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Does eating garlic really prevent diseases?
The benefits of eating garlic regularly are as follows: 1. Anti-inflammation. Garlic is a kind of natural antibiotic, which has an auxiliary treatment effect on various bacterial infections and diseases caused by viruses. It can not only inhibit the growth of pathogens, but also promote human immunity and kill pathogens. Second, it can prevent cancer. Garlic can block the synthesis of digestive tract cancer (nitrite), especially inhibit the growth of cancer cells, and has obvious inhibitory effect on the synthesis of nitrite. Third, it can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Garlic is the scavenger of blood vessels. Eating garlic often can reduce people's blood lipids and improve vascular endothelium, which is of great significance to the human body. Fourth, garlic can resist aging, strengthen brain and improve intelligence, and promote hair growth. For garlic, eating it every day also has some disadvantages, mainly because garlic is very irritating, which will cause related diseases, especially for the intestine, which will lead to diarrhea and inflammation of the stomach. There will also be a particularly bad breath, which will seriously cause vision loss.

Promote the secretion of digestive juice, enhance appetite and remove fishy smell. It can also prevent colds, bacillary dysentery, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, enhance memory, prolong life, and has a certain curative effect on strengthening the strength of corpus cavernosum. Has antibacterial, antiinflammatory, anthelmintic, stomach invigorating, diuretic, expectorant and antitussive effects. Garlic contains selenium, which can inhibit the spread of cancer cells and prevent benign tumors from becoming cancerous. Garlic is pungent, warm and hot. Excessive consumption can cause yin deficiency of liver and kidney, dry mouth, decreased vision and other symptoms. If you eat garlic excessively for a long time, it will have adverse effects, especially for people with eye diseases, frequent fever, hot flashes and night sweats. Some people eat too much garlic for a long time, and when they are 50 or 60 years old, they will gradually feel blurred vision, decreased vision, tinnitus, dry mouth, top-heavy and memory loss. This is the result of long-term addiction to garlic, so there is a saying among the people that eating garlic alone is beneficial and harmful to the eyes.