1. disinfection
Garlic contains about 2% allicin, and its bactericidal ability is110 of penicillin. It has obvious inhibitory and killing effects on staphylococcus, meningitis, pneumonia, streptococcus, diphtheria, dysentery, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, mycobacterium tuberculosis, Vibrio cholerae and other pathogenic bacteria. It can also kill more pathogenic fungi and hookworms, pinworms and trichomonads. 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.
2. Detoxify and clear intestines
Garlic can effectively inhibit and kill helicobacter pylori and other bacterial viruses that cause gastrointestinal diseases, remove toxic substances in the stomach, stimulate gastrointestinal mucosa, promote appetite and accelerate digestion.
reduce the blood sugar
Garlic can promote the secretion of insulin, increase the absorption of glucose by tissues and cells, improve the glucose tolerance of the human body, rapidly reduce the blood sugar level in the body, and kill various germs that induce diabetes due to infection, thus effectively preventing and treating diabetes.
4. aphrodisiac
Garlic has the function of improving male sexual ability, which is beneficial to treating male impotence and promoting male erectile function. In addition, garlic also has the function of tonifying kidney, which can improve the sperm quality of men.
lose weight
Garlic can reduce body fat. It is said that eating garlic can increase the secretion of some weight-reducing substances in the body, thus achieving the effect of lowering blood fat. Therefore, garlic can not only strengthen the body, but also achieve the purpose of losing weight.
6. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Garlic can promote vasodilation, lower blood pressure, prevent the deposition of fat in cardiovascular system, strengthen the permeability of cardiovascular system, and prevent thrombosis and arteriosclerosis. The researchers tested 50 people in Laoshan county and asked them to eat 50 grams of raw garlic every day. After 6 days, the contents of serum total cholesterol, triglyceride and l3 lipoprotein were significantly lower than those before the experiment. Therefore, adults can prevent cardiovascular diseases by eating a few cloves of garlic every day.
7. Fight cancer
The sulfur-containing compounds in garlic can promote the body to produce an enzyme, which has the function of anti-mutation (cancer is a kind of cell mutation). Through enzymes, it can enhance the detoxification function, interfere with the activation of carcinogens, prevent the formation of cancer, enhance the immune function, block the formation of lipid peroxidation and anti-mutation, and prevent normal cells from transforming into cancer cells. The trace element selenium contained in garlic can also kill cancer cells and reduce the incidence of cancer.
Although eating garlic raw has many benefits, it should not be overdone, otherwise it will easily stimulate the stomach and body, easily lead to acute gastritis and nephritis, and easily lead to heart disease. Eating garlic raw for a long time can easily lead to vitamin B2 deficiency in the body and easily lead to inflammation such as stomatitis and angular stomatitis.