Yes, quite the worm indeed.
Posted on 06/16/2009 9:59:48 AM PDT by Signalman
One summer day in August 2006, Anthony Franz went to a Chicago area hospital carrying a 9-foot worm.
He did not find it in his garden. Anthony Franz case is one of a growing few in urban cities across the world and in the United States discovering (or rediscovering) that some of the most popular fish can host tape worms.
Franz is one of the few, but growing number of tapeworm victims in cities across the world who are discovering (or rediscovering) that some of the most popular fish can host parasites.
Although still rare, a study this June showed salmon tapeworm infestations tripled from an average of 0.32 cases per 100,000 people each year in Kyoto, Japan, to at least to 1 case in 100,000 people in 2008. As more people adopt sushi and undercooked fish diets around the world so too, has the worm spread.
The article, printed in The Emerging Infectious Diseases, tracked the movement of tapeworm infection for 20 years as reports migrated from rural fishing villages in Japan to urban centers around the world, including France, Switzerland and the United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Tapeworms are a great diet aid. Cheaper than stomach surgery.
They should be marketed at the “Colon Buddy.”
Proverbs 12:27 A slothful man does not roast his prey, But the precious possession of a man is diligence.
He said “Colon Buddy”... lol
“They should be marketed at the “Colon Buddy.” “
Or Colin Pal ... ;)
I used to eat sushi and sashimi quite often. I asked a gastroenterologist what he thought of sushi. He said, “Let me put it this way: I wouldn’t eat it.” I figured he was referring to possible medical dangers such as tapeworms.
“Tapeworms are a great diet aid. Cheaper than stomach surgery.
They should be marketed at the “Colon Buddy.””
The reason FDA was created was that a retread snake oil salesman was caught selling tape worm proglottids in pills as diet pills.
Yes, quite the worm indeed.
My microbiology teacher said she would never eat raw sushi - that’s all I needed to know. Besides - raw fish doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest.
I was told my grandmother had a tape worm and the “cure” was starving the person for days then putting warm milk in front of them and they would crawl out of the mouth to eat.
Is that an old wives tale?
Curley - Whatta ya want that for?
Moe - I got a tapeworm and that's good enough for him!
“Besides - raw fish doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest.”
Me neither! But I admit when I was younger I loved to eat raw hamburger, especially raw meatloaf. But I quit that due to all the safety warnings.
The only time people run into trouble with sushi is when they try to do it at home. A real sushi chef can spot wormy fish. If you read the article, it turns out it's undercooked salmon that's the usual culprit, and it's places like Norway, where they eat a lot of salmon and hardly any sushi, that has the largest incidence of tapeworms.
Besides - raw fish doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest.
More for me, then. Seriously, don't knock it if you haven't tried it.
Not for the squeamish: Go to Bing and search for “tapeworm.” Click on images.
Lox, ceriche, there are all sorts of names for such fish. It's not just sushi.
The trend I don't like is "seared fish". Either cook the tuna all the way through or serve it raw. Don't go half-way.
Any word on smoked salmon? Is that sufficient? Or is it still technically “undercooked”?
LOL!
I believe “lox” or “lachs” is smoked salmon, so tape worms should not be a problems there.
The local Indians been air drying salmon since time began; I soak my strips and smoke a little; never heard of anybody getting tapeworms.
So God doesn’t like me for eating a rare steak and sushi?
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