“An Onion a Day keeps the Doctor Away.”

According to Dr. David Williams, in his January 2018 Alternatives For the Health Conscious Individual, says that onions are“at the very top of my list of healing vegetables.” He says an onion a day is much better for you than an apple and has greater health benefits than any other vegetable.

Treating Health Problems With Onions

Quoting further from his newsletter, it is useful in treating “open wounds, stomach ailments, constipation, erectile dysfunction, headaches, coughs, snake bites, hair loss, infertility, muscle weakness, heart problems, breathing difficulties, and a host of other problems.”  He goes on to share how it is useful in treating heart and vascular diseases, periodontal disease, asthma and lung cancer, as well as some other cancers, such as prostate.  It helps to “inhibit bone loss associated with menopause,” and alopecia areata, which is an autoimmune disease causing the hair to fall out in small, random patches.  It is also beneficial for diabetes, hypertension, and osteoporosis.  It can also be used to stimulate hair growth along with many other benefits as well, such as having strong antioxidant properties.

Onion Benefits Documented

Because of the enormous benefits, if onions could be patented, the pharmaceutical industry would now be making large amounts of money from it.  Interestingly, the amazing benefits have been well documented, but mostly in other countries.  Many other countries use onions much more than we do, yet it is easily grown and readily available here.  An onion is disease resistant, so it doesn’t need to be obtained or grown organically.  Interestingly, you can eat the whole vegetable and as an oil it can be used topically as well.

Health Newsletter

I highly recommend you get Dr. Williams most informative newsletter:  Vol. 21 No 1 January 2018 to find out a lot more about this amazingly beneficial vegetable.  Twenty years ago, he wrote about onions and said the following with the note that he feels even stronger about it today: “If I [were] dead broke and suffered from any one of a long list of health problems, I would turn to onions.  I would eat them raw by the bushel.  I might lose all my friends, but more than likely I’d regain my health.”

Onion Oil vs Garlic Oil

Dr. Williams further points out that onions “exhibit anti-platelet, anti-fibrin, and antithrombotic activity;” consuming them reduces the risk of “high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.”  Most people know of the health virtues of garlic and specifically of its excellent anti-platelet activity, but it is fascinating and very useful to know that onion oil is 10 times more potent than garlic oil in this regard.  Dr. Williams also gives a recipe for how to ferment onions, which then gives them an additional significant benefit to your health.  As Americans we typically don’t eat near enough fermented foods, and as a result we are seriously k2 deficient. (see “The Magic Benefits of Vitamin K2.”)

Isn’t it interesting that if everyone eats onions, then they are not offensive, and cultures that do are generally healthier.  Americans generally don’t eat many onions, and we are now among the sickest of nations, yet we spend far more taking care of health problems than any other nation.  Do we get the message?  The Lord has provided this wonderful, inexpensive, very healthful food.  Let’s use it.

Onions Are Easy To Grow

I hope you are planning to plant some this spring. Being able to grow your own food is becoming increasingly important.  Onions are easy to grow.  We planted some walking onions in our garden some years ago.  They are self-propagating and they would like to take over our garden. The Lord has provided this most healthful vegetable; let us thank him for onions and move them into our daily diet.  When we can have good health for cheap, we should rejoice, and thank the Lord for this wonderful vegetable.  There are a big variety of interesting recipes on the web which will allow us to enjoy the health benefits of eating onions.

I won’t smell your breath if you won’t smell mineJ.

Our love to you and yours and the best of health.

David W. Allan