The indispensable seasoning in cooking, north and south flavor dishes are inseparable from garlic. Historically, the earliest garlic-eating addict was the king of ancient Babylon 4,500 years ago. According to historical records, the king once ordered his subjects to pay tribute to the royal palace to satisfy his dietary pleasure. The Chinese consumed garlic at a later age, and introduced it only after Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. Garlic can be used to flavor and prevent disease, and is often called a "natural antibiotic".
Nutritional value
Garlic is rich in carbohydrates, less protein, almost no fat.
Garlic contains a more comprehensive range of trace elements, especially potassium and phosphorus content is high.
Garlic contains a pungent hormone called propylene sulfide.
Effects on disease and health
Garlic contains chorine, its bactericidal ability can reach 1/10 of penicillin, pathogenic bacteria and parasites have a good killing effect, can play a role in the prevention of influenza, to prevent wound infections, the treatment of infectious diseases and de-worming
Garlic has a significant role in lowering blood lipids and the prevention of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, and prevent the formation of blood clots. The formation of blood clots.
Garlic can protect the liver, improve the detoxification function of the liver, can block the synthesis of nitrosamine carcinogens, thus preventing the occurrence of cancer.
In recent years, due to people's dietary structure is not reasonable enough, the human body to selenium intake is reduced, so that insulin synthesis decline, and garlic in the selenium content is more, on the human body insulin synthesis play a certain role. Therefore, diabetics eat more garlic to help reduce the condition.
Regular consumption of garlic can delay aging, because garlic has a strong antioxidant activity.
People who are often exposed to lead or have a tendency to lead poisoning eat garlic, can effectively prevent and control lead poisoning.