Health Benefits of Onion

What are the health benefits and vitamins in Onion?

Vitamins in Onion

→ Onions vary in color, size and flavor.
→ Commonly found types are red, yellow and white onion.

→ Regular consumption of onion reduces the risk of different cancer and regulates the digestion and blood flow.
→ Quercetin presence in onion prevent us from the attack of plaque, heart attack and stoke.
→ It also acts as anti-cancer agent.
→ It is a great stress reliever and enhances the mood by controlling the formation of homocysteine.

Detailed here the vitamin sources of Onion.

Vitamins	Unit	Value per 100g
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	7.4
Thiamin	mg	0.046
Riboflavin	mg	0.027
Niacin	mg	0.116
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.120
Folate, DFE	µg	19
Vitamin B-12	µg	0.00
Vitamin A, RAE	µg	0
Vitamin A, IU	IU	2
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	mg	0.02
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)	µg	0.0
Vitamin D	IU	0
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	µg	0.4

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