Here are the correct forms of the words for the passage:

1. **traditions**
2. **valued**
3. **professionals**
4. **surprising**
5. **illnesses**
6. **advantage**
7. **breath**
8. **minimize**
9. **serious**
10. **favorable**

So the completed passage would read as follows:

You may know that Asian, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cultures have (1) **traditions** used garlic in their dishes. What you may not know is that garlic is also thought of as a (2) **valued** medicine by many ancient civilizations. Today, (3) **professionals** in the field of nutrition have come up with new information which is indeed quite (4) **surprising**. Apparently, not only is garlic good for you but it also helps overcome various (5) **illnesses**. The main (6) **advantage** to eating garlic is of course bad (7) **breath**. Cooking it reduces the strong smell and eating parsley, which is a natural deodorizer, also helps (8) **minimize** the smell. Thus, it's time we took the benefits of garlic (9) **seriously**. Why not add it to some of your (10) **favorable** dishes?