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Onions; The Silent Killer by ijaw1stson: 8:02pm On Mar 11, 2016
Read this. Very useful to absorb bacterials around , and dangerous for a left over.


ONIONS : 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 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 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.

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 should NOT eat an onion that has been sitting for a time after it has been cut open.

LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
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?). It's probably the ONIONS, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.

onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion.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!). 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 SAVE IT TO COOK WITH THE NEXT DAY, IT BECOMES HIGHLY POISONOUSFOR EVEN A SINGLE NIGHT - AS IT CREATES TOXIC BACTERIA WHICH CAUSES ADVERSE STOMACH INFECTIONS BECAUSE OF EXCESS BILE SECRETIONS AND EVEN FOOD POISONING.

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Re: Onions; The Silent Killer by Nobody: 8:06pm On Mar 11, 2016
I've always known abt d health benefits of onions but not in this context and am fond of using left over onions as I can't cook a small food wit a full bulb. But thanks for sharing @least, I've learnt something new.

But my problem now b say dis post fit no reach front page. Guy c whether u go add Olajumoke join d onions so dat e go make front page grin cool

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Re: Onions; The Silent Killer by White007(m): 8:28pm On Mar 11, 2016
I have read something about left over onion from a health blog before and i have since desist from keeping sliced onion in the fridge, I was fond of doing this, but not anymore.

Op, thanks for sharing.
Re: Onions; The Silent Killer by ijaw1stson: 8:35pm On Mar 11, 2016
Alejhandro:
I've always known abt d health benefits of onions but not in this context and am fond of using left over onions as I can't cook a small food wit a full bulb. But thanks for sharing @least, I've learnt something new.

But my problem now b say dis post fit no reach front page. Guy c whether u go add Olajumoke join d onions so dat e go make front page grin cool
lol I no sure say seun get my profile for him database....
Re: Onions; The Silent Killer by ijaw1stson: 8:36pm On Mar 11, 2016
White007:
I have read something about left over onion from a health blog before and i have since desist from keeping sliced onion in the fridge, I was fond of doing this, but not anymore.

Op, thanks for sharing.
thanks boss
Re: Onions; The Silent Killer by prisiluv(f): 9:19pm On Mar 11, 2016
Onion flavour is one of my very favourite...Thanks Op

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Re: Onions; The Silent Killer by Nobody: 12:57am On Mar 14, 2016
Thanks for this information, I learnt something new today. smiley
Re: Onions; The Silent Killer by Nobody: 1:19pm On Mar 14, 2016
too hard to believe. Since I was born (when I started eating real food) i've always eaten foods cooked with leftover onions and nothing ever happened to me. N m sure long ago people used it and still remained healthy. Even if I believe there's no way I stop 'cause it can lead to waste of onions and I don't like buying tiny onions. Una too like to give person heart attack abeg.
Re: Onions; The Silent Killer by enoqueen: 7:48pm On Mar 16, 2016
Interesting.

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