Red Onions Prevents The Heart
September 28, 2011 | Healthy Food
Chinese University of Hong Kong researchers found, red onions help clear cholesterol from the body that is responsible for heart attacks and strokes, while also maintaining good cholesterol that helps prevent heart disease, this study represents the first to investigate the interaction of red onion with biological function .
In a study of men who eat red onion crushed in hamsters that had undertaken a high cholesterol diet, after 8 weeks, LDL cholesterol fell an average of 21%, at the same time does not decrease levels of good cholesterol, known as HDL, study results support the claims that say the consumption of red onion on a regular basis lowers the risk of onion has long been known to have many health benefits, including preventing cancer, heart disease, coughs and colds in several countries in the world where high garlic consumption shows the number of cancer cases lower, in China for example, where people eat lots of onions and garlic than other countries in the world, the risk of stomach cancer on average 40% lower.