Health & Wellbeing

Red onions, which are sweeter than the white varieties, are packed with nutritional plant compounds called anthocyanins and quercetins.

Not only can these compounds help remove bad cholesterol, which can cause heart attacks and strokes, from the body (while retaining the body’s good cholesterol), they also appear to be excellent at killing cancer cells.

It seems the anthocyanins and quercetins found in the dark layers of the onion work by creating an unfavourable environment for cancer cells, so inhibiting their growth and stopping the spread of the disease through the body.