But garlic is good for you!

The Mrs. posits that [i]f you are adding more than a single clove of garlic in a recipe for 2-4, you're an addict. She goes on to suggest that garlic and chili-type spices are taste-deadeners. I suppose I can see that, knowing that people who like hot sauce tend to like it hotter and hotter as time goes by. And certainly you can get inured to salt to the point where you produce dishes that no-one else can eat. But I don't think I'll be signing up for her garlic-cure plan any time soon, no matter how it might benefit my taste buds--a month without the divine lily? Horrors....