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What Is Ciguatera Poisoning?
June is National Safety Month and one of the best ways to stay safe is be informed. With that in mind, here is some information on a very common type of food poisoning, particularly in our part of the world.
Over 400 known fish species have been classified as potential ciguatoxin carriers. Ciguatera is a type of food poisoning. Examples of species associated with cases in Florida and the Caribbean region include barracuda, grouper, amberjack, snapper, tuna, kingfish, eel, trevally, seabass, mackerel, hogfish, and mahi-mahi. Cooking fish does not kill the heat-stable toxin. Ciguatoxic fish do not carry a foul odor or taste.
The symptoms associated with ciguatera may include: vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain or cramping, itchy skin; aching teeth, muscles, or joints; tingling sensation in the extremities, painful urination, and temperature reversal with a typical onset within 24 hours following fish consumption.
Gastrointestinal symptoms typically present first, within 24 hours of exposure, followed by neurological symptoms which usually begin 1-2 days following the exposure.
Rare secondary cases of mother-to-child transmission during breastfeeding and male-to-female sexual transmission have been reported.
Read more about the treatment and find out what you should do and what you should NOT to do if you think you have ciguatera poisoning.
Six Myths About Wheat
As a dietitian, people often ask about whether a food item or nutrient is really as bad as someone (usually the author of a popular diet) claims it to be. So when Julie Jones, PhD, a nutrition Professor at St. Catherine, published this review discussing the research around wheat, health and weight in response to strong claims in the Wheat Belly diet, I knew I had to talk to her.
“As I started reading the book and got to the part about schizophrenia, I knew I had to look deeper at this,” she says. ” This is such a wrenching disease and it seemed wrong to imply that removing wheat was the panacea that would prevent or mitigate this disease in all cases.”
So let’s get to some myth-busting about the most popular claims regarding the new bad guy in food: wheat.