Everyone knows the problem. You start cutting an onion and within a few seconds your eyes start to water. Relaxed cutting is now out of the question. You're always hanging your handkerchief over your eyes or standing half blind in front of the kitchen table.
It doesn't have to be like that. Not if you know the right tricks to stop tears. In the Focus Online video, David Seitz tells us various tips against tears. In addition, the biologist Prof. Angelika Vollmar explains why the eyes bite in the first place.
After this video clip I grabbed an onion and tried the tips and lo and behold: it worked. Farewell to sunglasses! ?
Did you know?
Red onions are significantly he althier than yellow or white ones. They contain more antioxidants and accordingly have more he alth benefits than their peers.
Eating onions protects against diabetes and promotes weight loss. They are also a healing agent for inflammation. However, the healing effect does not only come from the enjoyment, the onion can also be used outside, for example for earaches and coughs.