Garlic Fries

I absolutely love garlic. Whether it’s garlic fries, garlic toast, or garlic in my hamburger… I’ll gobble it up! While it tastes great and has many health benefits, there’s one serious drawback — it’s hard to prevent the dreaded garlic breath.

Some people, like myself, can carry this unwanted smell for days. Garlic literally reeks from every pore in my body.

One of the reasons that garlic breath is so strong is that garlic is full of sulphorous compounds. These compounds “feed” the bacteria in your mouth and bad breath (halitosis) is caused as a result.

Although there aren’t any ways to prevent garlic breath, except from barring yourself from eating garlic, there are ways to minimize the smell.

  • Good oral hygiene
  • Fresh chopped parsley with your meal helps reduce garlic breath.
  • Some people also claim that chewing cardamon seeds has a similar effect to parsley and can work as a garlic breath remedy.
  • Garlic smell on your hands? Simply rub your hands with a stainless steel spoon or other stainless steel utensil.
  • Don’t have stainless steel utensils on hand? A little salt or baking soda rubbed on the hands should do the trick.

The best solution is probably just to surround yourself with other garlic lovers, because no solution can stop the garlic that works it’s way through your skin and emerges from your pores!