8 Dangerous Foods That Can Destroy Your Physical And Mental Health:

1. Lettuce

2. Eggs

3. Chicken

4. Tuna

5. Cheese

6. Meat products

7. Shrimp cocktail

8. Soda

Querries solved in this article-

A. How can these foods effect our health?

B. How these foods can impact on your pregnancy?

C. What you can do to avoid danger without rejecting them from your diet list?

D. How we are making mistakes by eating these?

When you choose healthy foods at the grocery store you probably hope to buy something useful for yourself and your family. But research shows that some of the popular foods can be dangerous and in the worst case scenario even fatal. Here is the list of 8 foods that are the most dangerous food according to the diatery experts and can harm, poison or infect your body. No need to worry, we also have some great tips to avoid the issue and enjoy all the tasty foods you like!

1. LETTUCE:

If you thought that nothing can be more harmless than leafy Greens, THINK AGAIN! Researchers have analyzed 12 years of statistics to find which product leads to the highest number of food poisoning cases and lettuce was found to be the number offender. There are 363 outbreaks have contaminated lettuce that poisoned 13568 people. One Outbreak in 2006 involving pre-packaged greens contaminated with deadly E.coli caused hundreds of reported illness and even several deaths. E.coli is an type of intestinal bacteria that affects people and animals. In the worst cases symptoms include dehydration, bloody diarrhoea and eventually kidney failure. It is specially dangerous for pregnant women, children, elderly people and those with a weakened immune system. At present E.coli is found in 10% of all the contaminated Greens. There may also be norovirus in your salad, which causes 64% of all food poisoning. Salmonella is also found on the Green Leaves of lettuce. So even if your lettuce is pre-packaged, you should wash it really well before you put it on your plate.

2. EGGS:

The second placed Trophy on the list of dangerous foods goes to eggs. In the last 12 years there has been 352 outbreaks of these seemingly perfect breakfast food, resulting in 11,163 individuals falling ill. The bacteria to blame for this is Salmonella. Eggs get infected with this microorganism through chicken. Again it can be extremely dangerous for children, pregnant women and people whose immune system is weakend if you see the shell imperfectly clean, go ahead and wash the egg for a solid minute before you make an omlet for yourself or your family. And never ever eat raw eggs. It is also a good idea to avoid especially "Runny ones" since they could have been stored at inappropriate temperature that allow the bacteria to multiply before you even bought the cartoon.

3. CHICKEN:

One drop of juice from raw chicken meat has enough bacteria to seriously infect a person. This strand of bacteria causes fever and gastrointestinal issues. In fact this is one of the 4 main causes of diarrheal issues. The infection it develops as a result of campylobacter contamination is usually quite mild. But there have been fatalities among the elderly, those with a weak immune system and young kids. If you take a look at logo statistics, you will see that this microbe poisons about 1 in 10 people per year, killing 33 million otherwise healthy people. The bacteria spreads really fast so it end up on our hands, clothes, cooking surfaces and other foods. To be safe, disinfect everything, raw chicken comes in contact with.

4. TUNA:

Tuna is number 3 on the list of the riskiest foods. In the past 12 years we have seen 268 outbreaks of contaminated Tuna that poisoned 2341 people. When fish is defrosted and stored incorrectly, a toxic protein is formed. And the fact that raw fish tends to decay so fast stored at temperature over 60°F definitely doesn't have the problem. You can't destroy this toxin by freezing, smoking, canning, cooking fish. This toxic protein can cause skin rashes, headaches, vomiting, stomach aches, diarrhoea, increased heart rate and even vision loss. So what can you do? When defrosting tuna don't let it contact with the air. Take it from the freezer and put it on the bottom shelf in the fridge, without opening the pack. A 4 pound fish takes about 24 hours to defrost away, but at least do it safely.

5. CHEESE:

Cheese is found on 6th place on the list of the riskiest foods. In 83 outbreaks of the contaminated cheese over the last 12 years, 2761 people found themselves with food poisoning. There are no toxic Chemicals naturally present in cheese, but in any stage of their production infectious microorganisms can find their way into cheese, loved by so many. There is a risk of getting brucellosis and listeriosis if unpasteurized milk of sick animals is used to produce cheese. Salmonella is one of the most common dangers that bad quality cheese can contain. Pregnant women are to be extra careful with soft cheeses like Brie, Feta, Camembert, Mexican style cheese. These cheeses have the highest chances of getting infected with Listeria, a strain of bacteria that can potentially cause a miscarriage. When people have been infected with this type of bacteria are underreported, that's because the symptoms are pretty mild that few are not risky. Still it's better to be safe than sorry. So buy cheese only from the manufacturer you know and trust. Avoid the dangerous food companies.

6. MEAT PRODUCTS:

This is a dangerous food in America, as hot dogs are consumed too much there. According to statistics 12% of meat products are infected with E.coli and microorganisms like Listeria and Salmonella. Again elders, pregnant women infected with listeriosis. As it infects children under the age of 1 year, this can be treated as dangerous foods for babies. This bacterial infection can damage The Nervous system and even cause meningitis. The scariest thing about Listeria is that, this microorganism can successfully grows even in cold temperature. Which is why keeping meet in fridge does nothing to kill this bacteria. Even the symptoms of listeriosis can appear even a couple months after you consume a contaminated product. To keep yourself safe make sure that you cook poultry and meat products until the temperature reaches 160°F, if you don't have a food thermometer, get one. Remember to consume meat products within 7 days of opening the package.

7. SHRIMP COCKTAIL:

Study show that the amount of Yeast growing in pre-packaged sea-food, like shrimp trays is much higher than permissible levels. This means that there are food safety violations during production and are going unchecked. This is also a dangerous food during pregnancy. So this foods should be avoided during pregnancy. To keep yourself and your family out of danger you should only eat frozen sea-food, covered in ice. If you buy a shrimp tray, keep it in fridge within an air-tight container and consume it within 3 days of opening the package.

8. SODA:

Aside from obesity and liver damage another reason why you should quit drinking soda is the effect it has on your bones. The phosphoric acid and caffeine found in soda leads to the decrease of bone mineral density (BMD). There was a study at Tufts University that involved several thousand men and women. It turned out that those who drink soda regularly had 4% lower bone density in their hips.

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