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Consuming bad garlic can cause botulism.Foodborne botulism is extremely rare but can beserious and potentially fatal. Clostridium botulinum, the bacteriathat causes botulism, forms normally inactive spores that canbe found in low-acid vegetables like garlic. In certainconditions, these spores may become active.
Accordingly, can you get sick from garlic?
When taken by mouth, garlic can cause bad breath,a burning sensation in the mouth or stomach, heartburn, gas,nausea, vomiting, body odor, and diarrhea. These side effectsare often worse with raw garlic. Raw garlicmight cause severe skin irritation when it is applied to theskin.
Keeping this in view, is it bad to eat old garlic?
It is not dangerous to eat, but it will cause abitter flavor. The sprout is the creation of a new clove, so youcan split the clove and remove the sprout to still use thegarlic clove. When checking jarred minced garlic,first check the expiration date and then take a sniff.
discovered [3, 4] that garlic is toxicbecause the sulphone hydroxyl ion penetrates the blood-brainbarrier, just like Dimethyl Sulf-Oxide (DMSO), and is a specificpoison for higher-life forms and brain cells. You'rethree times slower than you would be if you'd not had a few dropsof garlic.”