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On Tue, 2 Feb 0100 11:53:30 +0100, Jean-Louis Tu <[log in to unmask]>
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>1) Cooking doesn't kill all bacteria. However, as bacteria are
> partially destroyed, cooking decreases the probability of being
> infected.
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>5) Infections occur most of the time with animal foods (meat, seafood,
> eggs, dairy), although I have heard about unpasteurized fruit juice
> and alfafa sprouts contaminated with E. Coli. So, one is left with
> the dilemma of choosing between having an occasional infection (if
> you eat animal food) and risking deficiencies (if you don't).
Very good points. This reminded me of this website on a bacteria
found in
pasteurized milk in more instances than raw milk.
http://www.maff.gov.uk/inf/newsrel/1998/980810b.htm
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>8) Food is many, many times safer than cars. Deaths by road accidents
> are thousands of times more frequent than deaths by bacterial
> infection.
I'm definatitely going to use this analogy in a debate.
Keith
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