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06 February, 2006 12:04

Lately I have been making an effort to eat more onions. I have bought onion soup mix in the past, and it has always been used in recipes.

This time, I have been eating it as a soup. I enjoy really pendant soup basis, including the sodium enriched roman noodles. For some reason my body craves the salt.

I have high blood pressure, so I went on an onion diet along with taking a daily vitamin and a potassium tablet.

Not only has my extreme anxiety gone away, but my blood pressure is completely normal, and I have a general feeling of being content, along with a good deal of energy.

For a side note about the potassium: I notice when I do not take it, my bp rises extremely high. I take a water pill for my blood pressure, and that can severaly diminish the amount of potassium in the body. The heart depends on a constant level of potassium to function normally. It's too bad a lot of doctors don't explain this. However, it is good I have discovered what works.

Onions contain potassium and lycopene which aids in normal heart function. On top of that, my vitamin also has 300mcg of lycopene. Onions are also a very powerful anti-oxidant that can help with stomach problems and a long list of other problems including certain types of cancer.

It is a weird feeling to realize the way my body felt before the vitamin, onion regiment, and especially the potassium.

Onion Nutrition Facts
1/2 cup (80 g)
Chopped Raw Onion
 Percent Daily Values*
Calories 30
Total Fat 0 0%
Cholesterol 0 0%
Sodium 0 0%
Total Carbohydrate 7 g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1 g 6%
Sugars 5 g
Protein 1 g
Vitamin C 5 mg 9%
Vitamin B6 0.1 mg 5%
Calcium 16 mg 2%
Iron 0.2 mg 1%
Folic Acid 15.2 mcg 4%
Potassium 126 mg 4%
Selenium 0.5 mcg 1%
Zinc 0.2 mg 1%
*Percent of the U.S. Daily Values or U.S. Recommended Dietary Intakes for food labels (Adults and Children 4+ yrs) Table source:http://www.onions-usa.org/about/nutrition.asp

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