You finish dinner, brush your teeth, chew some gum and think you've dealt with the garlic. Then you breathe out and that unmistakable smell is somehow still there.
Garlic breath can be surprisingly stubborn because garlic contains sulfur compounds that can continue affecting your breath long after you've finished eating. In other words, brushing your teeth may clean your mouth, but it doesn't necessarily deal with everything responsible for the smell.
One particularly extreme garlic fan even reported that the smell remained detectable for 60 hours after eating two whole heads of roasted garlic. That's obviously far beyond what most people experience, but it gives you an idea of just how persistent garlic-related odors can be.
So what can you actually do when garlic is still following you around hours after dinner? Researchers at Ohio State University have tested a number of ordinary foods to see which ones can reduce the compounds responsible for garlic breath. And surprisingly, one of the most interesting options isn't a special mouthwash, a breath spray or even chewing gum.
It's something you may already have in your kitchen.