Onions may decrease bone loss, study

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Onions may decrease bone loss, study

Category: Nutrition/Agriculture News

Article Date: 05 Nov 2005



Besides adding flavor to a Thanksgiving favorite like stuffing,

onions also may be good for your bones.

University of Bern, Switzerland, researchers, in a study published in

the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, have identified a

compound in the popular vegetable that appears to decrease bone loss

in laboratory studies.

Researcher: Rudolf Brenneisen, Department of Clinical

Research,University of Bern, Switzerland, Phone: 41-31-632 87 14,

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