The benefits of eating onions

They’re low-energy, packed with flavour and a staple part of our diet, but are they good for us?

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9th June, 2012

Question: We seem to be eating more onions these days, possibly because there are a lot of casseroles, curries and similar “cooktop” dishes in our diets – that and the fact they’re cheaper than potatoes. A 10kg bag of onions is $9.50 in the supermarket, but we buy potatoes individually. What are the benefits, or otherwise, of onions, especially eaten in healthy quantities? Answer: New Zealanders are big onion eaters. In 2010, we munched our way through $37 million worth of them. The only vegetables we spent more on were potatoes, tomatoes, mushrooms, ...

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