Onions are a regular feature on people's dinner tables. It is affordable, easy to store, and nutritious. The proper way to eat it can better utilize its nutritional value, so parents should learn.
Antiseptic and anti-inflammatory
Onions contain allicin. Allicin is pungent and stimulating and has the effect of inhibiting and killing bacteria.
Onions also contain an oily volatile substance called propylene sulfide, which is irritating to people's eyes when they cut onions.
Propylene sulfide has an inhibitory effect on pathogenic bacteria and helps reduce cold and flu symptoms. The rawer the onion, the better the anti-inflammatory effect, but also the more irritating to the stomach and intestines, the less tolerable it is. The more cooked it is, the better it is tolerated, but the weaker the anti-inflammatory effect. You can choose how to eat onions according to your body, either cold and raw, fried and cooked, or alternating different ways of eating.
Aids in regulating blood sugar
Onions contain organic components similar to the hypoglycemic drug toluenosulfonylurea, which can produce a strong diuretic effect in the body, and can also help cells to better utilize glucose.
The common onion is divided into 3 colors: white, yellow and purple skin. Among them, purple-skinned onions contain the highest nutrients and the most active ingredients for regulating blood sugar. Of course, food is food and is not a substitute for medicine. Generally speaking, 25-50 grams of purple onions a day is sufficient.
Good for cardiovascular health
Onions contain flavonoids that help reduce lipids in the blood and have a protective effect on the arterial vessels of the body. Moreover, with onion seasoning, people can cook with less salt, and salt control is also beneficial for controlling blood pressure and taking care of blood vessel health.
A recommended recipe for you.
Slice an appropriate amount of onion, scald it in boiling water, and put in 3 well cooked black fungus, plus a little seasoning, and eat it cold and directly.
Of course, although onions are good, it is not necessary to eat them every day, but once every two or three days, as a side dish or main dish. Other vegetables also have different nutritional values, and it is important to have a well-rounded, balanced and moderate diet.
In addition, because onions contain oligofructose, they ferment and produce gas in the large intestine, so some people feel bloated after eating them, and these people can reduce the amount of consumption appropriately. If your body cannot tolerate the pungency of onions, there is no need to consume them deliberately. If you are afraid of cutting onions, you can cut them in water, because the irritating gas can be dissolved in water.