YES, SIS WE ARE LETTING FOOD BE OUR MEDICINE!
Today is Day 3 of our FREE 10 Day “Let Food Be Thy Medicine” Challenge. If you are just joining our series, please be sure to formally register (click here) to ensure you receive all 10 Immunity building foods plus recipes for each!
Note: Natural remedies are not meant as replacements for treatment by a medical profressiona. Never discontinue prescribed medication without first consulting your physician.
During this 10 Day course, we will be reviewing one new SuperFood a day, and providing you with an easy delicious recipe to try to begin immediately enjoying it! So let’s get started, it’s Day 2 boo!
THE SUPERFOOD OF THE DAY: ONIONS!
Third on our list of our select 10 SuperFoods are Onions sis! Onions are a familiar kitchen ingredient, used to add flavor to all kinds of dishes – but it’s amazing how many healthful properties it has sis! Omg so, they contain Vitamin C, especially raw, as well as fiber, B vitmains and that all powerful manganese we talked about in Lesson 2: Garbanzo beans, and even antioxidants.
Onions also have a prebiotic compound, which they retain even after they are cooked, so eating onions can help support beneficial nacteria in the digestive tract. There are many traditional medicinal uses for onons, but in the modern research they are especially valued for their anticancer action of their sulfur-containing compaounds.
ALSO TRY: It’s not just onions, all alliums have sulfur-containing compounds tha are associated with anticancer action. Try chives, garlic, leeks and shallots. OMG, I LOOOOOVE shallots over them all!
HOW TO BUY & ENJOY ONIONS!
- All onions are nutritious; you’ll get the most benefit from eating them raw. To tame spicy onions, marinate them in water with a splash of lemon juice or vinegar, then rinse.
- Onions that smell and taste the strongest are healthiest, with red and yellow types being far more nutritious than “sweet” onions.
- All onions sweeten with heat. You might as well choose yellow and red onions for cooking in order to get the biggest antioxidant bang
- Choose onions with intact peels so you can eat the nutrient dense layers closest to the outside of the bulb
- Add nutritious onion skins to simmering water for an easy broth.
RECIPE OF THE DAY: “Homemade Pickled Onions”
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DIVA ASSIGNMENT OF THE DAY
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I’m Nicole Twyman, a native New Orleanian, who has lived all across the US! Although, my small family of 4 currently calls Los Angeles, CA home. I am a proud 40+ year old mom of a wonderfully energetic and theatrical daughter, and a handsome, scholarly athlete!
While I have worked in corporate America as a certified senior project / program / portfolio manager for Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Procter & Gamble & IBM, my passion is service. It has always been my desire to live a life of service to others; which I took every opportunity to explore as an active member of many of my church’s ministries and of my public service sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.
Well, now I am over the top excited to have the opportunity to serve divas through my very own ministry, Fit, Fyne & Fabulous.
We eat onions regularly. They are great for building your immune system to fight colds, cancer because of the antioxidants. They also combat blood clots which is very important to my hubby.
Wow, thank you for sharing that additional fact! BLOOD CLOTS. We appreciate you sharing with us!
Love a veggie burger with raw or grilled onions! I wasn’t aware that they’re a cancer fighter.