Foods that can cause food poisoning

Food poisoning arises when you consume food adulterated with bacteria or other toxins. Symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach cramps, and generally begin 4 - 36 hours after eating adulterated food. While food poisoning is often caused by bacteria, it can also result from eating poisonous plants (some mushrooms, for instance) and animals (puffer fish). Every year, more than 76 million people get affected from food poisoning, specially during summer when food may not be kept cold enough to prevent bacteria from multiplying.

       Here's a quick list of foods that can cause food poisoning if you don't take care of how you consume them.

 Cheese:

Cheese can easily be adulterated with bacterias such as Salmonellaor Listeria. Pregnant women are cautioned to stay away from cheese varieties such as blue-veined, camembert, brie and feta. Make sure you are not buying lose cheese from the market place. Always go for branded sealed packed cheese, and do check for its expiry date.

Eggs:

Sometimes eggs can be adulterated by certain harmful bacteria - Salmonella being the most threatening. If you consume a raw egg that is infected, you could show symptoms of severe food poisoning. To prevent this - always purchase eggs from a clean and believable store, clean gently and store in a refrigerator as soon as you get home. Always cook eggs well before consuming them.

Potatoes:

 Food poisoning from potatoes is very uncommon, but not impossible since raw potatoes can sometimes be of a 'wild' variety that contains toxins to ward off predators. Most breeders control this toxicity in potatoes, but even farmed potatoes could turn green, change color and display properties of being contaminated. Cooking at high heats takes care of these toxins, which is why you must be weary of the potato's color and texture before adding it in a raw state to any food. 

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Dark chocolate reduces heart attack risk

Dark chocolate reduces heart attack risk

                                               

* Study shows that possessing dark chocolate daily could retain 70 non-fatal as well as 15 fatal cardiovascular events per 10,000 people over a 10-year duration.  

* Flavanoids, which are found in dark chocolate also known to decrease blood pressure and cholesterol.   

* Dark Chocolate help your arteries relax and widen, promoting good blood flow as well as reducing the strain on the heart.   

* Help prevent the build-up of plaque that can block arteries.

 

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