Times Independent | 1931-01-08 | Page 8 | Cancer Unknown among Habitual Onion Eaters

cancer unknown among habitual onion eaters once more the humble onion Is being honored by a medical authority writes the paris correspondent of the london dally telegraph according to doctor lakhovsky who has for some years been engaged in cancer research work raw onions are not only a preventive but also a cure for cancer onions he says like a num her of other vegetables have radioactive properties when eaten raw and he has sought to make use of them he found from statistics which he collected from all parts of the world that in those places where raw onions formed a staple part of the ordinary diet cancer was practically unknown there are certain communities of jewish ascetics in russia and poland who live exclusively on bread raw onions and water and among these he declares not a single cae of can lias been recorded serbian bul garlans and certain communities in the caucasus who eat raw antons dally are singularly free from cancer