Advertisement
Diet
Food journey
Weight loss
The immune system
Nutrition basics
Eating throughout life
Eating on the run
You are what you eat
Food as medicine
Nutrition therapy
Probiotics
Vegetarian diet
Food-related disease
Microbiological poisoning
Chemical/metal poisoning
Allergy & intolerance
What is in food?
Vitamins & Minerals
Water Centre
Healthy foods
Daily meals
Beverages
Top 10 foods
Rate your recipe
DietDoc's articles
Afrikaans
General
Health tips
What to read
SARIE 10-dag-eetplan
  Poll
Have you been screened?
November is CANSA Men's Health awareness month. Have you ever had disease screening tests done?
 
You are in: Health24 > Diet > Food-related disease > Microbiological poisoning
DO THIS:TEST YOURSELFGREAT FITNESS GUIDESI WANT TO...
 Microbiological poisoning
Our immune systems are relatively robust, but there are times when the food we eat simply contain too many disease-causing germs.
01. Poison in your food
Eating food or drinking water that is contaminated can cause various infections. Here's how to avoid these infections, which can be extremely uncomfortable and dangerous.
Read		02. How bad food makes you sick
While you know that potato salad you ate at the company picnic made you sick, you may be too miserable to care about exactly how it made you ill.
Read
03. Main food-poisoning culprits
Take a look at the microorganisms most commonly associated with foodborne illness and examples of foods that are typical vehicles for those illnesses.
Read		04. Don’t poison your guests
Dinner parties, braais and other social functions are most frequently associated with food poisoning incidents in the UK. In sweltering South Africa, things are even riskier.
Read
05. Beware of botulism
How many times have you dropped a tin of tuna on a supermarket floor and still tossed it into your trolley? Well, perhaps you should think more carefully about what you might be eating.
Read		06. Is sushi safe to eat?
Whenever you have the chance to indulge in raw seafood, weigh the odds of what you enjoy against what you think is good for you.
Read
07. The dangers that lurk in food
Are you worried about reports that metal-contaminated fish could be harmful to your health? DietDoc takes a look at the dangers that may lurk in the food you eat.
Read		08. Treating the trots
You're more in the loo than at your desk. Is it something you ate or do you have 24-hour gastric flu? Either way, you need to stop the trots - and fast.
Read
09. Dangers that lurk in your fridge
Ever been blown away by foul-smelling, mould-growing leftovers when you open your fridge? Find out what you can keep and what you should definitely throw away.
Read		10. Eggs now pasteurised too
Thanks to a group of innovative South African researchers, pregnant women and other health-conscious consumers can now safely enjoy meals made with raw or soft-boiled shell eggs.
Read

Advertisement

 Sponsored links
Car Insurance
Life Insurance
Insurance for Women
Life Insurance for Women
Save on ur insurance
Spec-Savers
Stop Smoking
 Health24 links
Get a free BESTmed quote
Get a free Fedhealth quote
Get a free Medihelp quote
Get a comparative quote
Click here to win!
Disease info
Our newsletters
Subscribe to our daily health tip and win R1000!
Start your own health blog
Visit the New Parent24 Website
Health of The Nation Survey results




H24 HOME   About us     Contact us     Syndicate our Content     Advertise on Health24     Advertising policy     Privacy policy      
© Health24 2000-2009. All rights reserved