Garlic can be used for seasoning, disease prevention and fitness, and is praised as "natural antibiotic" by Germans. In Germany, almost everyone likes to eat garlic, and the annual consumption is over 8,000 tons. The world's oldest garlic festival and the first garlic research institute were also born here.

Garlic is indispensable for three meals a day.

In German supermarkets, kind of garlic foods can be found everywhere, as well as garlic restaurants, garlic specialty stores and other "garlic brands". Reporters have lived in Germany for many years, and the German friends they know can't live without garlic every day.

The reporter's neighbor, Mrs. Marcus, is a typical housewife who uses garlic for three meals a day. For breakfast, the family will eat garlic bread, or they can spread a layer of garlic honey and garlic sauce on the bread according to their personal preferences. Chinese food often eats garlic macaroni, garlic pizza, garlic potato chips and so on. Dinner staple food is usually garlic steak cooked with garlic oil, garlic fried fish, garlic roasted chicken and so on. And then have some garlic wine. Even the cake and ice cream after dinner smell of garlic. As a German, the reserved dishes at her family party are garlic sausage, which is everyone's favorite, and garlic cheese chafing dish, which children love.

In darmstadt, the annual Garlic Festival has a history of 100 years. During the festival, garlic features from use to eating and wearing, attracting thousands of garlic gourmets. The organizer also selected a beautiful girl as the "Garlic Queen", and even the "laurel" she wore was made of garlic. The task of the "Queen" is to travel around Germany to publicize the benefits of eating garlic.

Garlic works well when eaten raw.

The German Garlic Research Institute is an international organization specializing in garlic diet and pharmacological effects. Professor West, an expert from the institute, told the reporter that garlic contains two effective substances, alliinase and alliinase. Once garlic is crushed, they will come into contact with each other to form allicin, making it impossible for bacteria to reproduce and grow. Therefore, edible garlic must be mashed, not cut into minced garlic with a knife, otherwise it will affect the release of effective components of garlic, and it should be left for 10- 15 minutes to allow allicin and alliinase to combine in the air to produce allicin before eating. At the same time, allicin will lose more than 40% of its pharmacological effects when heated, so garlic is suitable for raw food.

Professor West also pointed out that it is most important to eat garlic and a balanced diet, which should be eaten together with other vegetables. At the same time, in order to strengthen absorption, people can also choose to eat various kind of garlic extract products, such as allicin capsules.

However, it should be noted that eating too much garlic will affect the absorption of vitamin B6, so people who often eat garlic should pay attention to supplementing vitamin B6. In addition, garlic is not suitable for eating on an empty stomach. Because garlic is very irritating, patients with gastric ulcer and people with headache, cough and toothache should not eat garlic. Professor West suggested that eating 2-3 cloves of garlic every day is good for health care, and eating more meals is better.

Germany promotes "Garlic Food Plan"

During the interview, the reporter also learned that the German Garlic Research Institute is working with relevant government departments to promote a "Garlic Food Plan" aimed at improving people's eating habits and preventing cancer and other diseases. Garlic is at the top of the pyramid structure of "an important food that may prevent cancer and other diseases".

Professor West said that the latest research shows that garlic contains nearly 400 effective components, among which S- allyl cysteine can enhance immunity and activate T cells in the immune system, and T cells play a headquarters role, ordering the "defense forces" in the body to capture and kill foreign enemies such as viruses.

In addition, garlic also has a good protective effect on the cardiovascular system. Many daily foods in Germany, such as eggs, sausages, cheese, bacon and so on. Eating too much will lead to hyperlipidemia. If you eat garlic at the same time, the rising trend of blood lipid will be curbed. At the same time, some components in garlic can also lower blood pressure, improve blood circulation, and control thrombosis and arteriosclerosis.

Even more surprising, the study found that people who often eat garlic have a lower cancer incidence rate of nearly 50% than those who don't eat garlic. People who eat garlic/kloc-0 or more times a week have only half the risk of colon cancer.

"If you want to live to 90 years old, garlic should be the basic ingredient of food." Professor West said, however, besides garlic, other vegetables should be included in the diet, so that the anti-aging effect will be better.

American garlic festival

In California, USA, there is a world-famous garlic town-Gelai Town, which is called "Garlic Capital of the World". The garlic processing industry there is very prosperous. Starting from 1979, the garlic festival is held on the last weekend of July every year for three days. Businessmen and tourists from all over the world participated in this grand event in. Garlic Festival is held every year, with an average of 40,000 to 50,000 tourists every day. There are four stages from the stream to the park. Music comes from the green lawn, and jazz and rock music are everywhere in the west. Children like to play with puppets, make faces and play clowns. The most interesting thing is the massive garlic cooking incident. After people entered Gelai town, the smell of garlic came to the nose all the way, and the food made of garlic was dizzying. The garlic steak is red in the bread, the garlic squid in tomato sauce is fragrant, the assorted garlic is delicious, and the garlic bread is crispy and appetizing. Italian garlic cold noodles have a unique flavor. Garlic cloves are the most popular in the market, as well as garlic paste, garlic juice, garlic powder, garlic sauce, garlic salt, garlic slices, sweet and sour garlic, garlic cheese, garlic butter and so on. The most intriguing thing is garlic perfume, which can make people's skin delicate. In addition, roast chicken, roast duck and braised pig's trotters are all coated with garlic-flavored spices, and even cooked corncob is coated with garlic-flavored cream. In addition, the Garlic Festival also provides the best service for guests from all over the world, so that everyone can eat well, play well and have a good rest.

The First China International Garlic Festival

On the morning of April 26th, 2003, the first China International Garlic Festival was grandly opened in Jinxiang County, the hometown of garlic.

City leaders Lu Zaimo, Wang Runting, Liu, Lian Guangsheng, Sun Benqing, Xu, Hou Duanmin and more than 500 Chinese and foreign guests and entrepreneurs attended the opening ceremony. Colorful flags fluttered inside and outside the square of ten thousand people, filled with festive atmosphere. In his speech, Vice Mayor Hou Duanmin first extended a warm welcome to the guests on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. He said that the holding of the first China International Garlic Festival is a major event in the industrial development of jinxiang garlic, and it is also a major event in the city's opening-up work, which will certainly play a positive role in improving the competitiveness of agricultural products in the international market, increasing the export of agricultural products, and promoting the development of open agriculture and even the city's economy. I hope that through this grand meeting, we can hold economic and trade talks with Chinese and foreign enterprises, merchants and friends in a wider scope, in a wider field and at a higher level, and carry out mutually beneficial cooperation to create a win-win situation. All departments at all levels in our city will strive to create a good environment for merchants and friends and provide quality services.

Qiao Zhimeng, secretary of Jinxiang County Party Committee, said in his speech that he would take this grand event as an opportunity to further develop his advantages, strengthen cooperation and exchanges with other places, make jinxiang garlic, onion and other vegetables production and processing achieve a new leap, and strive to build Jinxiang into a standardized base for agricultural products, an organic food base and a national ecological demonstration zone.

Mr. Takeuchi Takashi, President of Japan-China Products Co., Ltd., delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

The theme of this year's China International Garlic Festival is "Green and Development", which clearly embodies the purpose of facing the world, paying attention to science and technology and advocating green. During this period, merchants from Russia, Malaysia, Japan and other countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as domestic provinces and cities will conduct extensive inspections and negotiations in Jinxiang and sign a series of contracts and agreements on supply and marketing, transportation, processing, joint venture and cooperation.

Li Mingchen, deputy secretary of Jinxiang County Committee and county magistrate, presided over the opening ceremony and read out congratulatory letters from the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC, Ministry of Agriculture, some foreign envoys and international friends. The subsequent large-scale square cultural performances pushed the atmosphere of the venue to a climax and won warm applause from more than 10,000 spectators.