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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ONION.
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.
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