"Garlic is the king of cancer, and eating garlic raw can effectively prevent cancer!"
"Garlic is sterilizable and is a natural enemy of Helicobacter pylori!"
"Garlic can lower blood pressure and clear blood vessels!"
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In the eyes of many people, garlic is a healthy food, good for the human body, there are many legends about garlic circulating on the Internet, and even think that garlic has anti-cancer effects. So does eating raw garlic have anti-cancer effects? Don't say, there are really people who have studied, love to eat garlic first don't rush to be happy, patiently look at it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" >, authoritative research: eating garlic raw twice a week can prevent cancer? </h1>
Although studies have shown in the past that eating more garlic is inversely correlated with the risks of bowel cancer, laryngeal cancer, and esophageal cancer. But specific evidence remains limited. The Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China organized a study on the anti-cancer properties of allium vegetable cooking methods.
The researchers divided the subjects into two groups, one group of 1424 lung cancer patients, one group of 4500 healthy adults, after experimental comparison, the results showed that people who ate garlic more than 2 times a week had a 44% lower risk of lung cancer, and even smokers who ate garlic could still reduce the risk of lung cancer by about 30%.
Researchers believe that the allicin in garlic inhibits the inflammatory response in the human body and acts as an antioxidant to reduce the damage of free radicals to human cells. Allicin is very volatile, when crushed or chopped for about 15 minutes, it will be fully released, and the heating process of 100 ° C, the organic sulfides that play an antioxidant will be greatly reduced, and cannot play a good role in sterilization and anti-cancer.
However, the study still has limitations. It has only been shown that allicin has an inhibitory effect and can reduce the inflammatory response, and there is no more direct evidence that raw garlic can directly reduce cancer cell activity, and the study population is small, and the data cannot cover a large population.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > Second, can garlic really fight cancer? </h1>
According to Chen Chaogang, director of the Department of Clinical Nutrition at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, there are many factors that cause cancer and other diseases, including: genetics, psychology, environment, economy and diet. One food alone cannot prevent cancer, so don't exaggerate the efficacy of garlic.
Of course, while balancing the diet, appropriately increasing vegetables with special plant activities, such as allicin in garlic, carotenoids in carrots, steroidal saponins in onions, sulfur-containing compounds, etc., is still helpful to reduce the incidence of cancer.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" >3. Take stock of the misunderstood garlic efficacy? </h1>
All along, garlic has been crowned with anti-cancer, antibacterial, hypolipidemic and other effects, moderate consumption of garlic is indeed helpful to health, but too "deified garlic", take it as a medicine, that is, "selling dogs hanging sheep".
1. Can garlic kill Helicobacter pylori?
Many people like to eat garlic raw, saying that it is sterilizable, even Helicobacter pylori can kill. The real bactericidal effect in garlic is the "allicin" it contains. However, the amount of allicin contained in a piece of garlic is not very high, which cannot meet the amount of sterilization. Even if you eat a lot of garlic, scientists have found that eating only allicin cannot change the number of Helicobacter pylori, so eating it is also a white food.
Dealing with helicobacter pylori, a strong pathogenic bacterium, even if you eat bacteriostatic drugs, you may not be able to kill the colonies, let alone allicin? Only through comprehensive antibiotic treatment can the purpose of eliminating Helicobacter pylori be achieved.
2, garlic can lower blood pressure?
Earlier, in experimental studies in rats, researchers found that allicin significantly reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure in normal rats and rats with spontaneous hypertension. But if the same dose is placed on the human body, it is equivalent to normal people need to eat more than half a kilogram of fresh garlic at a time, and must be fully chewed, not to mention that the taste is not heavy, such a way of eating, eating for a week will make people "smell garlic and vomit". And eating too much garlic will also cause irritation to the stomach and intestines.
What's more, the conclusion of the experimental study only stays on the mouse experiment, and it is still unknown whether it is equivalent to the role of the human body.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" > fourth, want to fight cancer through diet, keep in mind a set of anti-cancer codes</h1>
It is true that diet and cancer are "inextricably linked", but it is better to learn a scientific diet than to rely on only one ingredient to achieve the effect of cancer prevention. Professor Yuan Fenglan, a cancer expert, shared in the program: To prevent cancer, there must be "211" on the table
[2] 2 catties of vegetables per day
[1] 1 kg of fruit per day
[1] No more than 1 kilogram of meat per week
The combination of 211 can ensure that in addition to meeting the nutrients needed by the human body, it can also strengthen the immune mechanism in the body and improve the ability to prevent cancer. Of course, it is not mandatory to do exactly what experts recommend, as long as the overall balance of the diet is guaranteed, which is a diet that is beneficial to the body.
Garlic is beneficial and better eaten raw. But it is only an ingredient, not a medicine, after all. If you want to treat the disease, you still need to listen to the doctor's advice and follow the scientific medication. #健康明星计划 #
Resources:
[1] Double Insurance against Breast Cancer on the Table Did you eat it today? 》. Medical Oncology Channel.2019-11-02
[2] "Can eating only garlic kill Helicobacter pylori?" Listen to the doctor's truth! 》. Medical Community Digestive Liver Disease Channel.2018-12-19
[3] "Can garlic lower blood pressure and fight cancer?" 5 questions about garlic at once! 》. Jingyitong.2021-05-27
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