【英语时差8,16】你能忍受爱人的蒜味吗？

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 Garlic-lovers--and the unfortunate people who live with and love them--are well aware that your breath reeks¹ for days after a serious garlic fest. Why don't tooth-brushing and mouthwash really help? Why makes garlic so persistently² stinky? Garlic owes its smell to a sulfur³ compound. The fact that it stinks⁴ isn't unique--sulfur compounds are renowned⁵ for their nasty odors. In fact, sulfur compounds in intestinal⁶ gas are responsible for the smell of flatulence. Those sulfur compounds are pretty potent⁷ stuff, considering that they make up just one percent of the total intestinal gas released! Now that you know the fate of other sulfur compounds in the body, let's get back to garlic. When you eat garlic-laden food, the sulfur compounds aren't expelled by the intestines⁸. Instead, they're absorbed through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream, along with other harmless gases and nutrients⁹. From there they circulate throughout the body, including into the lungs. And that's what turns you into a garlic-breathing dragon. Toothpaste and mouthwash may help for a few minutes, but the smell will keep emanating¹⁰ from your lungs for days. Even people who take garlic supplements--or rub garlic compounds into their joints¹¹ to ease symptoms of arthritis--end up with garlic breath because the mechanism¹² is the same. Once the sulfur compounds in garlic are absorbed into the bloodstream, they'll make their odoriferous exit through the lungs. How can you ease the social stigma¹³ of this sulfur compound you so adore? Surround yourself with equally stinky, garlic-loving friends!