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What does onion do?
Ten Functions of Onion

1, onion is more effective than osteoporosis drugs.

Many people don't like to cook with onions because the spicy taste of onions is easy to volatilize, and the tears that are often smoked when cooking onions flow out. Unless it is superb onion cooking, it is really difficult to find onion lovers. You might as well hold your nose and eat onions.

Scrambled eggs with onions, or beef with onions, are delicious and healthy dishes. Onions can also be eaten raw or juiced, which can have many magical effects.

2. Onions can prevent high cholesterol.

Eating half an onion raw every day, or drinking the same amount of onion juice to protect the heart, proves that onions do have the effect of raising cholesterol, but the more onions are cooked, the less effective they are.

Onions can decompose fat.

The compounds contained in onion can prevent platelet coagulation and accelerate the dissolution of thrombus. Therefore, when you enjoy high-fat food, you'd better mix it with some onions, which will help offset the blood clots caused by high-fat food, so it makes sense to say that steak is usually eaten with onions.

Onions can prevent gastric cancer.

Onions can also prevent the occurrence of gastric cancer, because onions, like garlic and leeks, contain anti-cancer chemicals, and the lower the chance of getting gastric cancer if you eat more onions.

5. Onions can fight asthma

Onion contains at least three natural anti-inflammatory chemicals, which can treat asthma. Because onions can inhibit the movement of histamine, which is a chemical substance that can cause allergic symptoms of asthma; According to German research, onions can reduce the incidence of asthma by about half.

6. Onions can treat diabetes.

Onions have been used to treat diabetes for a long time. Onions can really lower blood sugar, whether eaten raw or cooked, they have the same effect. It turns out that there is an antidiabetic compound in onion, which is similar to methanesulfonic acid, a commonly used oral hypoglycemic drug, and has the effect of stimulating insulin synthesis and release.

7. Onions can prevent nasal congestion.

Drink some hot miso soup with onions when you have a cold, and you will soon sweat and reduce your fever. If the nose is blocked, stick a small piece of onion on the nostril, and the pungent smell of onion will make the nose unblocked instantly.

8. Onions can stimulate appetite and help digestion.

Onions contain allicin, which has a strong aroma. When processing, it often makes people cry because of its pungent smell. It is this special smell that can stimulate gastric acid secretion and increase appetite. Onion can improve gastrointestinal tension and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, thus playing an appetizing role, and has obvious improvement effect on anorexia caused by atrophic gastritis, insufficient gastric motility and dyspepsia. Of course, if you are on a diet to lose weight, then this effect of onions is obviously not suitable for you!

9. Onions can kill bacteria and resist colds.

Onion contains phytoncide, such as allicin, which has strong bactericidal ability and can effectively resist influenza virus and prevent colds. When this phytoncide is excreted from the body through respiratory tract, urinary tract and sweat gland, it can stimulate the secretion of cell wall in these parts, so it has expectorant, diuretic, sweating, bacteriostatic and antibacterial effects.

In addition, peel off the brown skin of the onion, cut it, soak it in red wine, put it in the refrigerator, and take it out after one week. Onions can also be eaten, which is very effective in treating gout.

Onions can prevent and treat insomnia.

Onions can also prevent and treat insomnia. You haven't heard of it. In fact, you can chop up an onion and put it on the bedside table when you are insomnia. The unique stimulating ingredients of onion will play a magical role in calming the nerves and hypnosis.