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.
— with Adonain Danny Rivera.
