Health
Benefits of Onion
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Almost
everyone knows that onions are very important for health. Onion is a daily must
have which helps you stay away from many infections and diseases. If you are
sick and you are looking for a quick heal medicine, then onions are your best
option.
The
pungent odour might keep you away from onions but they are totally worth it.
They can be cooked in almost all the recipes and can be consumed very easily.
Onions are loaded with many chemicals which keep you away from illness and also
make you glow due to its detoxification properties. Below are a few well known
health benefits of onions.
Onion
juice can cure burnt skin or an insect bite or a bee bite. It may burn more but
it can heal it very effectively.
Onions
can be used to prevent cancers. It works against head, neck and colon cancers..
You can protect yourself from Osteoporosis and Atherosclerosis by consuming
onions daily.. Onions increases insulin in the body and also treats diabetes by
controlling the sugar levels in the blood.
The bad cholesterol that causes heart problems
can be burnt or removed if onions are consumed daily. It keeps you stay safe
from the coronary diseases and also protects the good cholesterol.
Treatment of Thinning Hair:
Onion
is quite helpful in treating thinning hair. All you need to do is juice an
onion in a juicer and add ½ teaspoon of honey to it. You can add any essential
oil of your choice to suppress the smell. Apply this mixture all over your hair
or onto the portions that appear thin. Leave it overnight and do not cover your
head. Shampoo your hair the next morning. This should be done at least once to
thrice a week for best results.
Treatment of Hair Loss and Dandruff:
You
can prepare a hair mask using onion to combat hair loss, dandruff and an itchy
scalp. Onion juice is particularly beneficial for increasing the length of your
hair. All you need to do is grind or mash an onion and strain it through a
grinder to obtain the juice. Mix this juice with equal amounts of olive or
coconut oil and apply it on your scalp and hair.
Cover
your head with a shower cap and leave it for 2 hours. Rinse it off with a
shampoo to get rid of hair stickiness. This hair pack will improve the ability
of your hair for re-growth besides imparting a shiny, glossy look to your hair.
It should be applied twice a month for best results.
Sautéed
onions can enhance the flavor of any vegetarian dish. Sautéing enhances the
texture and flavor of onions. This method involves browning the onions which
creates a rich flavor. These can be added to sautéed veggies, soups and pasta
dishes.
Sweating involves gently cooking the onion to
make it soft, sweet and reduce the sulphur content, imparting it with a milder
taste. These onions are added to dishes such as risottos, rice pilafs and
braised meats to impart a natural sweetness.
Cancer Prevention
One way the antioxidants in
onions can protect you against cancer is by reducing the DNA damage in cells
caused by free radicals, studies reveal.
All onions and onion relatives
(garlic, leeks, chives and scallions, or spring onions) are rich in organ
sulfur compounds shown to help prevent cancer in lab animals.
In fact, an onion extract was
found to destroy tumor cells in test tubes and to arrest tumor growth when
tumor cells were implanted in rats.
The onion extract was shown to
be unusually nontoxic, since a dose as high as forty times that of the dose
required to kill the tumor cells had no adverse effect on the host.
