“Black garlic” which is a topical health food recently.

Black garlic is made by aging white garlic at high temperature. By doing so, research has shown that various ingredients that have good health effects are increasing.

Of the healthy ingredients contained in black garlic, this time we will explain the efficacy of “polyphenol” which is contained about 6 times in black garlic compared to white garlic.

■ What is polyphenols?

Polyphenols are mainly contained in plants and are characterized by having strong antioxidant action.

A part of oxygen taken in by breathing becomes an activating enzyme which oxidizes the body and damages the cell. This active enzyme is said to be the source of aging and it causes various diseases.

Because polyphenols have a function to remove it, it is an important ingredient for health.
In addition, recently, it is proving that it has a strong effect against allergy and infectious diseases.

■ How should we take polyphenols?

Research indicates that it is desirable to ingest about 1000 to 1500 mg of polyphenols per day.
Because polyphenols are water soluble and can not accumulate in the body, it is good to take it frequently once every 3 hours.

Since polyphenols are also contained in coffee, green tea, chocolate and so on, they are ingested to some extent without consciousness.

However, only from drinks and foods you consume routinely, you can not ingest the amount of polyphenol needed per day.

Even if you try to increase the amount of drink itself to ingest polyphenols, the caffeine contained in the coffee has diuretic action and you can not keep drinking red wine all the time.

The polyphenol contained in one piece of black garlic which we are introducing this time is about 215 mg.

Black garlic is recommended to eat about 1 to 3 pieces a day. Therefore, by ingesting it in combination with coffee etc., you can easily ingest the amount of polyphenol to be ingested per day.

Black garlic, unlike white garlic, has little or no smell, and can be eaten easily with peeling just by peeling with fruity taste.

By eating black garlic, you can easily take healthy polyphenols.

■ Summary

Black garlic is one of the best ingredients for ingesting polyphenols.

Besides, black garlic contains abundant amino acids that make our body, hypertension and S-allyl cysteine which is said to be effective in cancer prevention, and it is more healthy from the body You can approach approaching.

Why do not you start black garlic as a new eating habit to spend your days in good health.