Health Benefits of Onions

Roxy07

I read somewhere they are meant to help fight cancer, is that true or just promotion crap?

bubbs

Dunno but if its true i hopefully will be ok as eat onions nearly every day;)

grandadsmith

"an onion extract was found to destroy tumor cells in test tubes and to arrest tumor growth when tumor cells were implanted in rats.

The onion extract was shown to be unusually nontoxic, since a dose as high as forty times that of the dose required to kill the tumor cells had no adverse effect on the host."
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DPJames

grandadsmith wrote: »

The onion extract was shown to be unusually nontoxic, since a dose as high as forty times that of the dose required to kill the tumor cells had no adverse effect on the host.

Is anyone else struggling with this?

SailorSam

DPJames wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with this?

I had to read it a couple of times before i understood, but i think it means ...... peeling onions makes you cry.

browneyedbazzi

It means that the onion juice kills a tumour but doesn't harm the person...unlike a lot of chemotherapy which hurts the patient as much as the tumour.

A.Penny.Saved

I eat lots of onions, the red variety because they have higher levels of quercetrin, so it should help. I think that sulphur also benefits me and they do contain high levels of other beneficial nutrients so great things to eat......unless you want friends.

DigForVictory

Do not underestimate the health benefits of digging the veg plot, bending over planting the crop, loosing it all to wildlife, replanting under netting, and then digging up individual portions as wanted.

Onions are well worth growing your own just for the health benefits!

geordie_joe

DigForVictory wrote: »

Do not underestimate the health benefits of digging the veg plot, bending over planting the crop, loosing it all to wildlife, replanting under netting,

Does that mean they are not as healthy if you plant them under netting in the first place?

geordie_joe

DPJames wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with this?

Only the "unusually nontoxic" bit, it makes no sense.

Onions are either toxic or nontoxic, they can't be "unusually nontoxic".

Then again, if you look at it long enough, then read a couple of dictionaries. It means they are not usually nontoxic, or in other words it is usual for them to be toxic. Which doesn't fit in with the rest of the post.

Maybe the op just copied drivel from a web site. It would explain why they hide the link to it with a shortened link.

Idiophreak

geordie_joe wrote: »

Only the "unusually nontoxic" bit, it makes no sense.

They mean "unusually, whilst 'toxic' to cancer, onions are nontoxic to humans", I believe.