If you have read the recent reports about the cantaloupe that has killed over a dozen people, you have also seen the terrifying news that it ain’t over yet and that the listeria poisoning can take a couple of months to show up. Some reports say the melon from the farm in question was shipped to 17 states, others say 25 states.
So, there are a bunch of worried consumers out there, waiting for that ticking time bomb melon to go off inside them. With not even a hint of what do do about it coming across the airwaves. I had the peach colored melon myself this weekend, at a restaurant. A melon of unknown origin. Was I foolish to trust it wouldn’t kill me?
I am a subscriber to the Claude Bernard milieu theory, which suggests that we can build our immunity to disease and even pathogens by creating an inhospitable environment inside our bodies.
Good Advice from the Healthy Home Economist
I highly recommend reading this post called Foodborne Illness that Sarah Pope did on my blog during another serious illness outbreak. Read it and you will see her excellent advice to partake of pro-biotic foods (for example, kefir, yogurt, fermented vegetables, raw kombucha, unpasteurized beer). She also recommends a low sugar/starch diet to develop your immunity.
Why do some people get sick during illness outbreaks and others don’t? Some have a better environment, consequently a stronger immune system. It is a simple as that.
Don’t live in fear of salmonella, listeria and the like, start building your interior milieu with thousands of good bacteria, these bacteria will protect you and can even overwhelm a bad bug. Think about it, the reason it takes a month or more for virulent listeria to cause disease, is because someone ingested a little bit of bacteria that multiplied, and grew inside them until it became a major problem.
Don’t just sit and wait, throw down as much competitive bacteria as you can and take those pathogens OUT!
Plus, sauerkraut, naturally fermented pickles and kefir shakes are great tasting and add variety to your diet!
Live a Wellness Lifestyle, Everyday!
The reason I wasn’t afraid to eat cantaloupe is that I have in my daily diet these protective foods. For years now I have been building a strong milieu in my body.
Since the news reports say the average age of people dying from this cantaloupe outbreak is 78, you may want to reach out to the elderly folks in your life and encourage them to add kefir or raw kombucha to their diet.
And, by the way, antibiotics are contraindicated for foodborne illness. Please get a second or third opinion if a hospital tries to give you antibiotics. The damage can be serious when antibiotics are administered.
Taken from the Health Freedom Alliance.
Full Source: http://hartkeisonline.com/natural-health/cantaloupe-outbreak-what-to-do-if-you-have-eaten-cantaloupe/
