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Sweet Onions & Its Health Benefits
How many dishes can you prepare without using onions? Not many. Onions are largely used as an ingredient in various cuisines. It would be interesting to know that onions come in different colours like red, yellow, white, and green, which have their own unique taste and flavour. Some of the onions also range from strong to mildly sweet. Onions can be eaten raw, cooked, fried, dried or roasted.
Onions are known as highly valued herbs which contains culinary and medicinal values. Few of their beneficial properties are used from time immemorial. Sweet onions are also have some health benefits and they are known to prevent diseases related to heart, they are also known to prevent cancer and other infections.
Apart from the regular onions, sweet onions are much in demand now. As the name suggests, sweet onions taste sweet and as opposed to the spicy flavour that the other onions give. Sweet onions also have health benefits that equals to the other onions, at the same time the sweet onions are also known to be fresh. However, sweet onions are not found throughout the year as their growing season occurs during the winter and harvest usually in summer. Sweet onions, the summer food have thinner, lighter-coloured skin and a higher water content, which makes them milder and more perishable.
Sweet onions are also mild in their taste and unlike regular onions which have high levels of sulfur compounds. Sweet onions are usually considered to be fresh onions as the water content dilutes the effect of the sulfur and increases mildness.
We give you few health benefits of sweet onions:
Good
for
heart
Sweet
onions
contains
flavonoids,
which
is
known
to
be
good
for
the
heart,
and
also
promotes
heart
health
and
reduce
the
risk
of
heart
diseases.
Improves
digestion
Sweet
onions
encourages
the
growth
of
good
bacteria
also
called
as
prebiotics,
in
the
digestive
system.
These
good
bacteria
helps
in
improving
proper
digestive
function.
Makes
the
bones
strong
Sweet
onions
contain
a
substance
called
'chondrocytes'
(connective
tissue
cell),
which
is
beneficial
for
keeping
the
bones
healthy.
Consuming
sweet
onions
on
a
regular
basis
promotes
bone
health
by
preventing
bone
related
diseases,
namely
osteoporosis.
Anti-inflammatory
benefits
The
high
content
of
Vitamin
C
found
in
sweet
onions
helps
in
promoting
a
healthy
immune
system.
These
sweet
onions
also
contains
anti-inflammatory
agents,
which
reduce
the
effect
of
inflammatory
diseases
such
as
rheumatoid
arthritis.
One of the basic fact we need to understand about sweet onions is, they differ from regular onions in two major factors such as high sugar content and low level of sulfur compounds. Sweet onions have nearly 6 percent high level of sugar content and have fewer sulfur compounds, which are responsible for the spicy flavour of regular onions.
Hence relish sweet onions by making few recipes out of them which are not only tasty but is also known for their health benefits.
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