Onions have proven to be one of nature’s healing foods, particularly in regards to the heart, as they act as an anti-coagulant. Onions have been shown to break up blood clots and prevent blood cells from clumping together.

Onions have long been used to treat diabetes and tests have shown that they contain natural blood sugar reducers.

Onions have a strong antibiotic action that kills bacteria responsible for illness such as diarrhoea. Onions have also been proven to have concentrated sulphur compounds that have the ability to stop the cell changes that generally precede the onset of cancer.