By Yanti

Onion Vegetable

Onion is a plant of the genus Allium and the name of the tubers produced and is one of the oldest vegetables and used in many food recipes in many countries because onion vegetable provides a unique sense of smell in food

Onion vegetable has many varieties, there is the color purple-colored skin, and there is a pink shade. Popular onion is the white that we use everyday in the kitchen.

Onion vegetable is usually used with a form of chopped or sliced and can be used for cooking or for decoration in salads, and right now than in the form of chopped or sliced, Onion vegetables are also available in other forms e.g. pickled, powdered, frozen, canned, making it easier for us in use.

Onion Nutrition

Filled with raw garlic compounds of sulfur, including a chemical called Alliin that makes raw Onion was bitter. Addition contained Onion variety of vitamins and minerals beneficial to the body such as Vitamin A, B, C, E, K, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium and Zinc.

Health benefits onion

Diabetes

Alisin compounds contained in the onion nutritious vegetables can destroy the formation of blood clots in the arteries, reducing the symptoms of diabetes and reduce blood pressure.

Cancer

Several studies have shown that increased consumption of onion vegetable reduces the risk of head and neck cancer

Osteoporosis
Onion vegetable is useful for women who are at increased risk of osteoporosis when they reach menopause, because the compounds in onion can destroy the osteoclasts so that they do not break bones.

Others

Onion vegetable contain a chemical compound as an anti-inflammatory, anti cholesterol, and antioxidants such as quercetin, and compounds contained onion vegetable may also be able to ward off colds, stomach worms eliminate, cure arthritis, and relieve insomnia. Onion vegetable is also capable of combating degenerative diseases such as hypertension, stroke, and coronary heart disease,

Even increased consumption of onion vegetables have not directly convincingly demonstrates directly related to health benefits, but onion vegetable is very popular among the people since ancient times. Both as a spice in making a more delicious cuisine also useful to make better our bodies

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