Everyone Loves Shrek, not everybody like onions

Shrek: Ogres are like onions.

Donkey: They stink?

Shrek: Yes. No.

Donkey: Oh, they make you cry.

Shrek: No.

Donkey: Oh, you leave em out in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin’ little white hairs.

Shrek: NO. Layers. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers.

[sighs]

Donkey: Oh, you both have layers. Oh. You know, not everybody like onions.

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Onions have significant health benefits. For instance, they can:

* Boost good-type HDL cholesterol (particularly when consumed raw)

* Reduce total cholesterol levels

* Increase blood-clot dissolving activity

* Reduce the risks of diabetes

* Attack bacteria that cause infection

* Reduce the risk of certain cancers

Scientific tests have further identified a compound in onions called “quercetin” which is a powerful antioxidant and cancer-attacking agent.