Post Date December, 02 2023
Garlic is an essential seasoning in daily life, and with its bactericidal properties, it is loved by many people. But recently, some people have said that eating too much garlic can kill sperm and is not conducive to fertility. Is this statement scientific? Let's take a look together.
Recently, there have been reports that eating too much garlic can kill sperm and is not conducive to fertility. Is this statement scientific? The reporter interviewed Professor Hu Haixiang, the director of the Department of Andrology at the Air Force General Hospital.
"Garlic is a natural plant broad-spectrum antibiotic, containing about 2% allicin, which has obvious inhibitory and killing effects on a variety of pathogenic bacteria, such as staphylococcus, meningitis, pneumonia, dysentery, etc. Eating raw garlic is also an effective way to prevent influenza and intestinal infections." Hu Haixiang said, but because garlic is a spicy thing, eating too much garlic will indeed harm sperm.
For men, consuming too much garlic can damage the vital energy of the spleen and stomach, which provides sufficient nutrition for the whole body. If its function is damaged, it will inevitably lead to symptoms such as loss of appetite, fatigue, and weight loss, affecting kidney qi, causing damage to qi and blood, and ultimately leading to male infertility due to oligospermia.
However, men do not have to refuse to eat garlic because it is a great anti-cancer and dietary remedy. Eating garlic appropriately is beneficial for overall health. It is generally recommended that men with poor spleen and stomach should not eat it raw as much as possible. Garlic can be added as a seasoning when cooking, with one or two cloves at a time.
