Friday Favorites: Are Onions Beneficial for Testosterone, Osteoporosis, Allergies, and Cancer?

Date: 2025-03-28 11:59:46

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What did randomized controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions?

What else can we do for breast cancer? See:
• BRCA Breast Cancer Genes and Soy (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/brca-breast-cancer-genes-and-soy/)
• Starving Cancer with Methionine Restriction (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/starving-cancer-with-methionine-restriction/)
• Cholesterol Feeds Breast Cancer Cells (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-feeds-breast-cancer-cells/)
• Which Dietary Factors Affect Breast Cancer Most? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-dietary-factors-affect-breast-cancer-most/)
• Zeranol Use in Meat and Breast Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/zeranol-use-in-meat-and-breast-cancer/)
• Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/animal-protein-compared-cigarette-smoking/)
• What Causes Cancer to Metastasize? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-causes-cancer-to-metastasize)
• How to Help Control Cancer Metastasis with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-help-control-cancer-metastasis-with-diet)
• The Food That Can Downregulate a Metastatic Cancer Gene (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-food-that-can-downregulate-a-metastatic-cancer-gene)

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