Garlic, as a common food in our daily life, has a good help in removing the fishy and peculiar smell of some foods. Garlic is not only a food ingredient, but also has special medicinal properties. So what are the effects and effects of garlic? Let's find out.

The efficacy and action of garlic

1. Anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory

Garlic is a natural broad-spectrum antimicrobial. Allicin contained in the volatile oil of purple garlic has obvious anti-inflammatory effect

Bacteria, especially on the upper respiratory tract and digestive tract infection, fungal keratitis, cryptosporidium infection has a significant effect. It has good killing effect on pathogenic bacteria and parasites, can prevent influenza, prevent wound infection, cure infectious diseases and insect repellent effect.

2, fight cancer

Sulfur compounds in garlic mainly act on the "start-up stage" of zhong tumor, through enhancing the detoxification function, interfering with the activation of carcinogens, preventing cancer formation, enhancing anti-disease function, blocking the formation of lipid peroxidation and anti-mutation and other ways, to avoid the transformation of normal cells to cancer cells. The trace element selenium in garlic can kill cancer cells and reduce the risk of cancer.

3, reduce blood sugar

Raw garlic can improve normal people's glucose tolerance, but also promote the secretion of insulin and increase the use of glucose tissue cells, so as to reduce blood sugar.

4, antioxidant

Can make the blood thin, smoking and drinking can make the blood become thick, if eating some garlic at the same time, it will balance and dilute the blood. It also has antioxidant properties similar to those of vitamins E and C.

5. Lower blood pressure

Hypertensive patients every morning to eat a few cloves of vinegar bubble garlic, and drink two tablespoons of vinegar juice, eat half a month will have obvious effect on hypertensive patients.

6. Eliminate fatigue

Garlic is a great accompanist to pork, which is one of the best sources of vitamin B1. And vitamin B1 and garlic contain allicin together, can play the role of eliminating fatigue and restoring physical strength.

Do not eat garlic

1. Avoid eating on an empty stomach

Avoid eating garlic on an empty stomach to prevent acute gastritis.

2. Avoid excessive consumption

Adults eat two or three cloves of raw garlic every day, four or five cloves of cooked garlic can be, children should be halved, more food is useless.

3. Avoid long-term consumption

Garlic can cause the intestines to harden and long-term consumption can cause constipation. But also can kill a large number of intestinal bacteria, which can also cause some skin diseases.