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Onion is a very common cheap home cooking. Its flesh is tender, juicy spicy flavor light, good quality, suitable for raw food. Native to western Asia, cultivated throughout China, all seasons are available. Onions for food for the underground parts of the fat bulb (i.e., onion head). In foreign countries, it is known as the "Queen of Vegetables", with high nutritional value.
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Benefits of onions
1 , onions have the effect of antipyretic, which is determined by the nutritional value of onions. Onions contain an oily volatile substances, so when we eat onions, we always feel a pungent flavor, this substance can play a bactericidal role, can prevent the flu virus.
2, the unique flavor of onions, can increase the human appetite, in the summer, because of the weather, many people will appear in the case of loss of appetite, this time you can eat a little onion, to regulate the spleen and stomach.
3, in the onion contains trace elements of selenium, the nutritional value of the onion determines that it has an anti-aging effect. Selenium is a very strong antioxidant, so, often eat some onions, can play a beauty effect.
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