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ONIONS! I had never heard this!!!
PLEASE READ TO THE END: IMPORTANT
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people
there was this Doctor that visited the many
farmers to see if he could help them combat
the flu...
Many of the farmers and their families had
contracted it and many died.
The doctor came upon this one farmer and to
his surprise, everyone was very healthy.
When the doctor asked what the farmer was
doing that was different the wife replied that
she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in
the rooms of the home, (probably only two
rooms back then). The doctor couldn't
believe it and asked if he could have one of
the onions and place it under the microscope.
She gave him one and when he did this, he
did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously
absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the
family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser.
She said that several years ago, many of her
employees were coming down with the flu,
and so were many of her customers. The
next year she placed several bowls with
onions around in her shop. To her surprise,
none of her staff got sick. It must work. Try
it and see what happens. We did it last year
and we never got the flu.
Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a
friend in Oregon who regularly contributes
material to me on health issues. She replied
with this most interesting experience about
onions:
Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about
the farmer's story...but, I do know that I
contacted pneumonia, and, needless to say, I
was very ill... I came across an article that
said to cut both ends off an onion put it into
an empty jar, and place the jar next to the
sick patient at night. It said the onion would
be black in the morning from the
germs...sure enough it happened just like
that...the onion was a mess and I began to
feel better.
Another thing I read in the article was that
onions and garlic placed around the room
saved many from the black plague years ago.
They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic
properties.
This is the other note. Lots of times when we
have stomach problems we don't know what
to blame. Maybe it's the onions that are to
blame. Onions absorb bacteria is the reason
they are so good at preventing us from
getting colds and flu and is the very reason
we shouldn't eat an onion that has been
sitting for a time after it has been cut open.
LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
I had the wonderful privilege of touring
Mullins Food Products, Makers of
mayonnaise. Questions about food poisoning
came up, and I wanted to share what I
learned from a chemist.
Ed, who was our tour guide, is a food
chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone
asked if we really needed to worry about
mayonnaise. People are always worried that
mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will
surprise you. Ed said that all commercially-
made mayo is completely safe.
"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No
harm in refrigerating it, but it's not really
necessary." He explained that the pH in
mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria
could not survive in that environment. He
then talked about the summer picnic, with the
bowl of potato salad sitting on the table, and
how everyone blames the mayonnaise when
someone gets sick.
Ed says that, when food poisoning is
reported, the first thing the officials look for
is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and
where those onions came from (in the potato
salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as
long as it's not homemade mayo) that spoils
in the outdoors. It's probably the ONIONS,
and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.
He explained onions are a huge magnet for
bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You
should never plan to keep a portion of a
sliced onion.. He says it's not even safe if
you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your
refrigerator.
It's already contaminated enough just by
being cut open and out for a bit, that it can
be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for
those onions you put in your hotdogs at the
baseball park!). Ed says if you take the
leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll
probably be okay, but if you slice that
leftover onion and put on your sandwich,
you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and
the moist potato in a potato salad, will
attract and grow bacteria faster than any
commercial mayonnaise will even begin to
break down.
Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their
stomachs cannot metabolize onions.
Please remember it is dangerous to cut an
onion and try to use it to cook the next day,
it becomes highly poisonous for even a single
night and creates toxic bacteria which may
cause adverse stomach infections because of
excess bile secretions and even food
poisoning.
Please pass this on to all you love and care
about.
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