Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: Food Poisoning That Can Last for Years

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You wake up one morning with stomach pain and chills and assume you have food poisoning from some bad fish. However, over the next few days your symptoms take a turn for the weird. You are still nauseous, but now hot showers feel freezing cold, and your teeth feel loose. You finally drag yourself to the doctor, and after a battery of tests you are diagnosed with ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP). Wait, what? Full Article »

Study Finds Overlooked Relationship in Human Seafood Consumption

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Serve a scientist a plate of fish swimming with mercury, and she will tell you not to eat it. Pass a nutritionist a fish high in fatty acids, and he’ll extol the health benefits of your meal. But if these fish were one and the same—high in both a well-known toxin and a well-known nutrient—neither expert could recommend the fish. Full Article »