What Good are Green Onions?

The green onion is a humble little vegetable. It’s generally content to hang around in the background of many dishes, including much of what we serve at our Bellevue Korean restaurant, rarely ever drawing notice to itself. In case you’ve ever paid them any thought, though, it’s worth noting the many health benefits that the green onion offers.

The green onion, like many green vegetables, is low in calories and features no fat or cholesterol. A single stalk of the plant offers ten percent of your recommended daily intake of vitamin A, nine percent of your vitamin C, and one percent of both calcium and iron.

Green onions also contain organosulfur compounds. These compounds are good for stopping the decline of your cartilage as you age. A diet rich on organosulfur compounds can therefore help you prevent osteoarthritis, a painful condition associated with the atrophy of cartilage between your joints.

Quercetin, a valuable flavonoid found in green onions, is a valuable part of a healthy body. Not only does it neutralize free radicals before they can harm your DNA and cultivate deadly cancer cells, but it has also demonstrated the ability to protect the heart from the dangerous effects of cholesterol.

You can find green onions all over in Korea. It’s mixed in with the kimchi, baked into the pa-jeon, sprinkled atop bibimbaps and bulgogi and boiled into all manner of soups and stews. Come and get more of this valuable vegetable today at the Seoul Hot Pot Korean Restaurant!

Tags: ,