Fermented garlic provides the same health benefits as non fermented garlic does but the fermented garlic is actually more nutritious for you than regular non fermented garlic.
Some of the health benefits of fermented garlic are reduced inflammation in the body and prevention of cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
Fermented garlic may also help to improve memory and other parts of cognitive function.
Besides the above fermented garlic may also prevent cancer and other diseases and boosts your immune system as well and fermented garlic is good for your heart because garlic lowers your levels of cholesterol and triglycerides which help to reduce your risk of heart disease, heart attacks, strokes etc.
To stop smelling like garlic after eating the garlic you can eat some apples, drink some apple juice, drink some lemon juice or even lemon tea.
The drinks and apples will help get rid of the smell of garlic in your breath and help neutralize the garlic smell that comes out through your sweat.
When eating raw garlic your breath will usually smell like garlic and you may have bad breath for awhile afterwards.
Also sometimes when you sweat you may smell like garlic as well which can be a good thing to keep mosquitoes away.
Whenever I eat raw garlic and sweat I smell like garlic but when I don't sweat I don't smell like garlic.
Some people do smell like garlic after eating garlic and other people don't.
When garlic goes bad you can tell when the garlic goes bad by looking at the garlic.
Bad garlic will develop brown spots on the cloves of the garlic and the color of the cloves changing from white to a yellowish-tan.
The garlic may also become mushy, have mold or smell bad.
Unpeeled fresh garlic lasts about 6 months at room temperature while peeled garlic lasts for about 3 weeks.
Garlic does not kill viruses but the garlic when eaten can help boost your immune system which helps kill viruses.
So by eating garlic you improve your health and your immune system can fight off viruses much better such as the cold virus, flu virus and possibly the Covid-19 virus.
But there's no evidence that garlic will kill viruses directly including Covid-19.
The best and healthiest garlic for your health is regular white garlic.
The white garlic when raw contains the most antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and nutrients.
Black garlic is also good for health but black garlic is white garlic that is cooked to make it turn to black which destroys some of the nutrients.
However the black garlic is still healthy for you just like white garlic is.
But if you want the most health benefits of garlic you should eat raw white garlic.
Black garlic is really healthy but black garlic is not as healthy as regular garlic.
When you make black garlic you reduce some of the nutrients and minerals in the garlic because black garlic is made from regular garlic.
Garlic is healthiest when it's regular garlic before it's cooked to turn black.
Whole Foods does sell black garlic and I've also seen black garlic sold at Walmart and even Dillon's or other grocery stores.
Also black garlic does not grow naturally.
Black garlic is actually regular garlic that is turned into black garlic after it's picked.
To make black garlic the black garlic is made by fermenting regular garlic and you grow regular garlic or you can buy regular garlic at the grocery store and ferment it to produce black garlic.
Black garlic is good for your health because black garlic contains antioxidants an eating black garlic can help reduce inflammation in the body and prevent cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. It may also help to improve memory and other parts of cognitive function.
Black garlic may also prevent cancer and other diseases and boosts your immune system as well.
Eating black garlic is good for your heart because black garlic lowers your levels of cholesterol and triglycerides which help to reduce your risk of heart disease, heart attacks, strokes etc.
Regular garlic is also good for your heart and regular protects your heart even more than black garlic does but black garlic is also great for heart health and overall health.
Black garlic originated from Korea more than 4,000 years ago and black garlic is a very popular ingredient in East Asian cuisine, especially in Japan where it is considered a functional food (a food with health benefits).
Black garlic is considered to be a superfood and can help boost your immune system, give you energy, protect your heart, prevent heart disease, ward off cancer and much more.
Black garlic does taste somewhat different than white fresh garlic does.
The taste and flavor of black garlic can be described as from umami, licorice and date to soy sauce and tamarind, and when cloves are eaten like grapes with the consistency that is similar to a pear or fig.
Black garlic is supposed to be squishy.
Although squishy black garlic may seem like it's bad the squishy black garlic is normal and does not mean it's bad.
When eating black garlic for the health benefits it's recommended to eat at least 2 to 4 pieces of black garlic per day.
However there's no limit to the amount of black garlic you can eat per day unless your stomach says otherwise.
Some people eat up to 10 piece of black garlic per day which is okay if that's what they want.
I sometimes eat 2 pieces of black garlic per day and some days I eat up to 5 pieces of black garlic per day but I don't eat black garlic everyday.
Black garlic is better than regular garlic as black garlic is much healthier and contains more antioxidants, nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
Although even regular garlic is still healthy but the black garlic is the healthier garlic variety.
Also when compared to regular garlic the black garlic does not release a strong offensive flavor owing to the reduced content of allicin.
Also the Enhanced bioactivity of black garlic compared with that of fresh garlic is attributed to its changes in physicochemical properties.
Black Garlic can lower your cholesterol which also reduces your risk of developing heart disease.
Even regular garlic can help lower your cholesterol too.
Both Black Garlic and regular garlic have been shown in studies to lower your levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, which in turn reduces your risk of heart disease.
If the black garlic is in a package then the black garlic will keep up to 3 months as long as it remains sealed and can be kept at room temperature.
Once opened the black garlic will keep for up to 1 month at room temperature.
If you want to keep the black garlic longer you can refrigerate the black garlic and the black garlic when refrigerated can last from 4 months to as long as 6 months.
You can also freeze the black garlic and keep the black garlic for up to a year.
When frozen the black garlic will last for up to a year and sometimes longer but the longer the black garlic remains frozen the less fresh it becomes.
It's best to just eat the fresh black garlic within a few months of buying it or picking it from the garden.
Garlic whether black garlic or regular garlic is most healthy when it's fresh.