Deciphering: The special smell of garlic

Garlic is warm in nature and spicy in taste. It enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians and is a natural antibiotic. Scientific research has shown that eating garlic regularly can not only regulate the body's immune system function, but also keep the brain healthy. But in life, many people are afraid of eating garlic, because every time they finish eating it, there will be a garlic smell in their mouth that will linger for a long time.

Whole garlic has no odor and only produces an odor when eaten, cut, squeezed, or its tissue is damaged. This is because when the garlic tissue is damaged, the alliin contained in the garlic comes into contact with allinase to form allicin, which has a strong pungent smell. Allicin is the source of garlic's special smell, and it has strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. It is one of the most powerful antibacterial plants discovered in nature. Its bactericidal ability can reach one-tenth of penicillin, and can prevent influenza, prevent wound infection, and treat infectious diseases.

Here, we introduce several good methods to help eliminate the garlic odor. Drink a glass of milk after eating garlic. The protein in the milk will react with the garlic and effectively remove the garlic smell. When drinking milk, take small sips and swallow slowly. Try to let the milk stay in your mouth for a while longer. Warm milk has a better effect. In addition, chewing some foods with high protein content, such as peanut kernels, walnut kernels or almonds, can also remove the garlic taste in your mouth.