The first feeling even at the mention of garlic - it's his smell (from sulfur compounds). Some people like him, others don't. But the smell of garlic is a subjective thing, but the usefulness of garlic (its value) is an obvious and objective reality. Let's look at this reality from different points of view.
Garlic Nutrition
On our table, garlic is present in three forms: fresh, in powder form, and also in the form of green feathers. 100 g of edible part of garlic contains: proteins - 6.5 g, carbohydrates - 29.9 g, fat - 0.5 g, organic acids - 0.1 g, dietary fiber - 1.5 g, saturated fatty acids - 0.1 g, unsaturated fatty acids - 0.1 g, starch - 26 g, mono- and disaccharides - 3.9 g, ash - 1.5 g. The energy value (calorie garlic) is 149 kcal / 100 g
Did you know? Garlic is almost the sweetest product. From the above list it is clear that carbohydrates are really not that small - up to 30%, but to feel their sweetness does not give us a large amount of bitter-burning essential oils that provide a strong phytoncidal effect.
Garlic powder has the following nutritional value per 100 g of the edible part: protein - 16.8 g, carbohydrates - 62.81 g, fats - 0.76 g, ash - 3.29 g, dietary fiber - 9.9 g, saturated fatty acids - 0.135 g, mono- and disaccharides - 24, 3 g. The energy value of garlic powder is 332 kcal / 100 g.
Nutritional value of garlic feather per 100 g of edible part: vitamin A - 2.4 mg, vitamin PP (niacin equivalent) - 0.08 mg, vitamin B1 (thiamin) - 0.05 mg, vitamin B2 (riboflavin) - 0.08 mg, vitamin C (Acidum ascorbinicum) - 55 mg, vitamin E (alfa-Tocopherol) - 0.1 mg.
The chemical composition of garlic
On our table, garlic is present in three forms: fresh, in powder form, and also in the form of green feathers. Depending on the place of growth, weather and climatic conditions, zone of growth, varietal qualities, growing conditions, the chemical composition of garlic may differ. Below are the average data of chemical composition.
Did you know? In Italy and Korea, up to 12 cloves of garlic are consumed per person per day.
The chemical composition of fresh garlic
Vitamins:
- Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C (Acidum ascorbinicum) - 10 mg;
- vitamin E (alfa-Tocopherol) - 0.3 mg;
- vitamin K (Plantago psyllium) - 1.7 mcg;
- vitamin PP (niacin equivalent) - 2.8 mg;
- vitamin B2 (riboflavin) - 0.08 mg;
- Vitamin B1 (thiamin) - 0.08 mg;
- vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) - 0.596 mg;
- vitamin B9 (folates) - 3 µg.
- Phosphorus - 100 mg;
- Choline - 23.2 mg;
- Calcium, 180 mg;
- Natrium - 17 mg;
- Magnesium - 30 mg;
- Kalium - 260 mg;
- Ferrum, 1.5 mg;
- Cuprum - 130 mcg;
- Chlorum - 30 mg;
- Zincum - 1.025 mg;
- Jodum - 9 mcg;
- Selenium - 14.2 mcg;
- Manganum - 0.81 mg;
- Cobaltum - 9 mcg;
- aqua - 60 g
The chemical composition of garlic powder
Vitamins:
- Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) - 2.94 mg;
- Vitamin C (Acidum ascorbinicum) - 18 mg;
- vitamin E (alfa-Tocopherol) - 0.63 mg;
- vitamin PP (niacin equivalent) - 0.692 mg;
- vitamin B2 (riboflavin) - 0.152 mg;
- vitamin B1 (thiamin) - 0.466 mg;
- vitamin B9 (folates) - 2 μg.
Trace elements:
- Phosphorus - 417 mg;
- Choline - 67.5 mg;
- Calcium - 80 mg;
- Natrium - 26 mg;
- Magnesium - 58 mg;
- Kalium - 1101 mg;
- Ferrum - 2.75 mg;
- Cuprum - 147 mcg;
- Zincum - 2.63 mg;
- Selenium - 38 mcg;
- Manganum, 0.545 mg;
- aqua - 6.45 g.
The aroma of garlic is due to the presence in it of an essential oil containing allicin - a natural antibiotic and a strong antioxidant. Germanium is also present in garlic - a trace element that reduces the risk of osteoporosis and cancer and strengthens the immune system.
Did you know? Before the discovery of penicillin, garlic was used to heal wounds.
Garlic benefits for the body
In the absence of negative effects on the body it is useful to use it in moderation. The rate is up to 15 grams of garlic per day. Under the action of allicin contained in garlic, neutralization of free radicals in the blood occurs, damaging DNA and provoking the development of cancer cells. Moreover, allicin contributes not only to cancer prevention, but also delays the development of the tumor itself. Animal studies have shown that garlic is effective for fighting at all stages of cancer.
In the scientific literature there are many articles on the positive results in the use of garlic in the treatment of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, diabetes, arterial hypertension.
Important! During heat treatment, substances that give garlic antiviral, bacterial, anti-inflammatory and diaphoretic properties are destroyed!
Benefits for men
The beneficial properties of garlic for men are manifested in the ability of the products contained in it to dilate vessels and thin the blood. Due to the content of more than four hundred different compounds in garlic, the level of cholesterol in the blood also decreases (blood pressure returns to normal), which contributes to preserving the elasticity of the vessels, the main and peripheral arteries through which the organs, including the prostate, are supplied. And due to the content of selenium in garlic, they slow down their aging.
Benefits for women
The advantage of garlic for women is the effect of its folic acids, which have a positive effect on the development of the fetus, strengthen the follicles. London scientists have proven that eating fresh garlic also prevents women from having hip osteoarthritis, which is most common among women after fifty years of age, while there is still no effective cure for this ailment.
Garlic phytonutrients, which consist of a large amount of sulfur compounds, have a positive effect on the condition of bones, cartilage, joints, and contribute to the formation of joint lubrication. A targeted, positive effect of garlic on the central nervous system has been established as an antidepressant (depression, insomnia, neurosis, increased irritability, depression, apathy), which is most necessary for women. In general, it is necessary to conclude that garlic and benefit are synonyms!
Benefits for children
Garlic is just as important for children as it is for adults, it has a good effect on all systems and organs. Garlic as a seasoning gives food a taste, enhances appetite, enriches the body with minerals, vitamins, shares its natural antibiotic properties. The introduction of garlic in the food of a child raises its immunity, clears from parasites, activates digestion, improves health and reduces visits to the clinic.
At what age and in what form to give baby garlic Garlic or its extracts in the diet affect as a remedy for worms. Judgments about the age of the child to start eating garlic are different. However, it is not in doubt that, starting from the first year, stewed or boiled garlic (little by little) can be added to baby food. The opinion of nutritionists is that a child after three years will be able to assimilate garlic without consequences in the form of "elevated gazikov", since the formed enzyme system will not fail from this age. While the unexpected taste of garlic is not yet familiar to the child, you can try to give him a piece of bread spread with garlic.
Further depends on his reaction. Older children already put garlic in a mashed dish: in soups, or in sauces, it is possible in borscht, also in meat dishes, etc. You should not expose the garlic for a long heat treatment, since the "lion" part of the benefit is lost. . Your child will either ask for supplement or refuse garlic by trying it. In the latter case, ask him to chew green parsley or drink some boiled milk to get rid of the smell that is unpleasant for him.
Garlic protects children from infections In winter, the child's body is weakened, immunity is reduced, the risk of a cold or ARVI is increased. During this period, garlic acts as a proven natural remedy, a natural antiseptic. This is especially important during a flu epidemic. At the age of three years, garlic instead of consumption inside you can smell. The child will love the necklace of peeled garlic cloves, almost like an Indian movie. For children, the main game, and for their body - the inhalation of phytoncids to prevent viral infection.
Even to protect against infection are placed on the saucer's house with chopped garlic cloves. Volatile compounds will clear the air of bacteria. Inhalation of garlic fumes is the prevention of respiratory diseases. If you add a tablespoon of honey to two crushed garlic cloves and boil a little - you get a sweet syrup that helps with flu and cold.
Contraindications for eating garlic in children:
- Do not eat garlic if the child does not like it.
- If you are allergic to it.
- Do not eat garlic at a body temperature of 38 ° C and above.
- Do not include garlic in the diet with an overweight child, because the garlic-provoked production of gastric juice causes excessive appetite.
- Do not eat garlic before bedtime.
- Do not eat garlic for disorders of the nervous system, gastrointestinal diseases and kidney diseases, epilepsy.
Did you know? Clay tablets found in Tibetan monasteries in the mid-twentieth century, indicate the use of garlic in ancient medicine in the IV century BC. er That is, for more than two and a half thousand years, people use garlic to protect against viruses. And garlic, and viruses have been with us almost always!
Recipes of traditional medicine: treatment with garlic
One of the main advantages of treatment with folk remedies is the absence of toxic effects on the body, since all the ingredients used are natural edible products. For treatment, garlic is used both internally and externally in the form of an ointment, extract, and its juice, and gruel, and, of course, in the main form.
For insomnia
Insomnia is a curse. The most common cause of insomnia is over-stimulation of the nervous system, a state of stress, anxiety, and constant fatigue. In addition to general tips (bath, aromatherapy, meditation, evening walks, lack of food at night), There are several time-tested folk recipes with garlic:
- Combine a medium head of crushed garlic and juice of five lemons in a jar, cover it with a cloth (linen) and fix it, put in a dark place for three weeks and shake every two days. Store the finished drug in the refrigerator under the plastic lid. To use inside, having previously shaken and dissolved in a hundred grams of drinking water in a teaspoon 10-20 minutes before bedtime;
- two heads of pounded garlic pour natural vegetable oil, fasten a linen napkin, put it in the sun for 10 days, razbaltyvaya once a day. Then transfer to the shade for another day, strain through thick gauze. Store in a brown glass jar, tightly sealed in the door of the refrigerator. Take fifteen days, two times a day, half an hour after meals, 5 ml.
Did you know? Lemon in a mixture with garlic is a kind of catalyst, increasing its impact at times.
For toothache
Practically, with the appearance of toothache, sooner or later you will still need to go to the dentist. But to give first aid and pain relief is sometimes just necessary. This will help component of garlic allicin (manifesting itself as a bactericidal and anesthetic element), the highest content of which is in garlic juice. Some useful tips:
- Slightly pinned clove of garlic attached to the problem tooth for half an hour. The secreted juice will provide anesthesia;
- a mixture of an equal share (for example, a quarter teaspoon) of salt and a mixture of grated onions and garlic to attach to the site of inflammation. Salt will exudate, and garlic and onion will give the body its phytoncides;
- with pulsing twitching and the absence of tablets, you can bite off a piece of garlic and attach it to the treacherous hollow.
With a cold
Official medicine believes that garlic from a cold can be either useless (if there are crusts in the nose it will not get into the location of the bacteria), or even harmful (if there are no crusts, it will break the work of the ciliary epithelium). And any therapist will suggest that you better use the pharmacy drops. Recipes for the use of garlic in traditional medicine are based on instilling two or three drops of different variations of the mixture (one to one) of garlic juice mixed with one of the types of oils (from sunflower to some exotic, for example, coconut) into the nose. .
You can also use pure garlic juice without oil. It is also proposed to instill three to five drops in each of the nostrils three to four times a day to mix (1: 1: 0.3) fresh carrot juice, vegetable oil and garlic juice. Of course, it helps to survive a runny nose inhaling the nose with freshly grated garlic, which, however, is not always convenient to implement.
Important! Official medicine notes a contradiction in the effects of oils and garlic when they are used together.
With sore throat and cold
But with ARVI, any physician, that is, a representative of classical medicine, will confirm and even advise using garlic for colds and sore throats:
- For the treatment of sore throat, a teaspoon of salt and 3-4 crushed medium cloves of garlic are poured with a glass of boiling water. After twenty minutes, this solution can already gargle six times a day. The amount of garlic can be increased in a half to two or two, and it is important to begin treatment as early as possible.
- Some sources suggest that in the initial stages of a cold, garlic juice be dropped into the ears.
- In angina, a recipe that has already become a classic is often used, in which a drink prepared from boiled milk of crushed 3-4 chesnicine + tbsp. Is consumed inside. spoon of honey.
- You can also take a crushed garlic clove in your mouth and suck on it as long as possible without swallowing.
- It helps three-, five-minute gargling every thirty minutes with a mixture of boiled water (0.5 l) pulp from one garlic clove.
With bronchitis and whooping cough
Among the popular recipes for Treatments for bronchitis and whooping cough include:
- Inhalation of vapors from the spout of the teapot (exhalation through the nose) through the mouth of the vapor from six crushed garlic placed and cooked in it.
- Drink 4-5 times a day, 40-50 ml boiled in a glass of unpasteurized milk 5-6 grated cloves.
- Rub breast garlic garlic with butter or pork fat (melted inside).
- Overlay on the chest, sides, back of a compress of garlic-honey mixture.
- Holding honey-garlic inhalations for 15-20 minutes, then in bed drink tea with honey and raspberries.
- Drinking with asthma in accordance with Art. spoon five times a day before meals infusion, prepared from poured 1 liter of water gruel from five lemons with peel and three heads of garlic, infused 5 days in a dark place (filtered and squeezed).
- Rubbing with pertussis into the skin of the chest and neck twice a day for 15 minutes a mixture of pork lard and garlic juice (1: 1).
- Also recommended rubbing the previous part of the soles of the feet, and then not to walk, and lie in bed, wearing cotton socks, over which - wool.
Important! Do not forget about the dangers of self. The lack of systemic treatment is dangerous in the development of serious complications.
With atherosclerosis and chronic fatigue
- From atherosclerosis take inward for 1 tbsp. spoon three times a day after eating gruel of pounded six cloves of garlic and one lemon.
- Conduct a course (at least 1.5 months) of taking 3-4 times a day half an hour before eating a syrup from honey poured 250 g of chopped garlic infused for a week in a dark cool place.
- In the absence of complaints of digestion, take half a cup three times a day 20 minutes before meals, and if there are problems with the gastrointestinal tract, 3 tbsp. spoons right before eating such an infusion: chopped garlic and lemon (4 heads / 4 pcs.) in a blender are poured with cool boiled water into a three-liter jar and for three days the infusion is sent to a cool place (stirred daily). At the end of the insistence is stored filtered in the refrigerator.
Did you know? By itself, garlic in the stomach is digested for a long time, so it is better to use it, combining with milk, carrots, lemon.
With angina and shortness of breath
When angina is taken inside twice a day, half an hour before a meal, an infused (30 min.) Mixture of two bunches of chopped parsley and boiled (15 min.) In 400 g of strong chicken broth cloves of one garlic head. Also, take four teaspoons once a day with a one-minute break in front of each spoonful of a potion consisting of 1 l of honey, juice of 10 lemons, and a slurry of 5 heads of garlic infused for a week in a dullly sealed case of coolness.
Important! Remember that it is better and easier to prevent diseases than to cure them.
How to use garlic in cosmetology
In cosmetology, garlic is used to care for hair, to eliminate problems with the skin of the face, as well as to remove delamination and brittle nails and for warts:
- To get rid of seborrhea, dandruff and hair loss 1-4 times a week, oil prepared from a mixture of cloves of an average garlic head and 120 g of any oil (olive, sesame, etc.) passed through a press is rubbed into the scalp overnight, Infused week in a dark place. In the morning, wash off in the usual way.
- In order to remove acne and inflammation on the skin of the face, it is recommended to put gruel of garlic on the face rubbed with vegetable oil daily in the evening, covering it with gauze on top.
- For the care of problem skin, a lotion is made for rubbing before bedtime from 5 g of slightly warm honey, 5 g of glycerin, 3 g of borax, 2-3 tsp. garlic juice, 50 ml of water.
- Народные рецепты также предлагают избавляться от кожных наростов путем смазывания места их образования (папилломы, бородавки, мозоли) разрезанным зубчиком чеснока 3-4 раза в сутки. После этого сок смывать не нужно.
Как правильно хранить чеснок
Хранение чеснока направлено на исключение таких факторов, как его прорастание, гниение и высыхание. Определить порчу чеснока можно либо по запаху (приобретает неприятный запах), либо визуально (сморщенность), либо на ощупь (мягкость при надавливании).
After harvesting (before storage), garlic must be dried for two weeks, cut the roots and stems, burn the roots. For storage, it is necessary to provide a dark place, the optimum humidity of 70-80%, to reduce the access of air (stored in containers), the temperature as low as possible (but not the freezer!) - optimal 5 degrees.
