Since Bush has botched the flu vaccine (AGAIN!), you might want to read this article on how people are rushing to buy sauerkraut.
Why? Apparently ancient Christian cavemen used sauerkraut to kill dinosaurs, and it can also be used to ward off avian flu (birds being direct descendants of the dinosaurs).
Personally, I'm a little suspicious of this theory but no more so than I am of the actual news report.
An international buzz is surrounding the unassuming, fermented cruciferous vegetable that costs 89 cents per 14.5-ounce can. Scientists at Seoul National University in South Korea fed an extract of kimchi, a spicy Korean variant of sauerkraut, to 13 chickens infected with avian flu, and a week later, 11 of the birds started to recover, according to a report by the BBC Network.
[Pioneer Press]Sauerkraut is not kimchee, at least not the objectionable part. Having eaten kimchee many times, I'm sure it's the hot peppers in that makes avian flu virii surrender and die. Then again, maybe the flu virus can be killed through cabbage-induced flatulence. I'm sure Sensenbrenner will nab a federal grant to study this matter further.
But kudos to the Wisconsin Sauerkraut Growers Association's PR office for getting this story into the Milwaukee Journal.
Viral marketing: since we're all going to get sick and die, it's good to know someone will make some money from us besides morticians and big pharma.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Don't fear, there's a cure
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