Garlic

garlic

Garlic, originally produced in the western plateau of Asia, is now the main origin of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and other provinces. It has not only good edible value, but also good medicinal value. It has the effect of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, can protect the liver, regulate blood glucose, protect the cardiovascular system, anti-hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis, and anti-platelet agglutination. 1. Bactericidal garlic contains about 2% allicin, its bactericidal ability is penicillin 1/10, to a variety of pathogenic bacteria such as staphylococcus, meningitis, pneumonia, streptococcus and diphtheria, dysentery, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, tuberculosis bacilli and Vibrio cholerae, have obvious inhibition and killing effect. It also kills more pathogenic fungi and hookworms, pinworms and trichomonas. Eating raw garlic is an effective way to prevent flu and intestinal infections. However, it should be noted that allicin is easily destroyed at high temperature and loses its bactericidal effect. 2. Detoxification and intestinal cleansing garlic can effectively inhibit and kill Helicobacter pylori and other bacterial viruses that cause gastrointestinal diseases, remove gastrointestinal toxic substances, stimulate gastrointestinal mucosa, promote appetite, and accelerate digestion. 3. Reduce blood glucose Garlic can promote the secretion of insulin, increase the absorption of glucose by tissue cells, improve human glucose tolerance, rapidly reduce blood glucose level in the body, and kill various bacteria that cause diabetes due to infection, so as to effectively prevent and treat diabetes. 4. Aphrodisiac garlic has the effect of improving male sexual ability, it is conducive to the treatment of male impotence, promote male erectile function. In addition, garlic has the effect of tonifying kidney, can improve the quality of male sperm. 5. Weight loss garlic can reduce the body fat, it is said that eating garlic can increase the secretion of some thin body substances, so as to achieve the effect of lowering fat. So garlic can not only strengthen the body, but also achieve weight loss effect. 6. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases garlic can promote vascular dilatation, have the effect of lowering blood pressure, but also can prevent the precipitation of fat in the cardiovascular, strengthen the permeability of cardiovascular, has the function of preventing thrombosis and arteriosclerosis. The researchers tested 50 people in Laoshan County who ate 50 grams of raw garlic every day. Six days later, serum levels of total cholesteol, triglycerides and L3 lipoproteins were significantly lower than before the experiment. Therefore, adults who eat a few cloves of garlic with their meals each day are well protected against cardiovascular disease. 7. Cancer the sulfur compounds in garlic can make the body produce an enzyme, the enzyme has the effect of resistance mutations (cancer) is a kind of cell mutations, through strengthens the function of detoxification enzymes, interfering with the activation of carcinogens, prevent cancer formation, enhance immune function, blocking lipid peroxidation formation and resistance mutation and so on many kinds of ways, to avoid the transformation of normal cells into cancer cells. Garlic contains trace element selenium also has the effect of killing cancer cells and reducing the incidence of cancer. Nutritional VALUE GARLIC nutrition IS RICH, EVERY 100 grams CONTAINS WATER 69.8 grams, PROTEIN 4.4 grams, FAT 0.2 grams, CARBOHYDRATE 23.6 grams, CALCIUM 5 milligrams, phosphorus 44 milligrams, iron 0.4 milligrams, VITAMIN C3 milligrams. In addition, it also contains thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, allicin, citral and selenium and germanium and other trace elements. 1, every 100 grams of garlic containing volatile oil about 0.2%, the main component of the oil is allicin, has a bactericidal effect, is the garlic contained in allicin by the action of garlic enzyme hydrolysis. 2, garlic contains "allicin", this substance is beneficial to the brain than vitamin B, but also many times stronger. Let children eat more Onions and garlic at ordinary times, can make the growth and development of brain cells more active. 3. Foreign studies have found that sulfur compounds in garlic can promote intestinal production of an enzyme or a substance called allicin, which can eliminate the risk of intestinal tumors caused by substances in the intestine by enhancing the immune ability of the body, blocking the formation of lipid peroxidation and anti-mutation and other ways. 4. Some ingredients in garlic have antioxidant and anti-aging properties similar to vitamin E and vitamin C. Recommended eating: yolk garlic, beauty, anti-aging, garlic can promote blood circulation; Egg yolk contains rich vitamin E, can inhibit active acid element, slow down blood vessels and skin aging.