The benefits of onions for human health are many; they do not increase your weight, and they taste and smell good.
Onions prevent blood clots
Onions prevent blood clots, one of the leading causes of death around the world.
A recent study published in the ‘Journal of Clinical Investigation’ shows that the ingredients of onion, including ‘la rutine’, are also found in fruits called ‘pommes’. So when rutine prevents blood clots, it is followed by other problems.
Onions help fight cancer
Researchers from ‘Cornell University’, in a study conducted in 2004, showed that onions have the ability to fight liver cancer.
Onions increase the body’s vitamin B9 (folic acid)
‘Folique’ acid or ‘Vitamin B9′, is one of the aids to good brain function, helping to maintain healthy mental health.
125 milliliters (ml) of onion juice, i.e. ½ of spy, contains 9% of the folic acid needed per day.
Onions are very good for bone health
Onions strengthen human bones. A study conducted by the University of South Carolina (Medical University of South Carolina) showed that the bones of women who eat onions at least once a day have 5% stronger bones than those who eat them once a month.
Women who eat onions regularly reduce the risk of bone fractures compared to those who don’t.
Onions help girls and women who suffer during menstruation
A study conducted in 1990 in North Dakota (Dakota du Nord) in the United States showed that women who tend to eat foods rich in ‘manganese’ suffer slower in the stomach than those who do not. And onions are rich in these rocks.
Onions lower blood pressure
Onions, apples and peppers contain an ingredient called ‘quercetin’. A study conducted by the University of Utah‘, published in 2007, showed that’quercetin’ reduces high blood pressure, prevents blood vessels from being damaged, and increases the risk of heart disease.
Onions are a source of vitamin C
Onions are a good source of vitamin C. 100 grams of onions, bringing a person who eats 12% of the vitamin C needed per day.
Onions are rich in selenium
Onions are the source of ‘selenium’. Selenium contains anti-cancer properties. More research is still needed to confirm whether selenium can be safe to protect against cancer.
Onions help people who suffer from insomnia
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