Saturday, 11 February 2012

Avoid food poisoning during the summer-causes an acute disease, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea


What is food poisoning?

Food poisoning is an acute disease that is caused by eating contaminated food or poisonous and harmful toxins produced by bacteria. Toxins cause abdominal pain and vomiting (cramps) and cause the intestine to secrete large amounts of water that leads to diarrhea. Symptoms of food poisoning usually last less than 24 hours.

Pay attention to habits during the summer. A small mistake can also put in difficulty. A survey has been acknowledged that about 81 million people are made from food poisoning among their 9,000 people die.

Scandalous thing is this, that this mortality rate is usually children who become prey to food poisoning. Stay away from this, you need to pay attention to some things, like food should be cooked properly and should be refrigerated.

What should be done and what should not be done:

During the summer for children's health not only the food should be cooked properly, but also should be refrigerated. Avoid eating poultry products, meat, fish and eggs during these days.

Use utensils, fruit and vegetables after wash them thoroughly. Reduce the consumption of dairy products and fruit juice. Do not hold open the food into the room and refrigerator temperature should be 40 degrees f. Avoid packaged food to eat.

The bacteria are dangerous

Bacteria and viruses can be found not only in dairy products and poultry, but also on foodstuffs too. Its early symptoms are vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain and fever. After you know the person to adapt after infection becomes immediate treatment. If the infection is not known immediately kidney can be damaged or the person may die too.

Problem due to temperature increase

There are two main reason of an increase in food poisoning during the summers. Firstly, if the temperature during the summer and humidity is increasing food deteriorated quickly and secondly of the bacteria that spread poisoning increases with speed. 40 and 60 degrees Celsius temperature is sufficient to increase there.

Small but necessary tips

* Keep the utensils clean food and foodstuffs.

* Wash properly foodstuffs in a row before cooking.

* Do not keep food at room temperature for more than two hours.

* Cook food properly.

* The freezing temperature must be 0 to 4 degrees Celsius.

* Light charcoal barbecue in advance, making sure you use enough charcoal and waiting until it is glowing red (with a surface area of dusty grey) before you start cooking.

* Always wash your hands thoroughly before preparing food and after touching raw meat before eating.

* Keep pets from food, and food preparation surfaces.

* Keep hot foods hot and cold food cold after you serve. Never leave food out at room temperature for more than two hours and keep you protected with a cover that clean at all times.

* Keep your fridge clean.

* Frozen should be thoroughly thawed before cooking







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