Day 1590 - Onions and Garlic

Onions and Garlic - So much more than bad breath ...

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Who uses a lot of onions and garlic?  They're great little flavour boosters, even if they do give you stinky breath.  They belong to the plant genus called alliums and they're pretty impressive little "super foods" as well. You can get vitamins A, C and D from them, plus fibre and potassium.  Not only that, but garlic has stuff in it that apparently boosts your memory. This stuff also relaxes blood vessels that can lower blood pressure. Onions are also winners - they contain the antioxidant quercetin which is a lovely little cancer fighter.  This quercetin dude can also help prevent seasonal allergy symptoms.  Did you know that if you refrigerate your onions briefly it can cut down on the whole crying-while-you-cut-them caper?



So there you have it.  Onions and garlic are so much more than flavour boosting, bad breath creating, I'm gonna make you cry foods.  They've got other super powers as well! A good one to keep you feeling less Deep Fried.

Information source: Tina Ruggerio author of "The Truly Healthy Family Cookbook", and Redbook Magazine February 2014. 


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