Green onions - a great medicine for osteoporosis and bone fractures

March 15, 2014 15:59

Scallions are a storehouse of all the nutrients your body needs. Scallions help build bones, regulate blood sugar levels, and keep your heart healthy.

Helps strengthen bones

12gm of green onions contain 20 micrograms of vitamin K and 1.6 mg of vitamin C. Both of these vitamins are essential for the growth and maintenance of strong bones. Women in particular can avoid osteoporosis and bone fractures by eating green onions regularly.

Helps regulate blood sugar levels

Green onions help the body store allyl propyl and chromium. While allyl propyl lowers blood sugar, chromium regulates blood sugar to lower insulin. Therefore, green onions are the best vegetable to help regulate blood sugar levels.

Promote a healthy heart

Green onions are a heart-friendly food. Chromium and the presence of vitamin B6, sulfur help keep your heart healthy. Chromium not only reduces triglycerides and bad cholesterol but also increases good cholesterol in the body. Thus, it protects the heart and cardiovascular diseases. Blood pressure is kept under control if you consume green onions regularly due to the presence of potassium. With the benefits of green onions for the heart, it also reduces the risk of strokes significantly.

Helps prevent cancer

When you consume green onions regularly, you also reduce the risk of certain types of cancer. Due to the presence of Quercitin, Kaempferol/ Quercitin in green onions can prevent the growth of cancer cells in the colon. Kaempferol in green onions reduces the risk associated with ovarian cancer by at least 40%.

Helps reduce inflammation

Scallions can significantly reduce inflammation in the body. This is because scallions have the ability to block enzymes that cause inflammation in the body. Eating scallions is said to have anti-inflammatory and antihistamine benefits.

Helps boost immunity

Green onions are a rich source of phytochemicals, which greatly support the immune system and eliminate enzymes responsible for the creation of free radicals in the human body. Consuming green onions significantly reduces the damage of cell tissues and DNA.

Helps improve eyesight

A deficiency of vitamin A can cause several types of vision disorders including night blindness. One stalk of green onion contains 24 micrograms of vitamin A which can be converted into retinol and maintain the health of your eyes.

Thus, green onions are a source of important nutrients and vitamins responsible for the healthy functioning of the eyes, heart and body in general.

According to AloBacsi.vn

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