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PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-31 05:43:48
May 31 2009 05:43 GMT
#1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4347443.stm

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South Korea's spicy fermented cabbage dish, kimchi, could help to cure bird flu, according to researchers.

Scientists at Seoul National University say they fed an extract of kimchi to 13 infected chickens - and a week later 11 of them had started recovering.

The researchers said the results were far from scientifically proven and if kimchi did have the effects they observed, it was unclear why.

South Koreans are reported to be eating more kimchi as a result of the study.

"I'm eating kimchi these days because I've heard in the media that it helps prevent bird flu infections," one man said.

Love it or loathe it, once you have eaten it, you will never forget it. Kimchi is made by fermenting cabbage with red peppers, radishes and a lot of garlic and ginger.

The idea that it could help poultry to fight off bird flu sounds like a dubious folk remedy.

But the theory is being floated by some of Korea's most eminent scientists.

"We found that the chickens recovered from bird flu, Newcastle disease and bronchitis. The birds' death rate fell, they were livelier and their stools became normal," said Professor Kang Sa-ouk.

Sars link

There was an increase in kimchi consumption two years ago, when thousands of people in Asia contracted Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome).

Kimchi was reported to have helped to prevent Sars. The claim was never scientifically proven, but according to some Koreans, people in other countries followed their example and started eating kimchi.

"After the Sars outbreak, I went to China and I noticed that the Korean restaurants there sold most of the kimchi they'd made that day," a Korean man said.

So one of Korea's national specialities may soon find a much bigger market. Whether it really is an effective remedy, only time and more research will tell.


HAHAHA. I'm a proud Korean, right now. Total cultural pride. Our staple kimchi cures the flu, Newcastle disease, bronchitis, and cured Sars.

Next on the list...cancer and AIDS.
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psion0011
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada720 Posts
May 31 2009 05:44 GMT
#2
Ah yes, South Korea, the land of other such medical brilliance as an electric fan killing people by sucking away their breath. Forgive me for being skeptical at 13 chickens
AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-31 05:50:22
May 31 2009 05:47 GMT
#3
Wow, it kills bird flu in addition to whoever opens the fridge?
Deleted User 37864
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
780 Posts
May 31 2009 05:50 GMT
#4
damn gotta get me some kimchi now
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
May 31 2009 05:52 GMT
#5
On May 31 2009 14:44 psion0011 wrote:
Ah yes, South Korea, the land of other such medical brilliance as an electric fan killing people by sucking away their breath. Forgive me for being skeptical at 13 chickens

That's 13 chickens that didn't die.
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51446 Posts
May 31 2009 05:56 GMT
#6
should have told everyone 5 years ago when it was actually happening.
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omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
May 31 2009 05:56 GMT
#7
kimchi also kills 'tards
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
May 31 2009 05:58 GMT
#8
this story has like 0 context. what's the death rate among chickens with bird flu? and 13 chickens isn't even close to a large enough sample size.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Equaoh
Profile Joined October 2008
Canada427 Posts
May 31 2009 05:59 GMT
#9
Didn't korea get the memo - we've moved onto pigs now
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-31 06:31:50
May 31 2009 05:59 GMT
#10
- lol as if enough people didn't eat Kimchi already, talk about marketing!
- you would think if this were true S.Korea would have a smaller incidence of flu deaths in the world.. (mind you, could argue it works only in chickens; in that case, eureka for chickens!)

- I'd rather take such news with a good dose of skepticism; after all, and while we are quoting the bbc, we really don't want this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4763973.stm happening again, no?
- having said all that, as one whose forefathers ate healthy amounts of sauerkraut, I must admit to our Korean brothers, Kimchi is indeed a superior food : )

"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
May 31 2009 05:59 GMT
#11
either way..

i like to eat kimchi sometimes

and sometimes kimchi tastes like monkey shit. and yes, i have eaten monkey shit and thats what korean kimchi taste like to me sometimes
Railz
Profile Joined July 2008
United States1449 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-31 06:10:14
May 31 2009 06:09 GMT
#12
Um. So healthy food helps an organic fight against a virus? Kay, next thing they'll tell me drinking H20 helps my body fight colds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi#Nutrition_and_health

One study conducted by Seoul National University claimed that chickens infected with the H5N1 virus, also called avian flu, recovered after eating food containing the same bacteria found in kimchi. However, the veracity of these results has been question due to the very small sample size of only a handful of chickens and the fact that no subsequent research supported the claims. During the 2003 SARS outbreak in Asia, many people even believed that kimchi could protect against infection, although there was no scientific evidence to support this belief.

Edit: Really? An article from "Last Updated: Monday, 14 March, 2005" ._.
Did the whole world just get a lot smaller and go whooosh?_-` Number 0ne By.Fantasy Fanatic!
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-31 06:15:23
May 31 2009 06:15 GMT
#13
On May 31 2009 15:09 Railz wrote: Edit: Really? An article from "Last Updated: Monday, 14 March, 2005" ._.

- at least it wasn't an April 1st : ) -
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
May 31 2009 06:16 GMT
#14
Now I have a legit reason to force my parents to buy Kimchi...
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
kdog3683
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States916 Posts
May 31 2009 06:21 GMT
#15
I'm going to go eat a big bowl of Kim Chi and then drink a Kimchi shake.
Multiply your efforts.
BalliSLife
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
1339 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-31 06:23:29
May 31 2009 06:22 GMT
#16
I heard kimchi prevents certain types of cancers too and also raw garlic if you're man enough to eat it
Ya well, at least I don't fuck a fleshlight with a condom on and cry at the same time.
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
May 31 2009 06:25 GMT
#17
On May 31 2009 15:21 kdog3683 wrote:
I'm going to go eat a big bowl of Kim Chi and then drink a Kimchi shake.


http://kimchimamas.typepad.com/kimchi_mamas/2007/06/kimchi_juice_an.html

Leftover liquid from kimchi... MMMMMMM
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
May 31 2009 06:26 GMT
#18
Man Now I know.
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-31 06:27:08
May 31 2009 06:26 GMT
#19
On May 31 2009 15:22 BalliSLife wrote:
I heard kimchi prevents certain types of cancers too and also raw garlic if you're man enough to eat it


You should try* pickled garlic, raw garlic cleans your system but its almost too painful to eat it.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
ShloobeR
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Korea (South)3809 Posts
May 31 2009 06:35 GMT
#20
i've heard kimchi can fly and also helps limbs re-grow
: o )
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