Health And Fitness

Vegetables are many but few have unique properties that are of benefit to our health. Onions are the Masters in this regard. The good thing is, you don't have to eat it separately because you will simply have it in your normal meals. After reading this article, you will never fail to include onions in every meal. Including tea😋😋. Let's take a look at some of its benefits: Benefits the heart Onions contain antioxidants and other antiflammatory compounds that reduce cholesterol levels hence lowering risk of contracting heart diseases. Quercetin, a flavonoid antioxidant found in onions lowers heart disease risk factors like blood pressure due to its anti-inflammatory properties. A study in 70 overweight people with high blood pressure found that a dose of 162 mg per day of quercetin rich onions extract significantly reduced systolic blood pressure. Helps to fight cancer Eating onions lowers the risk of contracting stomach and colorectal cancer. They have

You can survive for 50-60 days without eating anything but just drinking water as long as you do not do any work. However, it is rare to find someone surviving past 10 days without eating and at the same time not drinking water. Quick facts about water. 1. Liquid at room temperature. 2. Its quantity on Earth is constant. 3. About 60% of adult body is comprised of water. 4. Human blood is about 90% water. 5. Dehydration can lead to wrinkling. 6. About 70% of the earth is covered by water. Chemical formula :- H2O Health benefits 1. Lubricates the joints. Cartilages and ligaments experience motion every now and then. The friction caused by this motion can  wear the joint tissues and accelerate illnesses like athritis and gout. Water will act like a lubricant and enable easy bending of joints without straining the tissues. 2. Facilitates weight loss Drinking water before meals will create a false satisfaction and your belly will be okay after eating very littl

Though it is a valued spice for preparing mouth watering delicacies, onions have a bad habit of making you cry first before you enjoy your meal. Today you will learn how they can make you cry even if you are a masculine man who has sworn seven times that you will never cry. Onions produce a chemical irritant called propanethial-S-oxide. This stimulates the eye's lachrymal glands to produce tears. It occurs in the following steps: 1. Lachrymal factor synthase is released into air when we cut an onion. 2. The synthase enzyme converts the amino acids sulfoxides of the onion into sulfenic acid. 3. The unstable sulfenic acid rearranges itself into syn-propanethial-S-oxide . 4. Syn-propanethial-S- oxide is volatile hence rise up the air and comes into contact with our eyes. 5. lt reacts with water in our eyes to form H2SO4 hence causing a mild burning effect and this stimulates the eyes to produce tears to wipe the tears away. PREVENTION/ CONTROL 1. Refrigrate the