Onions are a common ingredient, but some people shy away from them because of their smell. As everyone knows, people who don't like to eat onions miss out on a variety of nutrients! Moreover, onions, garlic, etc. are frequent visitors on many anti-cancer vegetable rankings, and some netizens even call onions "the king of anti-cancer". Recently, a study in my country found that eating onions every day can help reduce the risk of liver cancer!
Eating onions every day reduces the risk of liver cancer by 33%.In January 2024, the team of Professor Xiang Yongbing from Renji Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine published a study involving 60,000 people in the European Journal of Epidemiology and found that eating 5-6 grams of onions per day reduced the risk of liver cancer by 33%. ①
The study, which involved nearly 60,000 Chinese men, was followed for nearly 12 years and evaluated the association of 142 foods and nutrients with liver cancer risk. The study found that there was an increase of 5Intake of 54 grams of onions reduced the risk of liver cancer by 33%.
Studies have pointed out that vegetables such as onions are rich in dietary fiber, which reduces liver fat synthesis and reduces the metabolic burden on the liver, and dietary fiber also helps maintain a healthy intestinal microbial system and reduce inflammation.
Eat some onions every dayThat's a lot of benefits! 1.Onions help lower blood sugarZhang Yongwen, director of the endocrinology department of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in Jiangsu Province, said in 2015 at the Health Times that onions contain organic components similar to the hypoglycemic drug tolbutamide, which can produce cortirein with a strong diuretic effect in the human body, and can also help cells make better use of glucose. Diabetic patients can eat 25 50 grams of purple onions per meal, which can have a better hypoglycemic effect. ②2.Onions inhibit cholesterolHe Li, a researcher at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out that the onion essential oil in onions can inhibit the absorption of dietary cholesterol and improve the activity of fibrinolytic enzyme in the human body, thereby reducing blood viscosity and improving atherosclerosis. ③3.Onions are good for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseasesWang Xin, attending physician of the cardiovascular department of Xiyuan Hospital of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, wrote in Health Times in 2020 that the sulfide in onions has antithrombotic effects, can prevent unnecessary platelet clotting, and regular eating can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. ④
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Eat some onions every dayThat's a lot of benefits! Shu Lanting, a national second-level public nutritionist, pointed out in an article in the Health Times in 2016 that onions are good food whether they are eaten as a seasoning or as a side dish. According to the color of the skin, onions can be divided into three types: white, yellow and purple. The white skin is sometimes slightly green, and this kind of onion has a tender flesh, high moisture and sweetness, which is more suitable for fresh, grilled or stewed; Yellow-skinned onions have a sweet taste and a medium spicy taste, which is suitable for raw eating; Purple-skinned onions have reddish flesh, more moisture, crisp texture, and strong spicy flavor, which is suitable for stir-frying or stir-frying as a side dish compared with the first two kinds of onions, and is more resistant to storage. In terms of nutritional value analysis, the nutrition of purple onions is higher, mainly because the purple onions are more spicy and contain more allicin, and the purple skin part contains more quercetin, which is a very beneficial health factor for the human body. ⑤
Note! 5 types of people eat less raw onionsThe high content of irritating substances in raw onions can irritate the gastric mucosa and cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Therefore, the following 5 groups of people are not recommended to eat raw onions:
1.Patients with gastritis2.Patients with gastric ulcers3.Patients with duodenal ulcers4.People who are prone to allergies5.Patients with ** itch diseaseThese people can eat chives after they are cooked, and the irritation of the gastric mucosa is greatly reduced.
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