A group of sulfur-containing compounds in garlic (hereinafter referred to as garlic essence) can inhibit the synthesis of HMG-CoA from cholesterol in the liver, and then reduce cholesterol in the blood (high blood cholesterol is the most important factor for arteriosclerosis, heart disease and hypertension).
Garlic essence has strong antithrombotic activity, and has satisfactory preventive and therapeutic effects on myocardial infarction, arteriosclerosis and venous tumor.
Help prevent and treat diabetes.
Diabetes is a disease in which blood sugar rises due to problems in glucose metabolism in the body. The main reason is that the insulin secretion is insufficient or the sensitivity of cells to insulin is reduced, which leads to the inability of cells to effectively use glucose, which leads to the increase of blood sugar. Scientists have found that garlic extract can obviously inhibit some enzymes that produce glucose, but it is helpful for enzymes related to glucose metabolism in the liver, because garlic can also reduce the concentration of triglycerides in the blood.
Relieve high intraocular pressure
Glaucoma is usually accompanied by high intraocular pressure, which leads to impaired vision. In animal experiments, allicin in garlic can effectively reduce intraocular pressure. Therefore, it is speculated that eating more garlic is helpful to relieve the symptoms of high intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients.
Improve liver and lung diseases
Garlic can promote the normal gastrointestinal function and smooth pulmonary circulation, which is affirmed by scientists. How to eat garlic?
Most people are used to chopping raw garlic and dipping it in soy sauce. In fact, as mentioned above, due to long-term oxidation or high temperature (above 56 degrees Celsius), the effective active ingredients in garlic are easily lost. Therefore, if you really want to "eat garlic and eat healthily", you must put the whole garlic directly into your mouth and take a bite.
If you like the pleasure of chewing whole garlic, that's great, but most people still can't accept the taste of fresh garlic.
Another problem of chewing raw garlic is that most digestive tract mucosa is difficult to accept the stimulation of sulfide in raw garlic, which may also lead to allergic reaction and stomach burning discomfort in severe cases. But if you can accept chewing two or three cloves of medium-sized fresh garlic (about three to five grams) every day without causing any gastrointestinal discomfort, it is still worth encouraging.
Choose garlic products
Choosing a health food supplement made of garlic may be the first choice for busy modern people who pay attention to interpersonal communication (to avoid bad breath)! However, we should pay special attention to the fact that the active and effective components of garlic are easily destroyed in the process of manufacturing and refining. Can these pills give full play to the health function of garlic if swallowed? Consumers should choose carefully!
In the past, garlic products generally used high-temperature drying or ultra-low-temperature extraction technology, but this extraction technology would destroy the source of plant active substances in garlic, because the source of plant active substances in garlic must undergo a series of chemical enzymatic reactions under natural conditions to produce bioactive substances with dietotherapy effects. Therefore, garlic products using the above technology will greatly reduce their dietotherapy effect.
Buying garlic products depends on whether it is rich in allicin and allicin, and also depends on whether it contains all the nutrients of garlic. Only products that meet these quality standards can be really beneficial to health.