What have randomized, controlled human trials revealed about how eating onions may – or may not – benefit us?
Onion Are Potentially a good source of antioxidants, which, interestingly, are concentrated in the outer layers just below the papery peel. For example, white onions contain ten times more antioxidants in the outer layer than in the inner layer. Unfortunately, most people discard the most nutrient-rich outer layers, “thus losing a valuable portion of the antioxidant-rich ingredients.” In general, yellow onions contain more antioxidants than white onions. red onion Beat Both of them are based on three different antioxidant testing methods, as seen in my video at 0:39 Is Onion beneficial for testosterone, osteoporosis, allergies and cancer?
Although red onion Are Slightly better, in fact, are yellow and white onions with no loose ends, which contain considerable amounts of antioxidant activity. We know they’re nutritious, but are there any specific medical benefits of eating onions? There are all kinds of headlines in the medical literature brokerage Miraculous Benefits, But What Are These Claims Based On?
For example, there is a review purported There is evidence that onions increase testosterone levels in men, but researchers could not while discussing A study on the effect of onion juice after testicular torsion in rats. Who cares what happens to a rat’s testicles after you rotate them 720 degrees counterclockwise? (Except rats, of course.) You don’t know what happens in people until you test human testicles. that’s when it was discovered Onion extract does not appear to affect men’s testosterone.
What about bone health? Obviously, older white women who ate Women who ate onions at least once a day had 5% higher overall bone density compared to women who ate onions no more than once a month. Now, 5% may not seem like a lot, but the improvement in bone density could potentially mean reducing their hip fracture risk by more than 20%, if indeed, it is cause and effect.
Consume onions daily for four weeks Reason Big jump in bone density. This could lead to a safe, effective and low-cost approach to – you guessed it – osteoporosis in mice. Another rodent study!
great progress has been made made Osteoporosis is treated with medications, but these can have serious adverse side effects, so scientists have turned their attention to natural treatments. In one study, researchers randomized people to drink onion juice or placebo onion juice for 8 weeks. Improvements in one indicator of bone health were seen; However, they didn’t actually follow participants long enough to compare osteoporosis rates.
chop shallots Show Does it have anti-allergic activity or provide any therapeutic effect for relieving allergic runny nose? Sixteen patients were equally randomized to an antihistamine group or a group that was given capsules containing an antihistamine and dried onion powder. The shallot group seemed to do better after four weeks, but there was no statistically significant difference in overall symptoms between the two groups. So, another #OnionFail.
about what tests What are the effects of eating fresh yellow onion to reduce the toxic effects of chemotherapy drug called doxorubicin in breast cancer patients? Unfortunately, there was no significant benefit found In reducing damage to the liver or heart. But eating fresh yellow onions helped reduce high blood sugar levels and insulin resistance in breast cancer patients during doxorubicin-based chemotherapy. This drug is not only toxic to the liver and heart – it may also contribute to insulin resistance.
So, researchers Exhibited A randomized, triple-blind, controlled clinical trial randomized patients to eat a whole onion or a third of an onion daily for eight weeks. What happened? The high-dose onion group showed a significant reduction in blood sugar and insulin resistance compared to the low-dose group. Levels rose in the low-dose group but fell in the high-dose group, as you can see below and at 4:28 in my Video.
So, make onion your friend. What’s the worst that could happen? Happen—A little onion breath and body odor?
doctor’s note
What else can we do for breast cancer? See related posts below.
