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May 27, 2005
Strange But True!
Q. Around the world, what food even when properly prepared has made more people sick than any other?
A. Notice on TV's "Survivor" how many of the contestants gag or vomit after eating insects or eyeballs or drinking blood, others just toss these down and smile, says University of California-Davis nutritionist Louis Grivetti. So there are two types of food sickness: something culturally inappropriate or something containing a pathogen or toxin that may make one ill.
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