我喜欢午餐吃大蒜面包。要想在下午的会议上清新口气，最快的方法是什么?

As you digest your lunch, the smelly, sulphur-containing compounds (‘sulphides’) in the garlic are absorbed into your bloodstream, and will come out via the exhaled breath from your lungs, and even from pores in your skin. Brushing your teeth (and your tongue), and swirling with mouthwash, will help to temporarily mask the smell.

当你消化午餐时，大蒜中难闻的含硫化合物(“硫化物”)会被吸收到你的血液中，然后通过呼出的气体从肺里出来，甚至从皮肤的毛孔里出来。刷牙(和舌头)，用漱口水漱口，有助于暂时掩盖异味。

Even better, though, a 2016 study at Ohio State University found that lettuce, apples and mint leaves contain enzymes and chemicals called ‘phenolic compounds’ that break down garlic’s sulphides before they reach the blood. So chomp on apples or mint leaves after lunch!

更妙的是，俄亥俄州立大学(Ohio State University) 2016年的一项研究发现，生菜、苹果和薄荷叶含有一种被称为“酚类化合物”的酶和化学物质，可以在大蒜的硫化物进入血液之前将其分解。所以午饭后吃点苹果或薄荷叶吧!