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Health Benefits of Onions and Garlic

Health Benefits of Onions and Garlic
Here is an interesting article I found. Thought it was worth sharing.
Who knows we may have to resort to these type of health care due to the economy.
Garlic and onions both contain a variety of natural chemicals that have are capable of fighting infections and healing the human body. People far back in history were well aware that both of these foods had medicinal value as they consumed them regularly.
Garlic and onions both contain a variety of natural chemicals that are capable of fighting infections and healing the human body.
Garlic and Onion
People far back in history were well aware that both of these foods had medicinal value as they consumed them regularly, such as in a daily basis, in order to protect themselves from getting sick and also as a way to help them heal quicker in the event that they did come down with an infection.

Scientific research studies well support the fact that onions and garlic are worthy of being eaten every single day in order to provide optimum health benefits. Although pungent and giving off a sulphorous odor, these are not foods that should be easily brushed aside.

Never let the unpleasant odor of any of these foods cause you to avoid them as these foods can easily be added to recipes. Perhaps it would not be wise to eat onions or garlic before an important meeting or a date however.

These natural foods are full of chemicals that can help protect a person from a variety of infections, diseases and illnesses. Garlic and onions help to protect against cardiovascular disease, respiratory concerns, diabetes, and a variety of cancers.

A number of tests have shown that a diet rich in garlic helps to lower the total cholesterol rate of an individual, including the bad cholesterol or LDL while at the same time it raises the good HDL cholesterol in the bloodstream. Garlic is responsible for producing a great deal of cells in the blood that are deemed "natural killers" and these can help to fight off many different kinds of infections as well as deadly tumors. Garlic lowers blood pressure and it decreases the risk of blood clots developing. Blood clots are to blame for the incidence of many strokes and heart attacks.

Garlic fights a great number of bacteria and viruses and therefore helps to prevent infections and it decreases the risks of a number of different types of cancer, with an emphasis on cancers of the stomach. It is important to note that garlic is best eaten in its raw state and its medicinal properties are at their height when garlic is cut up, sliced up or chopped. Cooking garlic, especially for too long or at high temperatures is responsible for destroying some of the compound known as "allicin" in it as it is allicin that makes garlic as healing in nature as it is.

Onions have many benefits to health as well. Much like garlic, onions help to increase the HDL cholesterol in the blood, especially when they are eaten in their raw state. Onions also help to decrease the bad cholesterol or LDL in the blood and they increase the ability of the blood to dissolve blood clots. Onions are excellent at decreasing the risk inherent in developing diabetes and help to fight off the bacteria that are responsible for causing many infections in the human body.

Onions decrease the risk of many different types of cancers. A compound known as quercetin has been discovered in onions and this compound is extremely powerful when it comes to fighting cancer and is an excellent antioxidant.
He also provides a link.
Michael is health care practicioner of 15 years with a focus on critical care and trauma. He has participated in many aspects of health and wellness and promotes these concepts through his blog at nurseconnector.com
ANGELGIRL10's profile
My mother-in-law was in the habit of eating a raw onion almost daily as if it were an apple. She never had heart problems. She did die, however, as all of us must someday. She died of Lou Gerig's Disease. I wish we knew more about that.
GlowGal's profile

about 1 month ago
Lots of good info here, and I'm pleased to see that it is all supported by good scientific research. Thanks, I'll be spending some time at that link.
MarketMama's profile

about 1 month ago
I eat onions and garlic like it is going out of style. Preventive medicine is the best.
And yes we must all die sometime but as long as we are here let's prolong our quality of life.
My elderly neighbor ate raw garlic everyday. He was really strong as a horse until the day he died bless his soul.
Blessings and light.
ANGELGIRL10's profile

about 1 month ago
I love onions and garlic too. I like the idea of setting them around, I'm gona try that!
JoyLingers's profile

about 1 month ago
My sister told me about the health benefits of oregano, it is good for intestinal parasites, yeast overgrowth, and supports immune function and digestion. I grow it myself, and use it in cooking a lot, and even chopped raw in a salad dressing, can be pretty strong if grown without much water.

The Mexican laborer who did a block wall for me took all my rosemary clippings as I was trimming my bush to fit the space available, because he learned at home that a tea made from it is a natural antiseptic. He said he's constantly scraping his arms and hands in his line of work, and needed it for first aid.

I grow a type of onion called Lisbon bunching onion, which is perennial, and keeps dividing to produce more onions. I always have onions. I haven't quite figured out what it takes to grow garlic here yet, but plan to keep trying.
sunnyside7's profile

about 1 month ago
Omg, thanks for the info Sunnyside. I never heard of rosemary clippings or oregano.
I didn't know you can put into a salad.
ANGELGIRL10's profile

about 1 month ago