Eating more onions is good for improving blood sugar and cholesterol

Recently, at the 97th meeting of the American Society of Endocrinology held in San Diego, researchers from Delta State University said through research that when combined with metformin, an antidiabetic drug, onion extract can significantly reduce the blood pressure and total cholesterol level of diabetic rats Researcher Anthony ojieh said that onions are very cheap and easy to obtain They are commonly used as nutritional supplements, but they have potential applications in the treatment of diabetes; The researchers divided the drug-induced diabetic rats into three groups They were given metformin plus different doses of onion extract 200mg / kg, 400mg / kg and 600mg / kg every day respectively to observe whether this combination could enhance the effect of the drug; At the same time, the researchers awarded that non diabetic rats with normal blood glucose were divided into three groups and fed metformin and onion extract respectively as control for the study At the same time, the researchers set up two control groups, namely, a non diabetic group and a diabetic group The mice in these two groups did not receive metformin or onion extract Each group was five rats The results showed that two doses of onion extract, 400 mg / kg and 600 mg / kg, could significantly and rapidly reduce the blood glucose level of diabetic rats, accounting for 50% and 35% respectively (compared with the reference level); it was reported that onion could reduce the total cholesterol level of diabetic rats, and the research found that the above two doses would bring great effect on cholesterol reduction; But the researchers found that onion extract increased the average body weight of non diabetic rats, but had no effect on diabetic rats According to the researchers, the heat of onion is not high, but it seems to increase the metabolic rate of rats, thus increasing their appetite, which leads to the increase of rats' food intake; histological examination of pancreas removed from each diabetic rat shows that neither metformin nor onion extract can cure the drug-induced damage of rats' body; Finally, researcher ojieh said, we need more in-depth research to explain the molecular mechanism of onion lowering blood sugar The onion extract used for the experiment is a crude extract from the stem of onion If it can be applied to human mechanism, then researchers will refine it to obtain effective ingredients that can be more effective and sufficient for clinical trials of human body.