**Onions **is a plant, Allium cepa, of Amaryllis family, having a edible pungent bulb.
Onions is also known as a vegetable. They are most commonly used in cooking.
In Nigeria, Onion is mostly found in the following state Kano, Kaduna, Kebbi, Jigawa, Bauchi, Sokoto and Jos.
Red onions tend to be medium to large in size and have a sweeter flavor than white, or yellow onions due to low levels of pyruvic acid and sulfur compounds. They can also be consumed raw and also can be added to salad for colour, grilled, or lightly cooked with other foods.
Red onions are available throughout the year and high in flavonoids and fibre. Cut red onions can be soaked in cool water for a period of time, and the water can be drained off, resulting in less, bite and pungency.
Why do we need Onions in our Body?
Not just a salad, eating raw onions can do a world of good to your health.
1. Onion helps in improving heart health
Onions are a rich source of flavonoids and thiosulfinates. What do these do exactly? Well, the flavonoids in onion help in reducing bad cholesterol in your body and thiosulfinates are known to keep the consistency of the blood right, much like a blood thinner. Due to this, the risk of heart attack and stroke reduces by many folds.
A report by the Cambridge University Press also says that the flavonoids present in red onions help lower the levels of LDL or bad cholesterol.
2. It can give you healthy bones
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), just one onion contains 25.3 mg of calcium. Calcium equals strong bones, so adding this veggie to your salad can build you build better bone health.
3. It improves immunity
Everything revolves around immunity these days. The antioxidants present in onions can help you strengthen that too. According to a study published in the journal of Mediators of Inflammation, onion’s chemical composition is so strong that it helps in immune enhancement and has anti-cancer properties too. Now that’s huge!
4. It is great for those with respiratory problems
Onion is an anti-allergen and in most cases, allergies play a major role in giving us respiratory problems. According to a study published in the journal, DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, eating onion has a relaxing effect on the muscles of the isolated trachea which helps the patients of asthma breathe easily. This happens due to the presence of flavonoids.
5. Onions can give you good vision
Conjunctivitis during this time of the year is very common. The selenium in onion helps in the production of vitamin E, which in turn keeps this painful eye problem at bay. In fact, sone natural eye drops also contain extracts of onion juice.
- Onions causes tears?*
Onions have a reputation for making people cry during the cutting or chopping process. This response occurs due to the presence of gas called Syn - propanethial - s - oxide. This chemical is a compound liquid that acts as a lachrymatory agent, meaning that it causes tears to stings the eyes.
To reduce tears during chopping, the National Onion Association recommend chilling an onion for 30 minutes the cutting off layer of the onion and leaves the root intact, as this part has the highest concentration, of lachrymatory agents.
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There are plenty of onions in your place.
Here onions are expensive.
How much is that per kilo?
2 dollars dear...In naria, that's Nigeria currency it's 1,500
red onion is excellent for general health, heart, lung, throat, kidney and stop counting, pain that many times its true properties for a very healthy body are not known, thank you very much for your report on that vegetable, or vegetable or component that we only want to use in our salad, keep investigating and you will see that it is an ancient species, regards
Thank you so much dear friend...I appreciate 🙏