Eating onions boosts good cholesterol.

PPI - Pakistan Press International | August 9, 2009 | Copyright

Karachi, August 09, 2009 (PPI): Onions play a role in flavouring your foods, but beyond that they provide several natural and therapeutic benefits to the body. Onions have moderate amounts of protein, fat, fibre and good amounts of calcium, phosphorus and potassium. Even the stalk is edible, and it contains good amounts of carotene and iron. The age-old practice of onions in soup, raw, roasted or cooked into a syrup, is still commonly used to cure the common cold. As a relative of garlic, onion has been cultivated for more than 6,000 years and has been used to cure many ...

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