Garlic is a very healthy ingredient of food. Consuming it brings in a whole package of health advantages along with it. The taste of garlic adds to the flavor of the food. The only problem with the garlic is its smell. Diallyl is a component present in garlic responsible for its strong smell and allicin is responsible for its zingy taste.
Getting rid of the garlic smell can be done easily. Soap, lemon juice, baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, Noxzema and air purifier are great ways of dispelling garlic odor from hands and surroundings.These are easily available at home.
Consuming parsley, mouthwash, brushing teeth, bad breath dispelling medicines, cardamom, clove and knobexol are good ways of removing garlic smell from breath.
Not only garlic smell but these things work well for onion smell too. Parsley must be consumed after eating garlic. AMS is released in the body parts internally on eating garlic and parsley helps overcome it. Through physical work too AMS gets released from the body hence reducing the garlic smell.
Some mouthwashes which are known for killing garlic bad breath are also easily available in the market and can be tried. Cloves and cardamom can be chewed on too for removing bad breath. Mints having good quantities of sugar help a great deal in killing that garlic smell. Any cold eatable or red wine works efficiently for removing garlic smell form breath. It must also be remembered that eating something hot will boost the smell as allicin level goes up due to heat. Wine is suitable because it reduces the effect of the sulphides present in garlic.
For removing garlic smell from any utensil it can be washed in lemon based detergents. Lemon is an anti-diallyl agent. If your hands are smelly because of garlic, squeeze some lemon juice in a bowl and dip your hands in it for a few minutes. Rinse your hand thereafter. You will find that the smell has vanished away.
Washing hands in with usual soap and then rubbing them against any stainless steel utensil also affects greatly. The sulphides in the garlic will stick to the stainless steel and thus the smell will get greatly reduced. Rubbing hands against any other metal won’t help. Noxzema is a great skin cleansing product and is known for its garlic smell removing quality. It is actually prescribed for reducing sunburns but because of menthol, eucalyptus and camphor present in it garlic smells goes away. Its distinguished fragrance gives no place for the garlic smell to stay.
Prozone and Ozium air fresheners are particularly known for removing garlic smell from the air. When you cut garlic the strong smell spreads all over the room or kitchen. These room fresheners have proven capabilities to dispel the garlic smell. Any other strong room fresheners can also be used. Mild smelling fresheners won’t work much.
So try out any of these methods to save you from that terrible garlic smell.
