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"Sheldon" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > "Dee Randall" wrote:
> > > "Christopher Helms" wrote:
> > > > <RJ> wrote:
> > > >> I got the container from the fridge,
> > > >> and had a delightful breakfast of chilled, cubed cantaloupe.
> > > >>
> > > >> Within two hours, I was regretting breakfast !
> > > >> I spent the rest of the day, rushing to the bathroom.
> > > >>
> > > >> Today, feeling much better, ( but 5 pounds lighter )
> > > >> I pondered ; "What happened ? "
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Within two hours" is awfully quick. Maybe it was someting you ate the
> > > > day before. Not every nasty thing that makes you sick acts that
> > > > quickly.
> > >
> > > Are you that sure?
> > > I feel queezy and a lot of gas almost immediately after eating certain
> > > things. I've drank coffee in restaurants that I've had the stomach
> > > cramps
> > > and diarrhea almost as soon as.
> >
> > That's food sensitivities, not food poisoning. ;-)
>
> Not so fast there. Produce can easily be contaminated from being grown
> near to run off and animal waste. As diligent as inspectors are there
> are still more than a few instances where imported produce is rife with
> harmful bacteria... much produce consumed in the US comes from Mexco,
> often it is grown near septic fields or in direct contact with
> animal/human waste. Plenty of home gardeners in the US plant too near
> a septic field, their's and/or their neighbor's. In times of heavy
> spring rains and when flooding occurs much of the run off is coliform
> contaminated, and therefore so are resultant crops.
>
> http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/pub...EQ_NO_115=1311
> 75
>
> Btw, those with home gardens be diligent with irigation, do not water
> in such a way that forceful spray splashes from the ground onto plants,
> instead use soaker hoses and drip systems.
>
> Sheldon

Um, sweetie, we were talking about TIMING here.
As a general rule (unless I guess the food you ate had a helluva
bacterial toxin load), it needs an incubation period in the intestines
to make you sick.

If you get sick within minutes of eating something, is it food poisoning
or is it food allergy/sensitivity?
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Peace!
Om

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