Garlic and Breast Milk: Urban Legend?

I used to hear things about nursing and think -- that just cannot be true.

I heard you could dry up your milk through the power of cabbage leaves. Psh. Yeah, right.

Actually, it was right. And when I was a surrogate mommy and couldn't bear the pain of engorgement another moment, I called up my La Leche League buddy. She confirmed it and those cabbage leaves saved me. No kidding.

Sometimes though, I hear things and I know I'm not getting the full story. I don't even remember the first time I heard about garlic and boosting your milk supply, but it seems to come up in conversation more often than not when moms are asking how to get more milk flowing. I did some research and found that much like an urban legend, there's only a little bit of truth to it...