You are in: Home Page > Health > **Cut onion in the fridge is bad and becomes a magnet for flu bacteria #rumor** # Cut onion in the refrigerator is harmful and becomes a magnet for flu bacteria #rumor * Health * 03/20/2022 * by Edgard Matsuki ![\\"Cebola](\\" cut-in-the-refrigerator-is-harmful-and-becomes-a-magnet-of-flu-bacteria-says rumor.jpg\\") Rumor – Storing the onion in the refrigerator to consume the next day is a great danger. As it is a magnet for bacteria (such as the flu), onions in refrigerator become a poison and harms people. Today we are going to talk, without a doubt, about one of the greatest classics when it comes to rumors on the internet. It is a message that tells an incredible story and talks about onions, flu, refrigerators and health. The text in question (which goes viral throughout the year, including in 2020) “tells a short story” that points out that a farmer decided to get rid of the “flu bacteria” with a very simple initiative: placing the onions in the corners of the house. After the “incredible feat”, a doctor would have tried to understand what had happened happened and discovered that onions are a magnet for bacteria. More than that, he discovered that because of the farmer's story, an onion should never be placed in the refrigerator because it would become poisonous, a magnet for bacteria, etc. etc etc. Read the message circulating online: LIVING AND LEARNING Here's something we do and it's so dangerous! ONIONS! I had never heard that one! In 1919, when the flu killed 40 million people there was a doctor who visited many farmers to see if he could help them fight the flu, as many of them who had contracted the disease had died. ATTENTION. On a visit to another farmer's property in the same region, the The doctor was surprised to learn of the good state of health he found there. All they were very healthy. When the doctor asked the farmer what they what they were doing to protect themselves from the flu, his wife promptly replied that she put a cut onion (unpeeled) on plates and distributed them in the rooms of the house. The Doctor couldn't believe what he heard. He asked the farmer to hand over one of the onions he was using and put it under his microscope, when then observed enormous numbers of flu bacteria accumulated there. Taken to a pulmonologist, he explained that onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially raw onions. In short, never keep sliced ​​onions to be used the next day, even if placed in closed, airtight bags or in the refrigerator. Your consumption it must be immediate, as it could be dangerous to consume them afterwards. In addition Furthermore, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs can't metabolize onions. Remember: it is dangerous to cut an onion and consume it the next day. The onion becomes highly poisonous, even after a single night, and creates bacteria toxic. These bacteria can cause adverse stomach infections because excess bile secretions and food poisoning. Pass this Message to everyone you love and care about! ## Onion cut in the refrigerator is harmful and becomes a magnet for bacteria, such as flu? It's incredible how this same information continues, even with countless debunked, circulating on the internet year after year. Just for this comment, you You can already imagine that the story that says you shouldn't eat onions placed in the refrigerator because of bacteria is more fake than a three-dollar bill real. Don't worry, we'll explain everything to you. Just to give you an idea, this is the seventh time we have discussed this subject. We already talked about the “legend of the onion” in 2013, in 2017 (denying a print from a printed publication), in 2018 (using the name of a doctor on one occasion and through an audio in another), in 2019 (mentioning the name of another doctor) and through a video. As all explanations on the subject have already been put, remember what was said on each occasion: 2013: Let's get to the facts: the text does not cite many reliable details. Doesn't say where this story happened, who was the doctor and who was the pulmonologist who proved the thesis of onions as a magnet for bacteria. At a time when the world was being ravaged by a pandemic, these people would certainly be famous people such as, for example, Oswaldo Cruz, who spread the fever vaccine yellow in Brazil. The message also has some errors in Portuguese and, mainly, in agreement. Worse than that, the text talks about “flu bacteria”. In In reality, influenza is a disease caused by a viral agent, as can be seen on the website of doctor Dráuzio Varella. This shows that the text was not written by an expert. When looking for some reference about the effectiveness of onion against the flu, no results were found. An article from Veja He even mentions that eating onions to prevent flu is a myth. 2017: Focusing only on the “danger of onions” part, we can say based on three points that the story is false. The first is that the text does not have much coherence. What is the cause-consequence relationship between the story of 1919 and the onion? be fatal? Even if the tale were true (and it isn't), one thing doesn't have nothing to do with anything else. The second point is the number of deaths caused by a chopped onion and consumed later. Do you know how many reported cases there are in the world? If You said none, you got it right. If you believe this means the danger It's not that big, you got it right too. Add this to a text that does not have authorship and that “asks for sharing” (characteristics of rumors) and we have more a bullshit. 2018: You can already see that the story is false and fake. Now let's get to the authorship. The woman who recorded the audio is not an infectious disease specialist at Emílio Ribas. We have two proofs for this (besides the obvious one, which is the fact that the onion story is fake and her name is wrong). The first is that the story has been debunked by the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases. The second is that we know who recorded the audio. This is the same woman who spread false stories like the one that Dr. Dráuzio Varella said that mammograms cause cancer. In other words: it is a source full of fake news. 2018 (II): As per “tradition”, let’s not waste too much time with rumors now denied. The only differences between the 2013 and 2017 denials and the today it is the “moral of the story” that circulated online and the first sentence of the text. 2019: We return to talk about the “part” that attributes the authorship of the audio to Dr. Juliana Miguita. Two reasons lead us to the conclusion that it is false. The first is searching the social networks of the doctor (who works at the Hospital of Clinics). On some occasions (2018 and 2019), she denied authorship of the text. The second reason was presented when we denied that the same audio had was actually created by Dr. Marinella Della Negro. Remember: “we Know who recorded the audio. This is the same woman who spread stories false ones like the one that pointed out that Dr. Dráuzio Varella said that mammography causes cancer. In other words: it is a source full of fake news”. After so many denials, we don't even have anything else to say. We just have to reinforce that the story that points out that putting onions in the fridge is a danger and that onions are a bacteria magnet are false. It's just another rumor that always insists on circulating on the internet. P.S.: This article is a suggestion from Boatos.org readers. If you want suggest a topic to Boatos.org, get in touch with us via the website, Facebook and WhatsApp on phone (61) 99177-9164.
Never keep sliced onions for use the next day even if placed in sealed airtight bags or in the refrigerator Their consumption must be immediate as it can be dangerous to consume them afterwards