Onion, Much More Than a Delicacy.

Onions are an asset to the world's health. They contain nutrients, such as calcium, phosphorous, and ascobic acid, known as vitamin C.In particular, though, onions have been historically appreciated for their medicininal properties. Even now they are used to fight a number of conditions, including colds, laryngtis artherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, diabetes and asthma. Also attributed to the onion are antiseptic, anticholesterol, anti-inflammatory, antithrombotic, and anticancer effects.
Onion comes in different colors-white, yellow, brown, green, red, and purple. You can have them fresh, cooked, canned, pickled, dehydrated, powdered, in flakes, or in cubes. Is not the onion a wonderful vegetable- even if does make you shed a few tears?