1, anticancer

Foreign studies have found that sulfur-containing compounds in garlic can promote the production of an enzyme or a substance called allicin in the intestine, and eliminate the risk of intestinal tumors caused by intestinal substances by enhancing the body's immune ability, blocking the formation of lipid peroxidation and anti-mutation. However, it is still uncertain how many such enzymes need to be produced to effectively play the anti-tumor role of garlic.

2. Anti-aging effect

Some components in garlic have antioxidant and anti-aging properties similar to those of vitamin E and vitamin C.

3. Anti-fatigue effect

Some people have found that pork is one of the foods rich in vitamin B 1, and the combination of vitamin B 1 and allicin contained in garlic can play a very good role in eliminating fatigue and restoring physical strength.

4. Protect the cardiovascular system

The results of epidemiological research show that in areas where each person eats 20 grams of raw garlic every day, the incidence of death due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is significantly lower than that in areas where there is no habit of eating raw garlic.

5, sterilization effect

Garlic is a natural broad-spectrum antibiotic in plants. Garlic contains about 2% allicin, which has a strong bactericidal effect. After entering the human body, it can react with cystine of bacteria to produce crystal precipitation, which destroys sulfhydryl groups in thioamino organisms necessary for bacteria, and makes bacteria metabolize disorder, thus failing to reproduce and grow.

The bactericidal ability of garlic is110 of penicillin, and it has obvious inhibitory or strangulation effects on staphylococcus, meningitis, pneumonia, streptococcus, diphtheria, dysentery, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, tuberculosis, Vibrio cholerae and other pathogenic bacteria.

In addition, it can kill hookworm, pinworm, trichomonas and other pathogenic fungi and parasites. Therefore, eating garlic raw is an effective way to prevent influenza and intestinal infection. However, it should be noted that allicin is easily destroyed at high temperature and loses its bactericidal effect.

6. Improve sugar metabolism.

Studies have confirmed that eating raw garlic can improve the glucose tolerance of normal people, at the same time, it can also promote the secretion of insulin, increase the utilization of glucose by tissues and cells, and thus reduce the blood sugar level.

7. Anti-allergic effect

Eating garlic raw every day can reduce the degree of allergic reactions, especially those caused by temperature changes. The best way is to start eating garlic raw a few weeks before the allergy season.

But not everyone is suitable for eating, and five kinds of people are not suitable for eating garlic.

1, patients with eye diseases

The ancients said, "All garlic diseases need only one look." Eating garlic in large quantities for a long time is harmful to the eyes. Ji Kang said in "On Health Preservation" that "spicy meat hurts the eyes", while garlic is the most spicy, clear and easy to hurt the eyes. So be careful not to eat too much garlic, especially people with eye diseases, and avoid spicy food during treatment.

2. Weak heat

The ancients thought that eating more garlic would dissipate people's qi and blood, and Materia Medica from the New recorded that "garlic is pungent and toxic, causing phlegm burning, dispersing qi and consuming blood, and it is not suitable for those who are weak and hot to touch their lips". Therefore, people with poor health and weak qi and blood should pay attention.

3. Patients with liver disease

Many people use garlic to prevent hepatitis, and even some people still eat garlic every day after suffering from hepatitis. This is all wrong. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that garlic "hurts the liver and eyes for a long time". Garlic is hot and can help fire. It's pungent. If people with liver fire eat it, it will be more prosperous, and it will definitely hurt after a long time.

4. Patients with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency

Raw garlic is very exciting. Eating less in peacetime can promote digestion. However, if you eat garlic when suffering from non-bacterial enteritis or diarrhea, strong stimulation will aggravate the congestion and edema of intestinal mucosa, promote exudation and aggravate the condition.

5, seriously ill patients eat carefully.

Garlic hair, so-called hair, refers to foods that are particularly prone to induce certain diseases or aggravate diseases that have already occurred. Eating spicy food such as garlic and pepper is likely to have obvious side effects for people who are seriously ill or taking drugs, which will not only cause old diseases, but also make drugs ineffective or have a chain reaction with drugs, affecting their health.