Beat the heat and prevent sun stroke with raw onion

Here's why you should eat raw onions for lunch every day.

With the mercury soaring high, our skin seems to be sucking the heat deeper into the body. As a kid, my granny always insisted we had an onion salad or chopped raw onions with lunch to beat the excessive heat and avoid a sun stroke. Onions have several health benefits and also act as an aphrodisiac. It even beats hair loss! But did you know that they also help keep the body cool? Onions, especially red ones, contain a chemical called quercetin, which is believed to have an anti-histamine effect. Histamine is the irritant that causes heat rashes and adverse reactions to insect bites and stings, so eating onions daily may help ease these summer complaints, suggests Dr Aastha Sharma, Dietitian at the Nayati Hospital, Mathura. Here’s how onions help in soothing insect bites.

Onion is a daily must have during summers as it helps you stay away from many infections and diseases.  They are loaded with nutrients which keep you away from illness, and also benefit your skin. We can use onion as a salad, as it improves the digestive system. If you face digestion problem during summer, then onions can cure it by increasing the release of digestive juices. Onion juice can also cure burnt skin when applied topically. The bad cholesterol that causes heart problems can be tackled if onion is consumed daily. So while helping in cooling the body, onions will also keep you fit during the season.Dr Aastha also suggests that a small piece of onion can work against side effects of fever if it’s kept on the forehead and a small piece of onion when inhaled can stop or slow down the bleeding through the nose, so common in summer. So make sure, you eat your onions this summer!

Dr Aastha also says that a small piece of onion can work against side effects of fever if it’s kept on the forehead and a small piece of onion when inhaled can stop or slow down bleeding through the nose, so common in summer. So make sure, you eat your onions this summer!