As the saying goes, "A clove of garlic can beat hundreds of medicines." This statement has been around for a long time. It is said by word of mouth, and I often hear rumors about [garlic cures all diseases].
I often receive private messages like this in the background:
"My mother suffered from lung cancer a few years ago. She just had surgery and her recovery was not very good. I heard that garlic contains a lot of anti-cancer substances. Eating garlic raw can fight cancer. Is this true?"
"I heard that garlic can prevent cancer. I don't like to eat garlic usually. How to eat it to achieve the effect?"
so, does garlic really have the effect of preventing cancer?
study: Eating garlic twice a week may reduce the risk of lung cancer
In 2015, the National Cancer Research Organization of the United States released a study conclusion, showing that garlic is the first fruit and vegetable with the most anti-cancer potential. It contains rich allicin , which has a positive effect on inhibiting the growth and proliferation of various tumor cells and inducing their apoptosis. It can block or reduce the synthesis of carcinogens nitrosamine compounds, and at the same time block the harm of carcinogens such as other toxic chemicals, heavy metals and toxins.
The sulfur-containing amino acids in garlic can activate macrophages , encircling cancer cells, causing them to disintegrate, die or degeneration. It may stimulate the human body to produce anti-cancer interferon and improve the body's resistance to cancer cells.
At the same time, garlic has the highest selenium content among plants. Modern medical research has conducted blood screening of the population with the lowest incidence of cancer and found that the blood content of the blood in the population is quite high. This essential nutrient trace elements of the human body can promote the body's immunity and play a role in anti-cancer.
Coincidentally, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention also published a study. The study compared 5924 subjects, including 1424 patients with lung cancer and 4500 healthy people. After analysis, it was found that subjects who ate garlic raw for ≥2 years of age each week had a 44% reduction in the risk of lung cancer, and even those who smoked had a 30% reduction in the risk of lung cancer.
So, how should you eat garlic to fight cancer?
Tips: Five types of people should not eat garlic raw
1. Patients with eye disease:
Ji Kang In " Health Preservation Theory ", "meat and spicy harm to the eyes". Garlic has a spicy smell and has a great stimulating effect. The eyes themselves are one of the more fragile parts of the human body. When suffering from eye diseases, you should avoid eating spicy food and do not eat too much garlic.
2. Weak and hot people:
"Bencao Congxin" records that garlic is "spicy and toxic". People with deficiency of qi and blood should not eat too much, which can easily dissipate blood and blood, causing deficiency of qi and blood, making the weaker health worse.
3. Patients with liver disease:
Garlic has the effects of sterilization and anti-inflammatory, but for patients with hepatitis, eating garlic is not so suitable. Garlic is spicy in nature and can help fire. If you have liver fire , you will accumulate internally for a long time, and the fire will become stronger, which will cause damage to the liver over time.
4. Patients with spleen deficiency and diarrhea:
We usually have some experience. Eating raw garlic can promote digestion and eliminate indigestion. However, for patients with diarrhea with nonbacterial gastroenteritis, strong stimulation of garlic may cause congestion intestinal mucosa, which will aggravate edema and worsen the condition.
5. Seriously ill patients:
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, garlic is a hair product. People who suffer from major diseases or are taking medications may induce old diseases and even cause some chain reactions of drugs, making the drugs ineffective and have adverse health effects.
Reference
[1] Yang Kun. Anti-cancer of garlic does not mean eating more garlic to avoid cancer [J]. Family Medicine, 2015(10): 58-59.
[2] Zeng Fanying. Who should not eat garlic [J]. Agricultural Knowledge, 2013(32): 62.
