Hi, thanks for all the info. When you said the chemistry of the cell walls of the 'bad' guys is different than the 'good' guys, thats the info that I needed.
I just HAD to read the info on garlic on the "ask andreas" posting.... even though I KNEW I wasn't gonna like it. Gotta say it just gets my guts (no pun here) to hear garlic maligned so. Maybe its true that garlic is a poison - but maybe its not. The posting pointed out that in Ayurvedic thinking garlic is a poison. Ok, good enough- each culture is different. I did a search on google on "middle eastern garlic healthy foods" and came up with oodles of recipes.
I guess at some point it just comes down to your own opinion and faith. My money is on Edgar Cayce , who said garlic should be included in the diet - that's good enough for me.