopped, pressed or chewed.

Allicin enters the body through digestion and is transported throughout the body by the bloodstream where it can do its powerful healing work. This substance is responsible for the typical garlic smell, which is why it is often removed from powdered supplements.

How to make garlic soup?

Ingredients for 4 people

• One and a half garlic cloves
• Five slices of bread
• A bone of ham
• 1 stalk leek
• 1 carrot
• A handful of fresh chives
• Two eggs
• Olive oil
• A teaspoon of paprika powder
• Half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper
• Half a hand full of fresh parsley

Ready to make your garlic soup

• Start by making a fresh stock first. To do this, cook the leeks, root and leg of ham in a large pan, add plenty of water and cover the cauldron. You can cook the fresh parsley. Then let it boil for about half an hour. When the vegetables are well cooked, pass everything through a sieve and keep the stock aside.

• Then heat a pan, pour a dash of olive oil in the pan and let the pre-peeled garlic cloves brown slightly together with the pepper. The smell of this is delicious! Now add the slices of bread to the lightly browned garlic, which you have previously cut into pieces. Let all the ingredients fry well and season with the paprika powder. You can now combine the stock and this mixture.
• Let everything cook over medium heat for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• If you like an egg, these can now be raw in the soup. Moreover, recent studies showed that moderate consumption of eggs would have no negative impact at all on blood cholesterol levels.

• Now the freshly chopped chives can be sautéed briefly in a pan with olive oil until it has a crispy texture.
• You can add the crispy chive oil as a garnish on top of the soup and give it an extra tasty note. Get started quickly and enjoy this tasty soup, which is also healthy for your heart and blood vessels!