Flu Treatments and Flu Prevention are already all over the news. But I’ll bet you HAVE the best flu prevention in your kitchen right now! Let me tell you a little story you’re going to find hard to believe – but I can vouch for it because WE keep an onion on our counter top in a bowl and we haven’t had the flu in years. Knock on wood and Praise the Lord.
Way back in 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people, there was a doctor that visited the many farmers in town and the countryside to see if he could help them combat the flu.
Many of the farmers and their families had contracted the deadly flu and way too many had died.
On a visit to one home, the doctor came upon a farmer and his family 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 each of the rooms of the home (which was probably just 2 rooms back in those days). And she said by placing an unpeeled onion in the room, the flu bacteria was absorbed into the onion and bypassed the people living in the home.
The doctor, of course, couldn’t believe this story and asked if he could have one of the onions to place under his microscope back at his office. The wife gave him one and when he examined the onion, he ‘did find’ the flu virus in the onion. And it had obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy and strong. Now this really sounds far fetched. But keep reading …
I heard this onion story years ago, and I’ve done a little research on it and it appears to be true. Truth or Fiction, of course says it can’t be proven. But lots of things that are true – can’t be proven.
I also found a story telling of how onions and garlic placed around the room in homes, saved many from the black plague years and years ago. Because the onion and garlic are said to have very powerful antibacterial and antiseptic properties.
It’s said that onions are so good at absorbing bacteria in a room … that it shouldn’t be used if it has been sitting for a time after it’s been cut open. And that there is so much bacteria in a cut onion that has been sitting on the counter for a period of time, that it would be considered poisonous.WOW
Some of the super healing information that I found about the raw onion … was so unbelievable that it was even hard for ME to believe. And you KNOW how strongly I believe in natural healing ways.
But do you know how I’m always telling you we get weird things in the canyon like broken legs and cracked ribs and this and that … but I can’t tell you the last time we had a cold or the flu? SO when I went for my last physical I just asked Dr Patel. He said the last time I was to see him for any kind of virus, cold or flu – was in 2003. And for as many years as I can remember … I’ve had 2 onions setting in a bowl on our kitchen counter … right back in the corner beside the fridge and I KEEP them there – SO take that information or leave it. But we will continue keeping onions on our cabinet in a bowl. CHEAP and easier remedies cannot be found. And we eat a lot of onions also. We have onion in some form at almost every meal.
So I just really don’t know about this story. I’m sure there will be someone with tons of time … look it all up and come back and tell us how wrong this story is … but whatever float’s your boat, Popeye … I DO BELIEVE that onions and garlic are very healthy. And I’m just not a fan of garlic … but I LOVE LOVE LOVE sweet onions.
Before we go on with more … let me just tell you this. Instead of that flu shot … which is absolutely going to make you a little yucky … just stock up on kiwi and eat 2-3 of those a day. Now that’s going to run you a little money to supply your whole household with Kiwi for the winter. But it will ALSO keep you from getting the flu … and just make your immune system SO SO strong …
This onion story – take it or leave it – But no whining around if you don’t like it, please. 🙂 I’m going to take it as gospel … what do I have to lose?
I also have tons of faith in Dr Joel Fuhrman, who was on the “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead” video – He also wrote the Eat to Live book that Geezer and I are following now and “The End of Diabetes” which we have used to turn Geezer’s sugar around naturally. Here’s what HE had to say about the healing benefits of onions …
Joel Fuhrman, MD, Family Medicine, answered
Epidemiological studies have found that increased consumption of allium vegetables (onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives, and scallions) is associated with lower risk of cancer at all common sites, and this is thought to be due to their organosulfur compounds, which are released when the vegetables are chopped, crushed, or chewed. Similar to the green cruciferous family, their cell wall houses an enzyme called allinase that is responsible for making that sulfuric acid smell that can make you cry. But at the same time that the chemical reaction is occurring on your kitchen counter, those immune-building sulfide compounds are forming. These compounds prevent the development of cancers by detoxifying carcinogens, and they also have angiogenesis inhibiting effects that halt cancer cell growth by preventing tumors from obtaining a blood supply.
Research suggests that these organosulfur compounds in the onion family members also have anti-inflammatory actions that protect against osteoarthritis and ward off infections. When we eat the organosulfur compounds and glycoproteins in onions they work together with other micronutrients to improve immune function and to prevent disease. In fact, when onion intake was scrutinized in a case-controlled multi-country study, the highest consumers of onions had less than half as many cancers compared to people who rarely consumed onions.
- 56% reduction of colon cancer
- 73% reduction of ovarian cancer
- 88% reduction of esophageal cancer
- 71% reduction of prostate cancer
- 50% reduction in stomach cancer
In this study the highest consumers were eating seven or more 80-gram portions per week; the lowest consumers ate less than one serving per week. This is about 1/2 cup of chopped onions per day.
So take this to heart and maybe give it a try or throw it out with the dish water, it’s all up to you – this is it for today.
Peace and Love … I love you all gobs and thanks so SO much … for stopping by.
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Love this! I am going to pick up some onions next time I am at the store. Thanks for the information!
It works Crystal .. or it has for us. I haven’t had a cold or flu since 2003 and we’ve always got 2 onions on the counter in our kitchen. Thanks for reading 🙂