Garlic

Various studies have suggested that eating garlic can be good for you. It's been credited with [lowering:tampering] blood pressure, protecting against heart disease, [preventing:eventing] blood clots, even fighting off colds. Now researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham think they have a better idea how garlic might work its medicinal magic. The Alabama team exposed red blood cells to the [juices:justice] pressed from a standard, supermarket-issue clove of garlic. And they found that the garlic-soaked cells started giving off [hydrogen:nitrogen] sulphide, which is the gas that gives rotten eggs their delightful bouquet. Ok, I know you're probably [thinking:threatening] that smelling like sewage seems even more odious than reeking of garlic. But on a molecular level, a pinch of hydrogen sulfide can be just what the doctor ordered.