I've never heard of these, but Aldi serves my needs quite nicely.
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I've never heard of these, but Aldi serves my needs quite nicely.
There are three kinds of botulism that you can get, the one you all are talking about it foodbourne botumlism....makes sense. As Johnny mentioned, it can come from small leaks in canned foods, its more commonly in home-canned foods that aren't properly sealed. Botulism is caused by a bacteria called Clostridium botulinum, which is commonly found in soil. They can lay dormant until either killed by extreme tempretures or gradually with an anti-toxin, or until they are exposed to conditions that support their growth, such as low oxygen enviroments....i.e., your stomach.
There are an average of 110 cases each year in the U.S., so it is hard for doctors to actually spot. Botulism is often confused with Guillain-Barre syndrome, stroke and myasthenia gravis. Symptoms of botulism are very serious if not deadly.
Botulism begins by killing the nerve-endings in your body, thus making you unable to move, even for simple functions. You literally cannot move a muscle. You cannot see, because you cannot open your eyelids. You cannot talk, because you cannot move your mouth. If you are uncomfortable, you cannot move to make yourself comfortable. You cannot even breath because the toxin has killed the nerve-endings that give the signals to your lungs to take a breath...you are on life support if the doctors don't catch it before you die. You are in a temporary paralysis, that end in either the anti-toxin killing the bacteria in your body and you very slowly regaining your strength, and I do mean slowly; or in death, which by then it won't matter.
Usually the symptoms include double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred or mumbled speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth and muscle weakness. Symptoms normally begin to show 18 - 36 hours after eating a contaminated food, but also as early as six hours, to as late as 10 days.
If food is contaminated then you can still eat it if boiled for at least 10 min. Canned fruit, however, I wouldn't recommend eating if the can has been damaged, unless you have a death wish....a slow and agonizing death.
Have fun with your bent-and-dent, contaminated food!
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I can't read a damn word you just wrote.
This isn't livejournal, use the normal text color.
the can can be dented, and still be fine, if the dent is so severe there are creases in the metal, then I would pass, but a cosmetic dent, 50-75% off? I'm there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny
You can also look at the lids of the can, if they arent puffed out, the vacuum seal is still ok, and it should be fine..
Cheap-bastards of the world UNITE!
Up here in New England we have Ocean State Job-lot, which isnt exactly the same, but you can get great deals on canned/boxed stuff that was test marketed and didnt catch on all the time. Sometimes you can get normal stuff, but in older packaging or package sizes that were discotinued..
Just aldis for me!
Good to see another Aldi fan here. Bask in the glow of amazing savings.
It was a huge ass post on botulism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opaque
At least that's what I could make it when I highlighted it, before the font hurt my eyes.
What on earth were they looking for to find my old thread anyway?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roufuss
"hmm, I want to talk abou botulism today"
hehe....sorry, I like pink! Oh and I was looking up botchulism because my friend is seriously ill with it....totally blows, that stuff really messes you up. I just stumbled upon this forum, so i thought I'd post cause I had an hour to wait before my class started.
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TNL comes up surprisingly often in google searches.