Nobody Likes Onions?

Nobody likes onions? I love onion, whether it is raw or sauteed or fried onions I love it. Have you heard about caramelized onions or carmelized onions and roasted onions? I have not tried it yet. If you know something about it, could you please share it to us through the comment section?

Some says nobody likes onions because of its smell. Many of us just take in few slices of it from salad or cooked vegetables because we worry about what our breath smells like after eating lots of onions. Onions have therapeutic effects and if you want to avail it you need to consume more of it. Aside from the fact that red onions and white onions can clear your sinuses it can prevent you from certain cancers, help control high cholesterol level and prevent heart attacks by protecting your heart from blood clots? And, how do onions protects us against certain cancers. Researchers suspects that allium vegetables – onions, garlic, scallions, chives and leeks has capacity to block the conversion of nitrates into cancer-causing agents.

Scallion or shallots or spring onions or the commonly called green onions are commonly used as garnish. Did you know that it is more nutritious compared to other onions? It has 5,000 times more of vitamin A and four times more of vitamin C compared to other onions. Actually, for every 28 grams (edible portion) you can get 10.44 kcal of energy, 63.21 ug of vitamin A, 9.59 mg of vitamin C, 0.68 mg of iron, 30.76 mg of calcium, 0.03 mg of riboflavin,0.01 mg of thiamine, 0.48 mg of protein and 0.25 mg of niacin from fresh  green onions.

For every 120 grams of fresh  onion bulb (red onions and white onions) you can get 58.03 kcal of energy, 0 ug of vitamin A, 5.58 mg of vitamin C, 0.67 mg of iron, 44.64 mg of calcium, 0.01 mg of riboflavin,0.04 mg of thiamine, 1.90 mg of protein and 0.45 mg of niacin.

After reading some health information about onions, do you think nobody likes onions? Me? I want to eat caramelized onions or carmelized onions and roasted onions because I have not tried it yet. Growing onions especially green onions is so easy. You can plant onions in a pot or in a small vacant lot in your backyard like we do at home.