Posted on 11/03/2005 6:26:46 PM PST by SJackson
U.S. Sauerkraut Sales Soar on Reports it Could Cure Avian Flu; Cure in a Can Sends Americans on a Sauerkraut Buying Spree, According to The Fremont Company 11/3/2005 12:05:00 PM EST
Sauerkraut sales are going through the roof, with some Midwest stores reporting an 850% spike just last week on a recent report that scientists at Seoul National University successfully used Kimchi Sauerkraut to treat chickens infected with Avian Flu. Both Kimchi and traditional Sauerkraut are made by fermenting sliced cabbage, producing a high level of lactic acid, which may be the critical element in preventing Avian Flu.
"We saw our sales climb immediately as this news hit," says Chris Smith, VP of marketing for Frank's Sauerkraut, one of the United States' leading brands of Sauerkraut. "Men's Health Magazine also advised constructing a pandemic kit containing sauerkraut because of its lactic acid bacteria. People are stocking up on sauerkraut like bottled water before a hurricane hits. We hope to be able to keep up with the demand this season," he adds.
Sales of Frank's brand sauerkraut were up an average of 77% (over the same period in 2004) in a survey of sales of 54 Midwest food retailers during week 39 of 2005. "This is an incredible indicator that the American public is taking preventative steps to insulate themselves from this potential pandemic in advance," says Chris Smith. "With nine of the stores reporting an increase in sales of over 150% and one store even reporting an 850% increase what we're seeing is a radical shift from our traditional approach to treating health issues: waiting until we're sick," he adds.
CBS Television WCCO in Minneapolis reported on October 23, 2005 that "When Patricia Oxendale heard about the study, she rushed to her neighborhood grocery store to buy some sauerkraut. 'That's what I just saw on TV so I thought, 'I'm going to take some home,' because I love it -- usually on Reuben sandwiches,' Oxendale said. Others at the store bought the sour cabbage just because they like it."
According to the November 2nd 2005 Chicago Sun-Times, "President Bush on Tuesday outlined a $7.1 billion strategy to get ready for the next pandemic...and the details released Wednesday stress that early on, the public will be depending on scarce supplies of anti-flu drugs and stockpiled vaccines and old-fashioned ways of limiting viral spread." "News like this sends a message to the American public that they had better be ready to use every means available to prevent the spread of this flu because they can't count on the government. Sauerkraut holds out promise to prevent, if not cure Avian Flu. They've been eating piles of the Kimchi variety in Asia and, coincidentally, also had the lowest number of SARS cases in that area." says Chris Smith.
About The Fremont Company
The Fremont Company is a 100 year old consumer food product company headquartered in Fremont, OH. The Fremont Company produces nationally distributed consumer and food service products including Franks and Snowfloss Kraut and Mississippi BBQ Sauce. The Fremont Company maintains cross promotional relationships with several major restaurant chains and is distributed in various ballparks and stadiums including Yankee Stadium. Check out other sexy and unique recipes at www.sauerkraut.com
Don't basilly. We cayenne flavor this discussion as much as we want.
LOL LOL LOL! I guess I will be at risk as sauerkraut is just not my thing. :D
This might help in the shortage of natural gas this winter.
Guess I should find my bottles and start taking it again.
Drawback - it kind of "repeats" on you. Makes you burp the first few days or so and you think you have been eating Italian every meal. LOL
People also take OoO to aid weight loss.
Should get more Olive leaf extract and garlic capsules.
I'm big on Sambucol (black elderberry extract) myself.
When I eat kimchi, my breath is capable of killing anything it touches, most especially including flu bugs.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ................. garlic .................... dilll.....................
Uh-oh!
Was re-reading the herbal forum and saw that its NOT recommended in the case of the Avian Flu to use formulas that boost cytokine production (Sambucol or elderberry tincture). For typical bugs and viruses, it works great, but NOT this one, DEFINITELY not.
This from PubMed:
We conclude from this study that, in addition to its antiviral properties, Sambucol Elderberry Extract and its formulations activate the healthy immune system by increasing inflammatory cytokine production.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11399518&dopt=Citation
BUT, with the the Avian Flu...
"There is evidence that the immune system of a person infected with H5N1 shifts into overdrive and unleashes a "cytokine storm," Michael Osterholm (director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota) said. That is, the immune system floods the body with too much of the stuff that's supposed to combat infection. The body can't handle it.
"If, in fact, most people are dying of a cytokine storm, medical care will have little effect," Osterholm said.
From http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/health/s_277935.html
Yikes. Got kimchi?
All my grandparents were from Poland and I never heard about the potatoes part.
Here in Connecticut they can't stand the idea that something isn't Italian so they call the kielbasa kielbasi. It drives me nuts.
LOL...
The marjoram of the posters on this thread won't it.
LOL
After posting that last reply to you guys, Mrs. Wasp and I drove the long distance into town and bought 2 jars and 5 cans of Sauerkraut!!!
We're gonna throw a birdie flu prevention party up here in our Sierra Foothill estate that will generate enough flatulence to enhance the greenhouse gaseous disaster that scares the Demonicrat GovernMentalist/EnvironMentalist/GangGreen Globalists TO DEATH!!!
Re tagline: did you mean Interclown nuts?
Well God bless you and welcome back!!!
LOL!
You eat sauerkraut on New Years?
Is that so the rest of the year has to be better?
I better plan on dying if sauerkraut is the cure for the avian flu, because it will never enter my body orally and I doubt it can be given by IV.
The Pennsylvania Dutch simmer up a pot full of pork roast, sauerkraut, diced potatoes, a little caraway seed, and occasionally some brown sugar or thin sliced apples (to take the bite out of the kraut) as well. It's a traditional dish for New Year's Eve to bring you good luck for the coming year.
It's GimChi that cures it.
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