Onions

[bestofour]

                                   ONIONS



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 family 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 in AZ.   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..  (And no, she  is not in the onion business.)

The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk,  place one or two in your office or under your desk or even  on top somewhere.  Try it and see what  happens.  We did it last year and we never  got   the flu.

If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better.  If you do get the flu, it just might  be a mild case..

Whatever, what have you to lose?  Just a few bucks on onions!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 


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:

Weldon,thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers 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 one end on a fork and then place the forked   end into an empty jar...placing 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.

LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS


I  have used an onion which has been left in the fridge, and sometimes I   don't use a whole one at one time, so save the other half for later.

Now with this info, I have changed my mind....will buy smaller onions in   the future.

I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, Makers of   mayonnaise.  Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in   the Mullins family.  My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO.

Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I   learned from a chemist.

The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula.  He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's.

Keep in mind that Ed 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 quaint essential 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.


So, how's that for news? Take it for what you will. I (the author) am going to be very careful about my onions from now on. For some reason, I see a lot of credibility coming from a chemist and a company that produces millions of pounds of mayonnaise every   year.'

Also, dogs should never eat onions
(I knew this). Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions .Please remember it is dangerous to cut
onions 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.

[bayou girl]

that is interesting sheri.  where did you get that?

[sunsoaker]

I have heard about the first part before, about leaving a cut onion out to prevent flu. But I had not heard about the other part. I was alway of the belief that mayo that's been sitting out went in the garbage.

[Tina]

And I knew about onions being poisonous for dogs. I also knew that onions were used medically all over the world for many years but not exactly how. Goods stuff to know.

[Triss]

Very interesting information.  I have always eaten onions that were leftover and stored in a baggie in the fridge though.

[bayou girl]

i don't like raw onions, so don't but i do put the left overs in the fridge (or freezer) and cook them.

[Jessica]

That is very interesting.  I don't eat raw onions either.  I don't like them.  I only like them cooked in something.

I have never heard of most of that.  I am going to try it when flu season comes around again.  But doesn't it smell? Or does that eventually go away?

[Tina]

I like the smell of onions. But I imagine it wouldn't be everyone's ideal room freshener.

[Jessica]

I do not enjoy the smell of onions at all.  I could handle it for a bit if the smell eventually went away.

[bestofour]

I don't think an unpeeled union smells.  I think you'd change it before it begins to smell.  I'm going to try it in the health room next year.

[Jessica]

I read it wrong.  I thought it was peeled onions.