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Garlic

fresh cloves, crushed · Allium sativum
no number because no lifespan study covers it
no lifespan data · blood pressure

What it does

Allicin compounds gently relax vessels.

Why there is no number here

No lifespan study covers garlic. Rather than invent a figure, we say so. What it does have evidence for is blood pressure. Plenty of good food has no mortality data behind it — that does not make it bad, it makes it unmeasured.

What it is made of

How to eat it

Crush, wait ten minutes, then cook.

Minutes derived from Fadnes LT, Økland J-M, Haaland ØA, Johansson KA. Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study. PLOS Medicine 19(2):e1003889, 2022. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003889

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রসুন

অ্যালিসিন যৌগ রক্তনালী মৃদুভাবে শিথিল করে।

থেঁতো করে ১০ মিনিট রেখে তারপর রান্না।

এর আয়ু নিয়ে কোনো তথ্য নেই — তাই আমরা কোনো সংখ্যা বসাই না।

120 is the biological ceiling, not a promise. These are population estimates from a peer-reviewed model, not a personal forecast. Educational information, not medical advice.