Onion Benefits

Onion benefits the health by lowering blood sugar levels, reducing blood pressure, controlling diabetes, inhibiting stomach cancer, fighting infections, blood thinning, curing headache, healing upset stomach, etc.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.
1919 年 ，當 流 感造成 了 四千萬人死亡時，有一位 醫生到各地農場去探視，看是否可以幫助人們戰勝流 感。很多農民和他們家庭感染了流 感，很多人因此而死亡。

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.
這位醫生來 到一家人家。出乎預 料，這家的每一個人㢁非常健康。醫生詢問這家的做法與其他人家有何不 同，這家的妻子 說 她在家 裡 的每一個房間（那時大概也就是 兩 間吧）裡 放置了 一顆沒有剝皮的洋蔥。醫生無法置信，因此就問是否可以要一顆洋蔥以 便 放在顯微鏡下觀察觀察。她給 了 他一顆。醫生觀察時真的在洋蔥上發現 了流 感病菌。顯然，洋蔥吸收了 病菌，因此讓這家人保持健康。

Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in NZ. 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.)
如今，我從亞利 桑那州我的朋友那 裡聽到 類 似的故事。她說幾年前她的很多僱員感染 流 感，她的很多顧客也是如此。次 年，她在她的 理 髮店 裡 放 了 幾個果盤，裡面放 了 一些洋蔥。令 她吃驚的是，她的員工沒有一個生病的。看來 洋蔥真的起作用⋯（真的，她並 不 做洋蔥的生意。）

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.
故事的核心是，買一些洋蔥吧，把它們擺放在你的家裡 的果盤 裡。如果你是坐辦公室的，在你的辦公室裡 ，或者辦公桌下面，或者在櫃子頂部放置幾顆洋蔥吧。試試看效果怎麼樣。我們去 年 做 了，沒有人得 流 感。

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.
如果這樣做可以幫助你和你所愛的人 不 感冒，那就太好 了 。如果你仍然得 了 感冒，也許會是比較輕微的症 狀 。

Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 不 管結果如何，你又會有 什 麼損失呢？除了 幾顆洋蔥之外！

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 :
下面是後續。我把這個送給我在奧爾 良 的朋友，她經常給我一些健康方面的建議。她回 復說了 關於洋蔥的最有趣的實驗：

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.
感謝她的提示。我不 知道那個農民的故事，但是我知道我得了 肺炎。無需說，我病的 不 輕。我 讀 到一篇文章，建議把洋蔥的 兩 頭 切 掉，插在叉子上，然後把叉子放在花瓶裡，晚上放在病人身旁。據 說，洋蔥會因為病菌而在次日清晨變黑。果然，事情跟 說 的完全一樣。洋蔥看起 來 糟透 了 ，但我卻開始好起 來 。

A nother 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.
那篇文章還談到放在屋子 裡 的洋蔥和大蒜在多 年 前的黑死病中救 了 很多人的命。

But here is the other important side to remember. 但有另一個非常重要因素是我們需要注的。 LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
餘下 來 的洋蔥是有毒的

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.
我曾經使用雪櫃中餘下來 的洋蔥，有時我 不 會使用整個洋蔥，餘下 來 的會 留 為下次使用。

Now with this info, I have changed my mind.....will buy smaller onions in the future. 如今有 了 這些資訊，我會改變策 略 ......日後買些較細小的洋蔥。

 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. 有幸地我參 觀 Mullins Food Products 工廠，沙 拉 油的生產商。Mullins 工廠很大，由 Mullins 家族的 11 位兄弟姊妹共同擁有。我的朋友 Jeanne 是那兒的 行 政總裁。

Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist.
 食物中毒時有所聞，所以和各位分享一些從藥劑師所學到的知識。

 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.
 為我們作嚮導的是 Ed。他是家族的其中一位成員。 Ed 是一位化學專家，大部份沙 拉 油的調配程式㢁是由他專門研發出來 的。他甚至為麥當 勞研發沙拉油配方。

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.
記住 Ed 是一位食品化學能手。 參 觀期間，某人詢問我們是否需要擔心沙 拉 油。人們經常擔心沙拉 油會變壞。 Ed 的答案 令 人感到意外。 Ed 說 所有在市場上售賣的沙 拉 油是完全安全的。

"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.
『沙 拉 油甚至無需 冷 藏。將它 冷 藏亦無妨但非必要。 （注意：在外國較乾燥低溫的環境下可能無需 冷 藏） 』他解釋，沙 拉 油的酸鹼 度 是設定至細菌無法生存的 狀態。然後他講述有些人在野餐時，吃了 放在桌上的馬 鈴 薯沙 拉 後感到 不 適 便 歸因於沙 拉 油。

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.
Ed 說，當收到食物中毒的報告後，調查員首先會詢問'中毒者 '最後一次吃洋蔥是什 麼時間和那些洋蔥是從那 裡來 的（在馬 鈴 薯沙 拉 中？） Ed 說 問題並非出自處於室外的沙 拉 油變壞所引致（除非是家中自製的） 。可能是洋蔥所為，如果 不 是洋蔥，那就是馬鈴 薯。

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.
他解釋，洋蔥非常吸引細菌，特別是未經烹調的生洋蔥。切 勿儲存 切 開 了 的洋蔥。即使放在密實袋中擺放在雪櫃內亦不 安全。

 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!)
洋蔥在 切 開一點點時經已被污染，可能對您有害（需要加倍注意帶往棒球場放在熱狗包內的洋蔥！）

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.
Ed 說 如果將餘下 來 的洋蔥完全烹熟可能還可以，但如果將餘下 來 的洋蔥 切 開放在三明治中，你便 自尋煩惱。洋蔥和馬鈴 薯沙 拉 中浸濕 了的馬鈴薯，㢁非常吸引細菌，細菌的繁殖速度 較快，即使市場上買 來 的任何沙 拉 油㢁會開始變壞。

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.'
 那麼，有何高 見？就我個人所知，從今以後，我（本文作者）將會非常慎重處 理我的洋蔥。對於來 自每 年 生產無 數 沙 拉 油公司的化學專家所提供的寶貴資 料，我 覺得非常實惠。

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions .....
同時， 切 勿給狗隻吃洋蔥。它們的胃部不 能消化洋蔥 ......

 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.
緊記， 切 開 了 的洋蔥 留 為日後使用是非常危險的，即使一晚它 便 變得毒性非常高，產生有毒細菌可能會引致膽汁分泌 過多導致腸胃炎甚至食物中毒。