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"SCIENTISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 150 PHYTONUTRIENTS IN ONIONS, AND THUS FAR THEY HAVE DETERMINED THE HEALING QUALITIES OF ONLY A FEW. THESE PHYONUTRIENTS JOIN A HOST OF OTHER NUTRIENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ONION'S OVERALL HEALTHFUL STATUS. ALTHOUGH ALL ONIONS ARE HEALTHFUL, THE GENERAL RULE FOR THE MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED VARIETIES IS THIS: THE MORE PUNGENT THE ONION, THE MORE POTENT ITS NUTRITIONAL VALUE.
QUERCETIN, A PHYTONUTRIENT FOUND IN ABUNDANCE IN ONIONS, IS AN ANTIOXIDANT THAT HELPS DESTROY FREE RADICALS, PROTECTS AND REGENERATES VITAMIN E, AND HELPS KEEP LDL LEVELS DOWN.
A REDUCTION IN THE RISK OF COLON CANCER HAS ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH QUERCITIN.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL MAY BE REDUCED IF YOU REGULARLY INCLUDE ONIONS IN YOUR DIET. EXPERTS SAY THE SULFUR COMPOUNDS, CHROMIUM, AND VITAMIN B-6 IN ONIONS ARE LIKELY THE REASON FOR THIS BENEFIT.
STUDIES SHOW THAT PEOPLE THAT ATE THE MOST ONIONS HAD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RISK FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CANCER COMPARED WITH PEOPLE WHO ATE THE LEAST ONIONS. THE REDUCED CANCER RISKS WERE 88% FOR ESOPHAGEAL, 84% FOR ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNGEAL, 73% FOR OVARIAN, 71% FOR PROSTATE , 56% FOR COLORECTAL, AND 25% FOR BREAST CANCER.
THE ANTI-FLAMMATORY COMPOMENTS IN ONIONS, ESPECIALLY QUERCITIN AND ISOTHIOCYANATES, BENEFIT PEOPLE WHO HAVE INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ARTHRITIS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, BURSITIS, FIBROMYALGIA AND SHINGLES."
