Onions-Cause your eye to water with some potential health benefits!

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Onions are a very good source of vitamin C, B6, biotin, chromium, calcium and dietary fiber. In addition, they contain good amounts of folic acid and vitamin B1 and K. They also contain flavonoids which act as antioxidants, have a direct anti tumor effect and have immune-enhancing properties. Onions contain a large amount of sulfur and are especially good for the liver. As a sulfur food, they mix best with proteins, as they stimulate the action of the amino acids to the brain and nervous system.
The onion is the richest dietary source of quercitin, a potent antioxidant flavonoid which is found on and near the skin and is particularly linked to the health benefits of onions. Quercitin has been shown to thin the blood, lower cholesterol, raise good-type HDL cholesterol, ward off blood clots, fight asthma, chronic bronchitis, fever, diabetes, atherosclerosis and infections and is specifically linked to inhibiting human stomach cancer. It's also an anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, antiviral, thought to have diverse anti-cancer powers.
Health benefits
1.   Detoxify your body with onion
2.   Boost beneficial HDL cholesterol
3.   Thin the blood
4.   Retard blood clotting
5.   Lower total blood cholesterol
6.   Lower blood pressure
7.   One way the antioxidants in onions can protect you against cancer is by reducing the DNA damage in cells caused by free radicals.
8.   Onions have also been shown to have a significant blood sugar-lowering action.
9.   Onions have historically been used to treat asthma, too. Its action in asthma is due to its ability to inhibit the production of compounds that cause the bronchial muscle to spasm and to relax bronchial muscle.
10.   Onions have potent antibacterial activity, destroying many disease-causing pathogens, including E. coli and salmonella.

So,try to eat onions daily.
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Re: Onions-Cause your eye to water with some potential health benefits!
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2012, 11:41:00 AM »
Good post.
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Re: Onions-Cause your eye to water with some potential health benefits!
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2012, 07:19:59 PM »
thnk u
Shatabdi Goon Misti       
Department of Nutrition & Food Engineering.
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