Garlic can not only be used for seasoning, but also prevent diseases and keep fit. It is praised as a "natural antibiotic" by Germans. In Germany, almost everyone likes to eat garlic, and the annual consumption is over 8, tons. The world's oldest garlic festival and the first garlic research institute were also born here.
Three meals a day can't be separated from garlic
German supermarkets can see kind of garlic foods everywhere, and garlic restaurants, garlic specialty stores and other "garlic brands" are everywhere. The reporter has lived in Germany for many years, and the German friends he knows are inseparable from garlic every day.
Mrs. Marcus, the reporter's neighbor, is a typical housewife who spends three meals a day with garlic. For breakfast, their family will eat garlic bread, and they can also coat the bread with a layer of garlic honey and garlic jam according to their personal preferences. Chinese food often eats garlic macaroni, garlic pizza, garlic potato chips, etc. Dinner staple food is usually garlic steak cooked with garlic oil, garlic fried fish, garlic roast chicken, etc., and then drink some garlic wine. Even the cake and ice cream after dinner have garlic flavor. As a German, the reserved dishes at her family's party are garlic sausage, which is everyone's favorite, and garlic cheese hotpot, which children love.
In Darmstadt, Germany, the garlic festival has been held once a year for more than 1 years. During the festival, from use to sight, from eating to wearing, all have garlic characteristics, attracting thousands of garlic gourmets. The organizer also selected a beautiful girl as the "garlic queen", and even the "laurel" she wore was made of garlic. And the "queen" task is to tour all over Germany to promote the benefits of eating garlic.
Garlic has a good effect when eaten raw
The German Garlic Research Institute is an international organization specializing in garlic diet and pharmacological effects. Professor West, an expert from the Institute, told the reporter that garlic contains two effective substances, alliin and alliinase. Once garlic is crushed, they will contact each other to form allicin, which makes it impossible for bacteria to reproduce and grow. Therefore, edible garlic must be mashed into mud, and it should not be cut into minced garlic with a knife, otherwise it will affect the release of effective components from garlic, and it should be put for 1-15 minutes to allow allicin and alliinase to combine in the air to produce allicin before eating. At the same time, allicin will lose more than 4% of its pharmacological effects when exposed to heat, so garlic is suitable for raw food.
Professor West also pointed out that it is most important to eat garlic and have a balanced diet, and eat it together with other vegetables. At the same time, in order to strengthen absorption, people can also choose to eat all kinds of garlic extract products, such as allicin capsules.
However, it should be noted that eating too much garlic will affect the absorption of vitamin B6, so people who often eat garlic should pay attention to supplementing vitamin B6. In addition, garlic is not suitable for eating on an empty stomach. Because garlic has strong irritation, patients with gastric ulcer and people with headache, cough and toothache should not eat garlic. Professor West suggested that eating 2-3 cloves of garlic every day is good for health care, and eating more meals is better.
In the interview, the reporter also learned that the German Garlic Research Institute, together with relevant government departments, is promoting a Garlic Food Plan aimed at improving people's eating habits and preventing cancer and other diseases. Garlic is at the top of the pyramid structure of "important food that may prevent diseases such as cancer".
Professor West said that the latest research shows that garlic contains nearly 4 effective components, among which S-allyl cysteine has the effect of enhancing immunity and activating T cells in the immune system, which acts as a command and orders the "defense forces" in the body to capture and kill foreign enemies such as viruses.
In addition, garlic has a good protective effect on cardiovascular system. Many daily foods in Germany, such as eggs, sausages, cheese, bacon, etc., will lead to high blood lipids if eaten too much. If you eat garlic at the same time, the rising trend of blood lipid will be curbed. At the same time, some components in garlic can also lower blood pressure, improve blood circulation, control thrombosis and arteriosclerosis.
More surprisingly, the study found that the cancer incidence of people who eat garlic regularly is nearly 5% lower than that of people who don't eat garlic. People who eat garlic more than once a week have only half the risk of colon cancer.
"If you want to live to 9 years old, garlic should be the basic component of food." Professor West said, however, besides garlic, other vegetables should also be included in the diet, so that the anti-aging effect will be better.
American Garlic Festival
In California, there is a world-famous garlic town, Gelai Town, which is called "Garlic Capital of the World". The garlic processing industry there is very prosperous. Since 1979, the garlic festival has been held for three days on the last weekend of July every year. In 1991, 14, businessmen and tourists from all over the world took part. The Garlic Festival is held every year, with an average of 4, to 5, visitors per day. There are four stages from the creek to the park, music is coming from the green lawn, and jazz and rock music are everywhere in the west. Children enjoy playing with puppets, making faces and making up clowns. The most interesting thing is the huge garlic cooking event. After people entered Gelai Town, the smell of garlic was fragrant along the way, and the food in kind of garlic was dizzying. The beef steak with garlic sauce was red in the bread, the squid with garlic in tomato sauce was fragrant, the assorted garlic was delicious, and the bread with garlic was crispy and appetizing. Italian cold noodles with garlic have a unique flavor. Garlic cloves are the most popular in the market, as well as mashed garlic, garlic juice, garlic powder, garlic sauce, garlic salt, garlic slices, sweet and sour garlic, garlic cheese, garlic butter and so on. The most intriguing thing is garlic perfume, which can make people's skin delicate. In addition, roast chicken, roast duck and braised pig's trotters are all coated with garlic-flavored spices, and even cooked corn cob is coated with garlic-flavored cream. In addition, the Garlic Festival also provides the best service for guests from all over the world, so that everyone can eat well, play well and have a good rest.
First China International Garlic Festival
On the morning of April 26th, 23, the first China International Garlic Festival was grandly opened in Jinxiang County, the hometown of garlic.
city leaders Lu zaimo, Wang runting, Liu jinglun, Zhang Zhenchuan, Lian Guangsheng, sun benqing, Xu qianying, Hou duanmin and more than 5 Chinese and foreign guests and businessmen attended the opening ceremony. Colorful flags and drums fluttered inside and outside the square of ten thousand people, filled with festive atmosphere. In his speech, Vice Mayor Hou Duanmin first extended a warm welcome to the guests who came to the conference on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. He said that the holding of the first China International Garlic Festival is a great event in the industrial development of jinxiang garlic, and it is also a great event in the opening-up work of our city, which will certainly play a positive role in improving the competitiveness of our agricultural products in the international market, increasing the export of agricultural products, and promoting the development of open agriculture and even the city's economy. I hope that through this grand meeting, we can conduct economic and trade talks and mutually beneficial cooperation with Chinese and foreign enterprises and merchants and friends in a wider scope, in a wider field and at a higher level, and create a win-win situation. All departments at all levels in our city will strive to create a good environment and provide quality services for merchants and friends.
Qiao Zhimeng, secretary of Jinxiang County Party Committee, said in his speech that he would take this grand event as an opportunity to further develop his advantages, strengthen cooperation and exchanges with all localities, make a new leap in the production and processing of jinxiang garlic, Yuancong and other vegetables, and strive to build Jinxiang into a standardized base for agricultural products, an organic food base and a national ecological demonstration zone.
Mr. Takeuchi Takashi, President of Japan-China Products Co., Ltd., delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.
The theme of this year's China International Garlic Festival is "Green and Development", which clearly embodies the purpose of facing the world, attaching importance to science and technology and advocating green. During this period, merchants from Russia, Malaysia, Japan and other countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as domestic provinces and cities, will conduct extensive investigations and negotiations in Jinxiang and sign a series of contracts and agreements on supply and marketing, transportation, processing and joint venture cooperation.
Li Mingchen, deputy secretary of Jinxiang County Committee and county magistrate, presided over the opening ceremony and read out the congratulatory messages and letters from the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture, some foreign envoys and international friends. The subsequent large-scale square cultural performances pushed the atmosphere of the venue to a climax and won warm applause from more than 1, spectators.