Is garlic a blood thinner?

don´t know if it´s a blood thinner.
heard garlic lowers blood pressure.

It contains allycin. Google it and find out what the health benefits really are to garlic.

I've heard that military pilots are told not to eat garlic so many days before a qualifying test flight because it slows down reaction times. Has anyone else ever heard of this?

Garlic is an "anti-coagulant", which means that it reduces the blood's tendency to form clots, arterial plaques and other thickened, coagulated blood products. It is a blood thinner. It's also anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and lowers blood pressure.

If you can get some, try the pickled garlic. OMG! 5 cloves and it's so good! it's gone thru a canning process that partially cooks the garlic but, not all the way so it's still somewhat raw. But about 5 cloves a day should do the trick.

The pickled ones in oil & herbs are just awesome! I can eat half a jar in one go!