Onions...

[Tango]

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Onions can help you or be harmful

This is the other note.

LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
I have used an onion which has been left in the fridge, and sometimes I don't use a whole one at one time, so save the other half for later. Now with this info, I have changed my mind....will buy smaller onions in the future.

Edited by Steven

[cosmicharmony]

Cool interesting info there, thanks.

[justalight]

Hi Tango,
yes, onions are very special. I try to avoid onions whenever it is possible. In Germany the long forgotten writings of Hildegard von Bingen are very interesting concerning onions and similar vegetables.

Hildegard did researches around 1100 AD on plants and their healing powers. She figured out very well that onions cause many problems and should be avoided because their nature is too humid and has no energy, no fire. This causes problems with stomach and even lungs. For me I decided to avoid the and really live good without them.

[azure]

Mmmm onions :P

They are good for drawing out a fever. My grandmother used to cut them in half and secure them to my back.
Within an hour my fever would be gone :)

[yaksuit]

Onions are like "opinions", they can make you cry. ;)

[Flash]

Onions are like "opinions", they can make you cry. ;)

Really cute!

[Whiskey_Mystic]

Some meditation traditions hold that onions, as well as garlic, are detrimental to a calm and meditative mind. They are also both said to damage the etheric field.

[cloud9]

Wow Tango,
I have always believed onions and garlic are awesome things for your health, can you please provide a link?

[John Parslow]

Hello all


Medicinal properties and health effects of onions

Wide-ranging claims have been made for the effectiveness of onions against conditions ranging from the common cold to heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other diseases. They contain chemical compounds believed to have anti-inflammatory, anti-cholesterol, anticancer, and antioxidant properties such as quercetin. However, it has not been conclusively demonstrated that increased consumption of onions is directly linked to health benefits. Some studies have shown that increased consumption of onions reduces the risk of head and neck cancers. In India some sects do not eat onion due to its alleged aphrodisiac properties. Many also believe that eating onions can lead to weight loss; this claim, however, has never been substantiated.

In many parts of the world, onions are used to heal blisters and boils. A traditional Maltese remedy for sea urchin wounds is to tie half a baked onion to the afflicted area overnight. An application of raw onion is also said to be helpful in reducing swelling from bee stings. In the United States, products that contain onion extract are used in the treatment of topical scars; some studies have found their action to be ineffective, while others found that they may act as an anti-inflammatory or bacteriostatic and can improve collagen organization in rabbits.

Onions may be especially beneficial for women, who are at increased risk for osteoporosis as they go through menopause, by destroying osteoclasts so that they do not break down bone.
An American chemist has stated that the pleiomeric chemicals in onions have the potential to alleviate or prevent sore throat. Onion in combination with jaggery has been widely used as a traditional household remedy for sore throat in India.

Shallots have the most phenols, six times the amount found in Vidalia onion, the variety with the lowest phenolic content. Shallots also have the most antioxidant activity, followed by Western Yellow, pungent yellow (New York Bold), Northern Red, Mexico, Empire Sweet, Western White, Peruvian Sweet, Texas 1015, Imperial Valley Sweet, and Vidalia. Western Yellow onions have the most flavonoids, eleven times the amount found in Western White, the variety with the lowest flavonoid content.

For all varieties of onions, the more phenols and flavonoids they contain, the more reputed antioxidant and anticancer activity they provide. When tested against liver and colon cancer cells, 'Western Yellow' pungent yellow (New York Bold) and shallots were most effective in inhibiting their growth. The milder-tasting cultivars (i.e., 'Western White,' 'Peruvian Sweet,' 'Empire Sweet,' 'Mexico,' 'Texas 1015,' 'Imperial Valley Sweet,' and 'Vidalia') showed little cancer-fighting ability.

Source Wikipedia

Best regards to all. JP :cool:

[Arrowwind]

Onions have lots of silica which is valuable for maintaining connective tissue.

[Jake]

This has all been very difficult to take. What about grilled onions???

[Flash]

:luv::luv::dance:
Hello all


Medicinal properties and health effects of onions

In India some sects do not eat onion due to its alleged aphrodisiac properties. Many also believe that eating onions can lead to weight loss; rabbits.

Onions may be especially beneficial for women. JP :cool:

That is it. I am like most average people, only a few things interest me in life, you named them here.

No need to read further, sex, weight loss, benefical for me, there it is. I am going on a shallots diet, eating them all day. No need to know about cancer, cholesterol, anti oxidant, yurk.

Sex, weight loss, good for me....:cool:;)

[Maria Stade]

Onions are like "opinions", they can make you cry. ;)

Really cute!

Ha ha ha Yea they sure do :cry:

But they do boost the imunesystem.

And yes they are toxic if they have gone bad !

Never eat spoiled food.