What can you think of when thinking about foods high in polyphenols?
Many people may think of wine or chocolate.

However, in fact, black garlic aged garlic is also rich in polyphenols.

□ What is polyphenol?

Some people don’t know what polyphenols are.
Polyphenol is an ingredient contained in plants that photosynthesize.
It is also an ingredient that causes food color and bitterness.
There are thousands of polyphenols, so the characteristics vary depending on the type.

“Cacao polyphenol” contained in chocolate and “catechin” contained in tea are also one of these polyphenols.

□ Antioxidant action of polyphenols

There are many types of polyphenols.
However, there are some features that most types of polyphenols have in common.
That is the antioxidant effect.

Antioxidant is a function to prevent oxidation.
In the human body, energy is created by combining oxygen taken in through breathing with other components.
Polyphenols prevent excess energy from oxidizing.

□ Characteristics of polyphenols contained in garlic

Raw garlic also contains polyphenols. However, when this is matured to black garlic, polyphenols increase further.
This black garlic mainly contains a polyphenol called “quercetin”.
Among the black garlic, especially in skin.

□ Effect of quercetin

・ Improve allergic symptoms

・ Reduce inflammation

・ Useful for dieting

□ Finally

We introduced the characteristics of polyphenols and quercetin contained in garlic.
When you eat black garlic, please try to make tea without throwing away the skin. You will be able to take quercetin and feel the effect.