What are the benefits of eating black garlic? Who should not eat black garlic?

The article was professionally consulted by Dr. Phan Dinh Thuy Tien - General Internal Medicine - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Nha Trang International General Hospital.

Black garlic is a finished product fermented from white garlic, under strict conditions of temperature, humidity and time. Eating black garlic properly helps strengthen the body's resistance, preventing many diseases such as flu, heart disease or even cancer.

Black garlic is inherently absent in nature. Black garlic is the finished product when white garlic undergoes a slow, fermentation process under strict conditions of temperature (60 degrees Celsius to 90 degrees Celsius) and humidity ranging from 80 to 90 degrees. The fermentation time is quite long, lasting from 30 to 60 days. As a result, white garlic is fermented into branched black garlic and the content of active ingredients in black garlic increases many times compared to white garlic when used. Fresh garlic has the main ingredient alliin, which is easily hydrolyzed by the enzyme alliinase to allicin. As for black garlic, due to the fermentation process, the content of active ingredients groups has increased much such as organic sulfur compounds, polyphenols, and fructose, especially the content of the main active ingredient is S-allyl-L-cysteine ​​(SAC). ) increased 4-5 times compared to regular garlic. Therefore, black garlic has a strong effect and is different from normal garlic.
In general, black garlic is quite easy to eat, completely different from white garlic with a bad smell and pungent smell. Black garlic has a sweet, flexible taste, when peeled, it does not stick to your hands. Moreover, because there is no or little pungent smell to eat, it is possible to eat black garlic every day to promote health without fear of bad breath - an inconvenience and quite "sensitive" that makes many people dare not eat much, even though they know it. Garlic is good for health.

Black garlic is a precious medicine that is widely used. Eating black garlic daily has the following effects:
Black garlic works to restore muscle damage for exercise, improve digestive function, help the body fight fatigue, laxatives, laxatives, promote sleep, Improve the function of the prostate gland and other functions in the body. Black garlic helps to scavenge free radicals very strongly, now more than 80 different diseases have been known to have causes related to free radicals. It can be said that black garlic is a very good medicine for disease prevention. Black garlic has antioxidant effects, protects liver cells, so it is used in cases of hepatitis, cirrhosis, daily exposure to toxic substances, exposure to radiation. Black garlic has the effect of enhancing immunity, so it is used for people with weakened immunity due to chemical or irradiation, people who have been ill for a long time and their health is depleted. In particular, in the case of a patient with flu, black garlic helps the patient recover quickly and become healthy again. Black garlic has the effect of inhibiting some cancer cell lines such as breast cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer. In addition, black garlic is also proven to lower blood cholesterol, reduce blood fat, increase HDL-Cholesterol, regulate blood sugar, so it is very good for the cardiovascular system, especially those at high risk such as: fat people, blood fat.

According to doctors, each day can eat one to three lonely black garlic, equivalent to 3-5 grams; when eating should chew carefully so that the ingredients promote their use; Do not exceed the dose because it can cause adverse reactions and side effects.
Eat directly: Eat two to three black garlic directly per day, the elderly should use 1 to 2 garlic bulbs to maximize the ability and use of garlic. When using black garlic, it should be eaten separately, it is much better to eat them with spices, because it can react with the seasoning, creating unwanted side effects. Black garlic soaked in wine: It is best to be pure glutinous rice without alcohol, drink it at least once a day, 50 ml each time. Soak with honey: Black garlic, when combined with honey, has a very strong effect in the treatment of diseases, especially in children who have diseases when they are changed by the weather. Squeeze water. Cook.

Although there are many good uses for health, there are still some cases where black garlic should not be used such as:
Pregnant women, people with heat, fever, ... should not use a lot of garlic. People who are allergic to garlic, if deliberately used, can cause itching, even increased blood pressure. People who take anticoagulants should not use much. People with diarrhea. People with low blood pressure. People with eye disease: Some people, or even women after giving birth, have many eye and ear diseases, tinnitus, dizziness, and the use of black garlic in this case will cause vision problems. more force and eye damage. People with kidney disease: Black garlic still has a pungent taste, that's why treatment for kidney disease should not be eaten, because it will cause reactions with therapeutic drugs, creating unwanted effects. People with liver disease. People with stomach ailments should not use it. People who use alcohol soaked in black garlic, garlic pills, ... for a long time also need to be careful to avoid bad effects on health. Black garlic has many valuable uses. Therefore, just eating black garlic in the right way will help you and your family protect your health every day.