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  • Food Safety

How to Buy Chicken That Won’t Make You Sick

  • Posted on September 15, 2016July 17, 2017
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Vomiting. Diarrhea. Cramps. Food poisoning is no fun. In most cases, your body will heal itself as long as you drink plenty of fuids until the GI problems clear up.

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  • Food Safety

Listeria Threatens the Food Industry and Consumer Safety

  • Posted on May 6, 2015
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

In April, there were eight recalls due to Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of food products, including frozen vegetables, ice cream, and even hummus. This bacterium is especially dangerous for…

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Amy's Kitchen Recalls Frozen Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination

  • Posted on March 24, 2015
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Recall Alert: Amy’s Kitchen has recalled 74,000 cases of various frozen products because an organic spinach supplier informed the company that it found Listeria monocytogenes in spinach it supplied Amy’s. While…

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  • Supplements

Can Probiotic Dietary Supplements Prevent Travelers Diarrhea?

  • Posted on March 11, 2015
  • by David Schardt

The problem: From 5 percent to 50 percent of travelers get hit by diarrhea after being exposed to bacteria their immune system hasn’t seen before. What may help: Saccharomyces boulardii.…

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  • Food Safety

Food Safety: Be Careful of These Dangerous Pathogens, Toxins, and Chemicals in Seafood

  • Posted on February 7, 2015
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Food-safety experts focus on three types of risks from seafood: bacteria, natural toxins, and chemicals. Pathogens in Seafood Vibrio vulnificus is the most dangerous microbiological hazard in seafood, and Norwalk…

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  • Supplements

Can dietary supplements lengthen telomeres to help you live longer?

  • Posted on January 15, 2015
  • by David Schardt

It’s “the most important discovery in human history,” according to physician and supplement salesman Al Sears on alsearsmd.com. The discovery? When telomeres shorten, cells age. Telomeres are snippets of DNA…

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  • Food Safety

Food Safety for Infants

  • Posted on December 30, 2014
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Infants and young children are particularly vulnerable to foodborne illness because their immune systems are not developed enough to fight off infections. Here is information to help keep your little…

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  • Food Safety

Food Safety Tips for the Holiday Season

  • Posted on December 23, 2014
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Part of the excitement of the holidays is the traditional foods of the season. However, some of these foods can pose hazards that can ruin more than just a holiday…

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  • Food Safety

What’s bugging you? Check out this table of potential food safety risks.

  • Posted on August 5, 2014September 22, 2017
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Vomiting. Diarrhea. Cramps. Food poisoning is no fun. In most cases, your body will heal itself as long as you drink plenty of fluids until the GI problems clear up.…

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  • Food Safety

Learn More about these Dangerous Pathogens that Pose Major Food Safety Risks

  • Posted on July 31, 2014
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

BACILLUS CEREUS: Often grows in foods that aren’t kept at the proper temperature. Less commonly causes vomiting syndrome, which causes minimal diarrhea or abdominal pain and is associated with fried…

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