Things Your Doctor Forgot to Tell

Let’s dig more about onions as natural home remedies. I have found astonishing things from the researches on onions.

Here below I will share with you the studies conducted by well-known universities:

1. Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands

• The absorption of quercetin from onions is twice that from tea and more than three times that from apples.
• Daily consumption of onions may result in increased accumulation of quercetin in the blood.

Studies have indicated that quercetin helps:

-        to eliminate free radicals in the body,

-        to inhibit low-density lipoprotein oxidation (an important reaction in the atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease),

-        to protect and regenerate vitamin E (a powerful antioxidant),

-        and to inactivate the harmful effects of chelate metal ions.

2. The Queen’s University at Belfast, Ireland

• The content of quercetin in onions is estimated to be between 22.40 mg and 51.82 mg per medium-sized onion (100 gram).

3. University of Wisconsin-Madison

• The more pungent onions exhibit strong anti-platelet activity. Platelet aggregation is associated with atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke.

4. University of Bern in Switzerland

• Consumption of 1 g dry onion per day for 4 weeks increased bone mineral content in rats by more than 17% and mineral density by more than 13% compared to animals fed a control diet. This data suggests onion consumption has the potential to decrease the incidences of osteoporosis.

What are the significant components in onions that contribute to your health?

1.      quercetin have beneficial effects against many diseases and disorders, including:

-         cataracts,

-         cardiovascular disease,

-         cancer: breast, colon, ovarian, gastric, lung and bladder.

2.      phytochemicals known as disulfides, trisulfides, cepaene, and vinyl dithiins; thus,  these compounds have a variety of health-functional properties, including:

- anticancer,

- antimicrobial activities.

3.      source of vitamin C, potassium, dietary fiber and folic acid.

4.      calcium, iron and have a high protein quality (ratio of mg amino acid/gram protein).

Are you anxious to find out the good news about onions besides from the aforementioned information?

Onions are low in sodium and contain no fat.

This is great news for you who apply healthy natural diet. Thus, not only to avoid increase your fat in body, also it is a fabulous way for illness prevention and maintains your overall health.