I love garlic. Unfortunately, garlic does NOT love me. I'm very much garlic-intolerant. After having had so many people be dismissive of my situation (including doctors and nutritionists), it was nice to come across your website.
While you've provided some terrific insights, I thought I'd share a "treatment" that has worked very effectively for me. As you've suggested, I do try to avoid having significant quantities of garlic. However, especially when dining out, it is often difficult or impossible to eliminate garlic exposure. In those cases, I consume papaya enzymes immediately after the meal. Depending on how much garlic I think I've consumed, I'll take 60,000 to 120,000 USP units of papain (the active component of the papaya enzyme chewable tablet). I find that taking the papaya enzyme helps me to completely avoid any discomfort or, at least, takes the edge off. Unfortunately, this only works with small to moderate amounts of garlic consumption.
Just as every person reacts differently to garlic consumption, I suspect every person will react differently to papaya enzyme. The dosage that works for you might be different than what works for me. So, a bit of trial and error testing will be necessary but might be worthwhile.
I've read elsewhere that bromelain is another digestive enzyme that can help. However, I haven't yet tried it. The recommendation I've read is to take a 500 mg tablet twice per day.
By the way, I'm neither a doctor nor a nutritionist. I'm just a garlic-intolerant guy who has found something that works for me.
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I love garlic. Unfortunately, garlic does NOT love me. I'm very much garlic-intolerant. After having had so many people be dismissive of my situation (including doctors and nutritionists), it was nice to come across your website.
While you've provided some terrific insights, I thought I'd share a "treatment" that has worked very effectively for me. As you've suggested, I do try to avoid having significant quantities of garlic. However, especially when dining out, it is often difficult or impossible to eliminate garlic exposure. In those cases, I consume papaya enzymes immediately after the meal. Depending on how much garlic I think I've consumed, I'll take 60,000 to 120,000 USP units of papain (the active component of the papaya enzyme chewable tablet). I find that taking the papaya enzyme helps me to completely avoid any discomfort or, at least, takes the edge off. Unfortunately, this only works with small to moderate amounts of garlic consumption.
Just as every person reacts differently to garlic consumption, I suspect every person will react differently to papaya enzyme. The dosage that works for you might be different than what works for me. So, a bit of trial and error testing will be necessary but might be worthwhile.
I've read elsewhere that bromelain is another digestive enzyme that can help. However, I haven't yet tried it. The recommendation I've read is to take a 500 mg tablet twice per day.
By the way, I'm neither a doctor nor a nutritionist. I'm just a garlic-intolerant guy who has found something that works for me.
August 26, 2014 - 6:37pmThis Comment
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