New Delhi: Apart from making your curries taste better and completing your salad, onions are loaded with amazing nutrients that enable to boost immunity and protect against seasonal infections. Popularly, onions are the storehouse of plant-based compounds, flavonoids, and antioxidants. Besides, onions are also known to boost bone health, and heart health and protect against certain cancers and diabetes. Moreover, they are also used as a remedy for cough, colds, and catarrh.
Meanwhile, with the ongoing summer months, onions in your diet can prevent infections and help immunity give a required boost.
While talking to a leading news portal, Hindustan Times, Asma Alam, Consulting Nutritionist, and Dietician stated the benefits of eating onions in the hot weather. “Eating raw onions improves your immune system’s ability to prevent illness transmission. This is a vital property of onions because the summer is a high-risk period for diseases, especially those spread by insects. While simply carrying an onion around will not help you beat the heat this summer, making raw onion a regular component of your summer diet would,” she stated.
Besides, there are other benefits of onions that can work wonders for one’s long-term health.
“These nutrient-dense vegetables have strong chemicals that may lower your cancer risk and might also support your digestive health. They are adaptable and can be used to add depth to any savory recipe. It’s a simple method to improve your general health by including them in your diet,” said Asma.
Onions are full of vitamins, minerals, and plant chemicals that benefit the body in a variety of ways. There were also trusted ancient remedies for certain health conditions that onions provide.
“Onions have been known to have medicinal effects since ancient times when they were used to treat headaches, heart illnesses, and even mouth ulcers. A medium onion contains only 44 calories and is also abundant in Vitamin C, an essential nutrient involved in immunological function, collagen formation, tissue healing, and iron absorption,” adds the nutritionist.
Moreover, onions have a special substance called quercetin which acts as a natural antihistamine. “Because histamine is what causes your skin to break out in rashes as a result of insect bites and the heat, the onion is already a great summer help,” she adds.
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