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Don't Cry: Onions Reduce Heart Risk

Red wine, tea, and apples also thwart artery inflammation

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 4, 2007 7:13 PM CST

(Newser) – Onions and red wine can help reduce the risk of heart disease, researchers say. Both, along with tea and apples, contain a type of flavonoid compound called quercetin, which stalls chronic inflammation of the arteries. In one case, a lower dosage of the compound actually...   Read full story »

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