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Tips To Help Prevent Food Poisoning
Contracting food poisoning while traveling, can be simply devastating.
There are a few ways and things to do, to help …
🤢 Avoid Food Poisoning 🤢
I am sure we have all had a family member, friend or even ourselves that became ill, at some point while traveling. This especially so, for those who travel to new foreign destinations around the world.
For many, it may have completely {ruined or spoiled} a few or even many, very precious days of their long awaited-vacation. I know I’ve certainly had friends become ill for a number of days on vacation. More often then not, it’s mostly due to what they had {eaten or drank}, just before.
Today, with the more common outbreaks of the Norwalk virus on Cruise Ships and other select places, companies are now taking further steps to ensure better sanitary conditions. More attention with; food preparation, presentation and serving in restaurants, particularly buffets.
Check out this short, but very informative video outlining what {Food Poisoning},
really is.
What Exactly Is Food Poisoning – YouTube Video
Increased Measures To Avoid Food Poisoning
In recent years, at all entrances to most all inclusive resort food outlets and particularly on cruise ships, it’s not uncommon to see a 🧍 staff member standing alongside the hand sanitizer station, or even giving everyone entering a; 🧴 squirt!
An excellent way to encourage and/or make sure all passengers, {clean their hands} before entering. This is wonderful and if everyone obliges and does their part, the outbreak of bacterial viruses, can be greatly reduced.
Remember to 🧼 wash your hands and or sanitize often!
As well, you may also begin to notice more and more cruise ships, all inclusive resort hotels and other such establishments offering buffet choices, eliminating the {self-serve} aspect, of food selection.
Staff will be more and more involved in serving customers their food choices, in order to prevent the unsanitary handling and placing of food utensils.
If you are required to use public serving 🥄 utensils, be cautious of where they are placed, and how people are handling them.
Do not touch your food with bare hands after touching these utensils, as they are contaminated with germs and bacteria from other users!
Avoid Food Poisoning By Being Careful What You Eat
Food can be contaminated quite easily!
If, improperly; stored, refrigerated, prepared and how it is typically served.
Bacterial viruses can be easily contracted because of this, resulting in sickness ranging from; minor stomach and bowel disturbances, to very severe symptoms requiring bed rest, and or hospitalization. Here are some of the more common foods where people do contract food poisoning, particularly when away on vacation.
Raw Seafood And Shellfish
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As tempting as raw seafood is, especially for those that love sushi, unless you are certain that the fish has been; stored and prepared to the highest of standards, you should avoid eating this food.
This goes for 🦐 shellfish as well!
Those lovely shrimp and prawns set out and displayed in buffets, can be filled with bacteria. If not; stored, cooked and displayed properly, you can become very ill as result of eating 🦐 shellfish.
I have a very close friend, while staying in a ⭐ 5 Star all-inclusive resort, had become so ill, that he was bed ridden for 3 days. A doctor had to be called to the hotel as a result.
He had consumed a number of those beautiful 🦐 prawns you see at the buffet. Within hours of eating them that night, he became very 🤒 ill!
The doctor concluded that the shellfish he consumed, was not properly stored and had become; contaminated. Here’s a list of the more common types of food, that people may contract food poisoning from, especially while away on vacation:
Poorly cleaned Leafy Greens;
Raw or Poorly Cooked Eggs;
Shellfish;
Potato Salad;
Raw Sprouts;
Poorly Cooked Meat;
Unpackaged Mayonnaise.
Avoid Food Poisoning Helpful Tip
A good rule of thumb to follow and I am sure many of you have heard this before;
“If You Cannot Boil It, Peel It or Cook It… Leave It!”
A Little Prevention Goes a Long Way
I know when I was younger and traveling, I didn’t care what I ate or drank and knock on wood, I was extremely lucky!
Other than the usual small and short lasting bouts of {diarrhea} contracted from time to time. This was from consuming; non-purified water and the introduction to unfamiliar foods.
We didn’t have the luxury of bottled purified water years ago, as is the case most anywhere today. We had to rely on regular tap water. Things have changed dramatically today, reducing the chances of becoming ill, tenfold!
Today, it’s so much easier to prevent illness when your are traveling and especially to foreign destinations.
The first and foremost thing to do, is by making smart decisions on what we {eat and drink}. Try to resist the urge to eat the items listed above, and watch how others are handling the; serving utensils and such, at buffet tables.
Remember to always keep your hands away from your eyes and mouth, at all times. Use hand sanitizer as much as you can, even if you are not eating and just walking by a dispenser.
On one of our all-inclusive vacations we enjoyed a few years back, we stayed at the beautiful …
Oasis Tulum Resort Hotel
in Mexico’s, Yucatan Peninsula.
We couldn’t help but notice the attention given to; cleanliness, sanitation and food preparation, in the main buffet. Food was well cooked, handled carefully and the salads were always; fresh and clean each day!
🧴 Hand sanitizer was present at the entrance to the buffet, the same as you see on; Cruise ships. As well, staff were always on guard at food stations, making sure serving utensils were clean, and used in a proper manner.
We were also provided each day with 2 complimentary bottles of water in our room. Fresh purified water and ice were always available at the hotel bars as well. A big change from years past and this was not a ⭐ 5 star resort!
I’ve listed just a few things to consider, the next time you’re traveling and/or away on vacation, to help prevent that dreaded … Food Born Illness!
Food Poisoning Treatment
With relatively mild food poisoning symptoms, you should return to normal in 2 to 3 days.
Be sure to replace fluids lost through vomiting and/or diarrhea, as a result of the illness.
Try to return to a normal diet as quickly as possible to aid in recovery.
If symptoms persist, consult a doctor as soon as possible.
To learn more about the {Symptoms of Food Poisoning} types and reactions, I’ve listed a very helpful website below.
🥪 Symptoms of Food Poisoning 🥪
Safe and Healthy Travels!
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Did You Know …
“Food Poisoning Symptoms Often Include Nausea, Vomiting And Diarrhea. It Can Begin Within Hours Of Eating Contaminated Food.”
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