Sister Lin is 52 years old, has been operating a breakfast store before, every day to get up early. In the past two years, the health is not very good, they shut down the breakfast store, the store rented to others, a free time with the sisters to go shopping, life is beautiful.
And when it comes to food, from Chongqing, Lin sister taste is heavy, especially like spicy and exciting food, including spicy hot pot, snail noodles, hot and sour noodles.
About a year ago, a routine checkup, Lin was found breast nodules, the doctor told her to review regularly. From this time on, Lin began to change her eating pattern and ate lighter.
A friend later told her that breast nodules may be at risk of cancer and that she could eat more onions to “kill” cancer cells and prevent nodules from becoming cancerous.
Although the taste is very pungent, but Lin sister still insist on eating a raw onion every day. After a period of time, she felt bloated in her stomach and often had indigestion, and wondered if it was from eating onions. However, in order to prevent breast cancer, she kept on eating.
However, when she had a review last week, her doctor told her that her breast nodes had become bigger instead!
She was confused and asked the doctor, “Aren’t onions good for cancer prevention? Why do I have to eat them for a year and yet this is the result?”
The doctor laughed and cried, “Where did you hear this recipe? How can eating onions have the effect of treating nodules? The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
Can onions “kill” cancer cells when eaten raw?
Onion is a common ingredient in life, and proper consumption of onion is good for health. But can it really “kill” cancer cells? Where does the claim that onions are “anti-cancer” come from?
It goes back to a Canadian study where scientists tested the cancer-fighting power of onions by selecting five different types of onions and found that the “ruby” onion had the most significant anti-cancer effect.
This is mainly because it is rich in quercetin, anthocyanins and other anti-cancer active substances, which have certain anti-cancer effects.
So, onions are really the “anti-cancer holy grail”?
In this regard, Pan Zhanhe, deputy chief physician of the Department of Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, said: just because a certain food contains certain anti-cancer active substances, it does not mean that eating that food can have anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects.
Moreover, even if these anti-cancer active ingredients are proven to be useful to the human body, the effect of eating this food alone may not be ideal, and the amount of supplementation through the consumption of onions is only a drop in the bucket.
So, don’t expect that simply eating an onion can have cancer prevention and anti-cancer effects. Balanced diet and reasonable combination are the core strategies to prevent cancer.
Onion is an edible “heart stent” and can lower three highs?
The efficacy of onion is widely known as a “heart stent” that can be eaten to reduce three highs. The actual onion is really so amazing?
The nutrition of onions is indeed rich, which is rich in protein, water-soluble vitamins, calcium, iron, selenium, as well as flavonoids, steroids, polysaccharides and many other nutrients.
The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a few of these.
Although it contains certain prostaglandin A, flavonoids, cyclic allicin and other substances, to help prevent cardiovascular disease, but because the content is not much, so the effect is not very obvious.
As for lowering the three highs, it is also a reason that the amount of onions consumed in the daily diet alone will not achieve the effect of lowering the three highs.
In short, although the onion has a certain nutritional value, but do not try to achieve the effect of the treatment of disease through the consumption of onions, which often only delays the treatment of the disease.
The actual fact is that there are a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on their own.
In most cases, it is better to eat them raw because some of the ingredients in onions, such as organic sulfides, are volatile and can be significantly lost once they are exposed to heat or air for too long, so eating them raw can preserve their nutrients as much as possible.
It is recommended that when eating raw onions, you can cut them open and leave them for 15 minutes so that the active substances in them can be fully oxidized and thus play a better role.
Of course, cooked onions can also be eaten, and it is recommended to stir-fry them until they are six or seven years old, so that they not only taste better, but also retain their nutrients better.
However, it should be noted that there are many different types of onions, and the specific way to eat them differs from one onion to another, such as white onion for raw, red onion for stir-fry, so you can decide the way to eat according to the specific onion.
In addition, Zhang Dongmei, chief physician of the Department of Endocrinology at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, reminded that the following 3 points should be noted when consuming onions.
- Prefer purple-skinned onions
Compared to yellow-skinned onions, purple-skinned onions have higher nutritional value and are richer in dietary fiber and micronutrients, which can help reduce inflammation and improve joint flexibility.
- Do not eat too much
If you’re looking for a good onion, you can’t eat too much at one time. It’s recommended that you don’t consume more than 50g a day.
3, onion contraindicated people
Not everyone is suitable to eat onions, such as gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer disease patients, onions contain irritating substances, which can stimulate the gastric mucosa, causing gastrointestinal discomfort.
In addition, patients with pruritic skin diseases and eye diseases are also not suitable for eating onions because they are pungent and can stimulate and aggravate the condition.
In conclusion: Although onions have some nutritional value and are good for health when eaten properly, they have limited efficacy and do not play a role in curing diseases, so it is best to go to the hospital in time to receive standardized treatment when physical problems arise so as not to delay the condition.
In addition, there is a certain amount of attention to how to eat onions, we should understand the precautions in advance, so as not to eat the wrong, hurt the body.
