The Smell of Garlic

That's becasue it IS coming through his skin, if it's fresh garlic. If you take a clove of garlic, unpeeled and put it between your toes, eventually you will be able to taste the garlic in your mouth. I know it's crazy, isn't it!

I suggest him drink a lot of water to help it go through his system. That's all I got. I know I don't have much advice, but I thoguth I would let you know aboutt he going throught he skin thing.

When I was a child, we had a family friend who would eat fresh garlic cloves straight up. He NEVER smelled like garlic, however. He said he ate parsley after eating the cloves. It might be worth a try.

I read your message this morning and see no one else has helped...
off the top of my head... I would say you can open the window. :)
The next thing I would try is to have him drink a lot of water... eat some parsley too. Parsley and stawberries... make his insides smell good... at least his breath.
and last but not least... you can join in... it wont be so bad then.

Good Luck!!

T.

my husband was taking some sort of powder and smelled aweful the first few weeks he took it...after the toxin had been removed from his body, his normal smell returned. If you husband just started taking the garlic then that could be the reason he smells, it could be releasing the toxins in his body and you are smelling the garlic. Just have him drink more liquids right now and hopefully in a few weeks it will have gone thru his system and not smell anymore. You may want to mention to him that he smells of garlic, b/c he may not realize it and if you can smell it, so can others. Good luck and God Bless.

Since you didn't mention "how" the garlic is prepared when eaten, it may make a difference how it is consumed. I met a patient recently in his eighties and he says he eats garlic every day. I was amazed, I saw this guy on a daily basis for two weeks and I would never have known about the garlic, except that had he told me. I was close enough to change a dressing on his arm, take blood pressure, temp, listen to chest with stethescope. I was in his kitchen during visits to his home, so was there sometimes when he was fixing food. NO SMELL...
He said he takes the whole set of cloves, puts them in the microwave for 30 seconds and when cooled, peels and eats the cloves all day, he described as a "nice buttery flavor and consistency". He gave me a clove to eat and "whallah", no garlic taste or smell. It was wonderful.
Some places I have been, you can smell the garlic through the house and on the breath. I tried cooking garlic cloves in the microwave BEFORE adding to the dish I was preparing and had a totally different flavor/smell than the raw garlic cooking in a pan.
Maybe worth a try.
M., RN