Healthy onion cake time in autumn The spicy vegetables are a real miracle tuber

Onions offer many health benefits
Now in autumn many people are looking forward to fresh onion cakes. Whether with Federweisser or pure - the hearty cake is a delicious classic kitchen, which can be prepared easily at home. In addition to onions are considered a proven home remedy for earache and many other complaints. But the tuber can also cause displeasure when after eating flatulence or cutting is agony.

Use as a medicinal plant is often underestimated
Onions are very popular in this country and are used because of their aromatic sharpness for many dishes. Often underestimated, however, is the health-promoting effect of the tuber. Even in ancient times, the onion was not only a popular vegetable, but was also valued as a valuable medicinal plant and used for various ailments.

Onions are very healthy and are wonderful as a topping for a tasty onion cake in autumn. (Image: Mara Zemgaliete / fotolia.com)

Proven home remedy for inflammation and cold
Even today, the onion is used, for example, for earache, cough, runny nose or toothache. The tubers are a proven home remedy for boils and bronchitis because of their anti-inflammatory properties and provide first aid in wasp stings and allergic shock.

Containing flavonoids, studies suggest that regular consumption of raw onions may reduce the risk of stomach or pancreatic cancer, while other ingredients such as quercetin are said to protect against heart attack and stroke. Not without reason, the onion 2015 was chosen as the medicinal plant of the year.

Flatulence caused by raw onions
The consumption of spicy vegetables can also have very unpleasant after effects. Just raw onions quickly lead to a bloated stomach and excessive gas formation, as they contain the sugar species rhamnose, which can not be predigested by the human organism. Only in the large intestine decomposes through gas-forming bacteria, causing increased bloating and foul-smelling winds. A remedy is to heat, because this will partially degrade the sugar and make the onion more compatible.

Chemical reaction causes tears
The cutting of the tuber can also be cumbersome if the eyes are so strong that they tear and burn so that you can barely see anything. The reason for the irritation is a chemical reaction. When the onion is cut, the sulfur-containing amino acid alliin and the enzyme alliinase come into contact with each other, whereby the enzyme splits the amino acid into the highly aromatic allicin.

This forms in the air the active ingredient propane sulfoxide, which is responsible for the tears when cutting onions. The irritant ingredients have an important function for the plant, because they provide protection against hungry predators and pathogens. (No)