*For what it is worth!!*
*Wow- very interesting....*
*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 wo uld 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. **
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*LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
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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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