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In our promotion of eating sexual wellness foods, we’ve emphasized the powers of garlic and ginger over onions as a vasodilator. The WHFoods in-depth look at onions reminds us that garlic is researched more extensively than the health benefits of onions on humans.

Red onions are superstars though in amount of flavonoids, outperforming garlic and leeks and also tomatoes, carrots and red bell pepper.

In the French diet — of constant interest to medical researchers — only six vegetables (artichoke heart, parsley, Brussels sprouts, shallot, broccoli, and celer) have a higher polyphenol content.

Not overpeeling the onion is critical. Americans are obsessed with killing germs and tend to take off more layers of an onion than is necessary. A red onion looses about 20% of its quercetin and 75% of its anthocyanins.