Food Safety Is A Must in Daily Life

2015-09-12 01:49

In our daily life, food safety plays a very important role. In China there is a saying that  "illness finds its way in by the mouth", which means that if we eat wrong food for our conditions, diseases can be resulted in. hence, we should make sure our daily food is safe. For patients with kidney transplant, food safety is more important and more necessary, because they need to take medicines used for rejection, which makes patients get lower immunity.

E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella are the very ordinary bacteria we can find in food. Here we will introduce some common foods in daily life which are at high risk of bacteria contamination:

Raw and undercooked eggs are likely to get bacteria infection easily. In addition, raw and undercooked meat, fish and seafood are also very risky for us.

If Milk and cheeses do not get unpasteurized well, bacteria can be in them, leading to food safety problem.

In addition, raw sprouts like alfalfa and bean may be at high risk of bacteria.

Therefore, it is important that we should store food right in refrigerator, process them well and cooked enough.

Patients with kidney transplant need to pay attention to self sanitation:

Wash hands before eating

Ensure cutting boards clean

Use different knives for different food

Do not taste food with stirring spoon or sticks while cooking

From the above, we can conclude four points: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill.

What is more, if you go out to eat in restaurants, find a sanitary and clean one. People may the below signs if getting food poisoning:

Diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting, abdominal cramps, etc.

For kidney transplant patients, it is very significant that you need to take much notice of food safety in daily life. More information or any question, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctors anytime. Reply will be given as soon as possible in detail for you.

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