How to eat onions for the most nutrition: the benefits of eating onions, is it better to eat onions raw or cooked?

Do you usually eat onions raw or cooked before eating? Generally, they are eaten cooked, and most people find cooked onions more acceptable, but did you know? Onions can actually be eaten raw. And the nutritional value of eating them raw is even higher than after cooking. Why is that? So does that mean eating them raw is better than eating them cooked? That is not necessarily true either; it also depends on each person's constitution.

What benefits does eating onions actually have? Onions are a low-calorie vegetable containing various "sulfur compounds" that can help lower blood sugar and blood lipids; "polyphenols" can detoxify and provide antioxidant effects; and "quercetin" can not only inhibit the body's absorption of fat from food, but also promote the elimination of accumulated fat in the body, and can also fight cancer. In addition, they contain flavonoids, dietary fiber, glutathione, oligosaccharides and more, which are even more notable star fat-burning ingredients.

The vitamin B and C in onions are destroyed after exposure to heat; moreover, heating with water can also cause potassium ions to be lost, so the more thoroughly onions are cooked, the fewer nutrients they actually contain. Li Wanping, deputy head of the Nutrition Consultation Group at Rongxin Clinic, said that from a health perspective, eating onions raw is still slightly better than eating them cooked. It is particularly important to note that raw onions contain irritating components, and people with poor gastrointestinal health should avoid eating them raw to prevent stomach pain.