Garlic can be taken without leaving the tell-tale smell on your breath if you know the trick. Learn how to do it right.
Garlic and Bad Breath
The main objection to garlic is the lingering aroma on the breath. I am happy to be able to share with you a method of ingesting this aromatic herb which makes it unnoticeable to even your closest friends.
For many years, a Winnipeg radio station broadcast an afternoon phone-in program called "Problem Corner," hosted by the most beloved odd couple on the city's broadcast scene, journalist George McCloy and home economist Hedy Lewis. It was, without question, the most listened-to radio program in the history of Manitoba. There I learned how to take garlic without annoying my family members with the smell.
The trick is simple. The garlic should not come into contact with your teeth or tongue or any other part of the mouth for longer than is absolutely necessary.
Chop or mash a clove of raw garlic. Place on a spoon and swallow with a whole glass of water. That's it.
Taken on an empty stomach, garlic may cause a burning sensation, but a couple of bites of protein solve the problem for me. Either cheese or chicken works fine.
I followed this method of taking garlic daily for a week without anyone in my family being aware of it. I finally got curious and asked. No, they had not noticed any unusual odor coming from my mouth. My son, like me, is blessed with an unusually keen sense of smell. If he did not notice anything, then the method is foolproof.
When garlic is ingested repeatedly over a short period of time, though, the odor will start emanating from the skin, not from the mouth.
Mind you, I have the perfect answer to the annoyance problem.
If everyone took garlic, no one would notice the smell on anyone.
So if your family complains about your garlic perfume, trick them by adding raw garlic to salads or sandwiches. I fool my husband with it almost daily and have been getting away with it for years. Those foods are reserved for times when I am sure that he does not have to attend a meeting, of course.
Various Forms of Garlic
Raw garlic, cooked garlic, garlic supplements, I am not even going to name all the different forms available. I have tried too many of them. None of them ever had the slightest effect on my breathing problem, so I am not going to spend any more money on them. If they work for you, fine. They don't do a thing for me.
I do know of one good use for garlic oil, though, and that is as an earache remedy. It is described in the first garlic article as well as in the article "Natural Earache Remedies."
Garlic as a Deodorizer
I do cook with garlic, but not for health reasons. Garlic and onions neutralize the unpleasant odors of cooking animal proteins like meat or fish. Strange as it seems, garlic is a great kitchen deodorizer. I used to visit an apartment block where university students did their cooking. Many of them were not in a habit of adding garlic or onion to meat dishes. The cooking smell in those buildings was overwhelming, especially to a person like me who rarely eats red meat. The taste of the meat was not the greatest either.
Other Garlic Articles
Garlic, Wonder Drug
Garlic became a lifesaver to me when by fluke I learned about one of its property which has not been recorded in herbals.
Garlic, Wonder Food
Unlike some herbs, garlic does not lose its medicinal effectiveness with frequent use, because it is a food and not just a herb.
Another article will discuss the ability of garlic to keep your garden healthy. It will be published on my Environmental Gardening site. It will discuss garlic and onions as companion plants to protect the garden from pests.
