Organic sulfur compounds help reduce the level of cholesterol in your body and may also help break down blood clots, lowering your risk for heart disease and stroke. You should eat onions raw rather than cooked to get the most sulfur compounds from them.

Raw onions are a healthy, nutritious vegetable that are jam packed with nutrients such as vitamin C, E, potassium and phosphorus. Raw onions have been credited with numerous benefits like being rich in antioxidants and helping prevent cancer. Good source of prebiotics Onions are rich in fiber and prebiotics, which helps with optimal gut health.

Raw onions are very low in calories, with only 40 calories per 3.5 ounces (100 grams). By fresh weight, they are 89% water, 9% carbs, and 1.7% fiber, with tiny amounts of protein and fat.

Cooked or raw: What’s the best way of eating an onion? Well, this is a million-dollar question and according to clinical nutritionist, Dr Lovneet Batra, eating raw onion is better because it has more sulphur and antioxidants to bestow. So just peel, eat, and repeat to get the goodness of onions!

You can eat raw onions in salads, omelets, or even add them to canned beans or vegetables. Our favorite is to dice a full onion into a can of green beans with a couple of cloves of garlic. A can of beans becomes a delicious and healthy side dish.