I also have heard that raw garlic is good for you. And you can chop it up into pill-sized pieces and swallow them with a chaser.
I tried it last year, but I asked DH to let me know if I was starting to ... smell like the garlic. Two days after I started my raw-garlic program he gave me the bad news.
On the up side, I think I read somewhere that if you smell of garlic it will keep the biting insects away.
Trouble is, it might keep people away, too! :?