The benefits of garlic The benefits of eating garlic

　　Garlic effects:

　　It has the effects of warming the body and eliminating food, moving qi stagnation, warming the spleen and stomach, eliminating accumulation, detoxifying, and killing insects.； It is mainly used to treat food stagnation, epigastric cold and pain, swelling and fullness, diarrhea, dysentery, malaria, whooping cough, carbuncle and venom, alopecia areata, ringworm, snake and insect bites, hookworms, pinworms and other diseases.

　　Effects of garlic:

　　1. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory garlic is a natural plant broad-spectrum antibiotic. Garlic contains about 2% allicin. Its bactericidal ability is 1/10 of penicillin. It is effective against a variety of pathogenic bacteria such as Grape It has obvious inhibitory and killing effects on cocci, meningitis, pneumonia, streptococci, diphtheria, dysentery, typhoid, paratyphoid, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Vibrio cholerae. It can also kill more types of pathogenic fungi and hookworms, pinworms, and trichomoniasis. Eating raw garlic is an effective way to prevent influenza and intestinal infections. However, it should be noted that allicin is easily destroyed at high temperatures and loses its bactericidal effect.

　　2. The sulfur-containing compounds in anti-cancer garlic mainly act on the "start-up stage" of tumor occurrence. By enhancing the detoxification function, they interfere with the activation of carcinogens and prevent cancer formation, enhance immune function, block lipid peroxidation formation and anti-mutation and other pathways to prevent normal cells from transforming into cancer cells. The trace element selenium contained in garlic can kill cancer cells and reduce the incidence of cancer.

　　3. Anti-platelet aggregation. Garlic essential oil has the effect of inhibiting platelet aggregation. Its mechanism is to change the physical and chemical properties of the platelet membrane, thereby affecting the pickup and release functions of platelets, inhibiting the fibrinogen receptor on the platelet membrane, inhibiting the binding of platelets to fibrinogen, affecting the sulfur groups on the platelet membrane, and changing platelet function.

　　4. Lower blood lipids. According to epidemiological surveys, it has been found that in areas where an average person eats 20 grams of garlic per day, cardiovascular disease disease The mortality rate is significantly lower than in areas where there is no habit of eating raw garlic. Researchers tested 50 people in Laoshan County and asked them to eat 50 grams of raw garlic every day. After 6 days, the serum total cholesterol, triglyceride and L3 lipoprotein levels were significantly lower than before the experiment. Regular consumption of raw garlic also has a blood pressure lowering effect.

　　5. Blood sugar-lowering experiments have shown that eating raw garlic can improve the glucose tolerance of normal people. It can also promote the secretion of insulin and increase the utilization of glucose by tissue cells, thereby lowering blood sugar.

　　6. It can thin the blood. Smoking and drinking will make the blood thicker. If you eat some garlic at the same time, it will dilute the blood in a balanced way. It also has antioxidant properties similar to vitamin E and vitamin C.

　　7. Lower blood pressure. Patients with high blood pressure should eat a few cloves of garlic soaked in vinegar and drink two tablespoons of vinegar juice every morning. Eating it for half a month will have obvious effects on patients with high blood pressure.

　　8. Lower cholesterol. If garlic is paired with egg yolk, it can inhibit blood vessels and skin During aging, the lecithin contained in egg yolks can remove cholesterol adhering to blood vessel walls and lower cholesterol. In addition, egg yolk is also rich in vitamin E, which can inhibit active acid and slow down the aging of blood vessels and skin. ； Garlic can promote blood circulation. This combination not only has a better anti-aging effect, but also has a good effect on the treatment of cold sensitivity and even beauty. For those who don't like the pungent smell of garlic, garlic fried egg yolks are a good choice. It is made by mixing egg yolk into mashed garlic and then slowly frying it over a slow fire. It has no pungent taste and will not cause strong irritation to the stomach.

　　9. Eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength. It is a good way to eat garlic with pork. Pork is one of the foods richest in vitamin B1. The combination of vitamin B1 and allicin contained in garlic can eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength.

　　10. Make blood flow. Garlic and herring can make blood flow. Garlic can promote the digestion of protein in fish. Pomfret, saury, and herring are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which have obvious effects on lowering cholesterol, coagulating platelets, and dissolving blood clots. Eating them together with garlic can help blood flow smoothly.

　　It should be reminded that garlic should be eaten raw. Garlic is best mashed into a puree rather than minced with a knife. And leave it for 10 to 15 minutes to allow alliin and alliinase to combine in the air to produce allicin before eating.

　　At the same time, you should also pay attention to the amount of garlic. The more you eat, the better. Eating too much garlic will affect the absorption of vitamin B. Eating a large amount of garlic is also good for your health. Eye It has an irritating effect and can easily cause blepharitis and conjunctivitis. In addition, garlic should not be eaten on an empty stomach. People with gastric ulcer and those suffering from headache, cough, toothache It is not advisable to eat garlic when you are sick. Just take it once a day or every other day, and take 2 to 3 cloves each time.