Section: Health Onion
Scientific name: Allium cepa French name : Oignon Spanish name: Cebolla English name: Onion Reign: Plantae
Orden: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Allium
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Onion is a medicinal plant considered both a fruit and a vegetable, it is a universal aroma in all regions of the world!
There are several varieties (red, yellow and white), onion and garlic are from the same family… Onion is a source of vitamins (A, B, B6, C and D). Vitamin B6, also called pyridoxine, is part of coenzymes: involved in the metabolism of proteins and fatty acids and in the production of neurotransmitters
(messenger of the impulse or nerve). It also contributes to the production of red blood cells and it allowing them to transport more oxygen.
The role of vitamin C in the body goes beyond
its antioxidant properties; It also contributes to the health of bones, cartilage, teeth and gums. *Onions* have many beneficial properties for health, even in cooking it is an ingredient essential to the cause of medicine, they use it to cure internal and external diseases.
✓ Onions
° It has antioxidant power; anti-infectious, antiscorbic… ° It is low in calories;
° It is a mineral composed of sulfur;
° It regenerates organisms
° It promotes cardiovascular health;
° It contributes to the prevention of certain cancers (such as stomach cancer) ° It protects the body from infections,
° It promotes the absorption of iron contained in plants and accelerates healing
° It reduces flu and cough
° It helps fight bad habits
° It eliminates gases
° It protects the body from cancer ° It relieves lung diseases
° It relieves people’s waistline, those who are constipated and those who are impotent ° It regenerates the prostate
° It strengthens the weak brain and eyes
° He fights the problem of not being able to sleep
° It’s good for those on a diet (those who need to lose weight)
° It is good for respiratory problems and diseases of the throat, stomach, liver, intestines, bones and skin.
° It’s good for earaches
° It controls nosebleeds
°It slows down epileptic seizures
° It breaks boils and also abscesses…
✓ For 100 grams of raw onion
✓ *For 100 grams of raw onion: °Nutrients
(Medium content)
40g calories
1.1 g of protein 6.25g carbohydrates 0.62g of lipids
1.7g of dietary fiber
✓ Benefits of onions
Several prospective and epidemiological studies have demonstrated that when a person consumes a lot of vegetables and fruits, the risk of heart disease, certain cancers and other chronic diseases is reduced.
*Onions* can protect the body against stomach and intestinal cancer… ✓ *The antioxidant power of onions
Antioxidants are compounds that protect the body’s cells from damage caused by free radicals. The letters are highly reactive molecules believed to be involved in the development of cardiovascular diseases, certain cancers and others age-related diseases, the main classes of antioxidants present in onions are *anthocyanins:,White onions contain few antioxidants compared to yellow and red.
Additionally, red onion varieties generally have higher antioxidant content and activity than light-colored onion varieties.
✓ Onion recipe
*To fight flu/cough: take an onion and peel it, wash it and put it in a clean container, add two spoons of brown sugar
If you don’t have brown sugar, you can add two spoons of honey after letting it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes
, you can then consume it, it is really effective…
✓ Onion recipe to relieve ear pain
Take a cotton ball and put a few drops of cooked onion on it and drop it directly where you feel the pain or drop these few drops directly in the ear.
Onion is also good for cleaning the house, as it is against germs and dirt!
NB:
it is not recommended to use an onion several times because it has the capacity to absorb all types of microbs
Collègue Angelica
Saint Félix Mepricia