I eat 5 cloves a day since I want to flush my bowels of candida and other materials. It is really helping. My bowels are really being cleaned. I cannot believe how much is leaving my body. Of course I am also taking fiber like flax seed and psyllium daily so that dead candida does not get stuck in my bowels. I am not planning to take 5 cloves a day for a long time. I have almost completed one week, and will definitely go on for at least one more week. After that I will decrease my consumption to 1 clove a day...