Eating red onions inhibit cancer growth: new research.

KARACHI -- The nutritive and non-nutritive health-promoting compounds found in red onions act on the body causing antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral effects and improve the overall immune system of the body. The high amount of flavonoid content that adds to the functioning of these compounds is also higher in red onions as compared to white or yellow ones. Read below to know more about how red onions are nothing less than bliss in reducing the cancer risk, but before that let us tell you something interesting about the red onion.

According to several studies, the high levels of quercetin (a plant polyphenol) in...