Wonderful reasons why you need to add onions to your diet. You should know your onions too.

In this article, I'll be talking about the medicinal importance of onions, the types and their uses. Please, read through.

Onion is a vegetable from the widely grown species of genus Allium. This class of vegetables are low in calories but high in vitamins and minerals.

Usefulness and medicinal importance of Onions. 

As earlier stated, this class of veggies contain vitamins and minerals. Most of these minerals and vitamins consist of phytochemical constituents; terpenes, flavonoids, steroids, tannins and so on. These properties play important roles in the body by preventing and also curing diseases:

1. A special kind of flavonoid in onions is quercetin, which acts as an antioxidant (compounds that inhibit oxidation, a process that leads to cellular damage and contributes to diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease) that may be linked to preventing cancer. “It also might have heart health benefits, though more studies need to be done,” said Angela Lemond, a Plano, Texas-based registered dietitian nutritionist and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 

2. Onions provide onionin A; a sulfur-containing compound that decreases tumor development and reduces the spread of ovarian and lung cancer in test-tube studies.

3. Their potent anti-inflammatory properties may also aid the reduction of high blood pressure and prevent blood clotting.

4. Onion is also used to treat digestion problems including appetite loss, stomach upset and gallbladder disorders; for treating heart and blood vessel problems including chest pain (angina) and high blood pressure; and to prevent “hardening of the arteries” atherosclerosis.

Know your onions

There are various kinds of this special vegetable(over 20). Some of them are listed below:

1. Sweet onions also known as Bermuda Onions: They are good for stuffing and baking, they're also delicately sweet. This means that they won't overshadow the ingredients they're combined with.

2. Chives: They are a perfect seasoning for numerous dishes, a sharp kick to any recipe and they're particularly great for spicing up soups and salads.

3. Red onions also known as Red Wing: This is a mild type of onion that is great for eating raw. They are the perfect choice for sandwiches and salads.

4. Leeks: these specie of onions make great soups and when cooked slowly with meats in a stew, they make for the real treat. Leeks also pair perfectly with bacon, add them to a creamy turkey and bacon sauce and use as a pie filling.

5. Sweet onions also known as Vidalia Onions: Vidalia onions are super sweet! Yummy. Trust me, eat it raw and don't even blink. The Vidalia is the perfect choice in the family of sweet onions, you really don't need to cook them, they are the perfect onion to be sliced and served raw on top of a juicy burger.

6. Welsh Onions: They're the best for making stir fry, they look exactly like green onions, though they're usually bigger, and, despite the name, they're mainly used in Asian cooking and have nothing to do with Wales. They're actually native to China. 

7. Pearl Onions also known as Button or Baby Onions: Pearl Onions are mild, small and sweet. They are good for pickling in a jar and also nice to roast with the juices left in the pan after cooking meat. You don't even need to chop them, just peel and use whole.

Now, do you still need more convincing to add onions to your diet? I'm 98% sure that after reading this article most of you will post pictures on your social media showing every of your dishes with onions beside it.

Chew an onion bulb today and get better in body and soul.

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