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Cure Food Poisoning
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"Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease) is any illness resulting from the consumption of food.
Foodborne illness is commonly called food poisoning, even though most cases are caused by a variety of pathogenic bacteria, viruses, prions or parasites that contaminate food, rather than chemical or natural toxins.
Foodborne illness usually arises from improper handling, preparation, or food storage. Good hygiene practices before, during, and after food preparation can reduce the chances of contracting an illness. The action of monitoring food to ensure that it will not cause foodborne illness is known as food safety. Foodborne disease can also be caused by a large variety of toxins that affect the environment. For foodborne illness caused by chemicals, see Food contaminants.
Foodborne illness can also be caused by pesticides or medicines in food and naturally toxic substances like poisonous mushrooms or reef fish. Some could even come from the skin and nose, like staphylococcus aureus, which could lead to death." (Wikipedia)
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| APPLE CIDER VINEGAR | 80 YEAS |
| ACTIVATED CHARCOAL | 6 YEAS |
6 YEA
[YEA] 01/29/2009: Timmy from Minneapolis, MN writes: "I do not know If I received food poisoning from Mexico but I arrived Sunday morning and by Tuesday I had the grumbles then later the squirts by the end of the day. The first night less then 4 hours of sleep. The second night the same. I had bad cramps when I ate and I had severe stool problems. I decide to hit the net and look for a home cure. I had apple cider at home so I first tried that and it worked a bit by stopping my stool I still had some stomach pain. I went and got the charcoal caps took 2 and with in 10 minutes I felt better. I have not had a stool for 40 min, kept in a glass of water and feel good. I am now going to finally eat something."
[YEA] 02/15/2010: Dr. Michael from Briarcliff Manor, Ny replies: "After a nice Valentine's Day dinner, my wife woke up with severe diarrhea & couldn't stop throwing up. Even water. Fortunately, I stumbled across this website! I ran out and bought her activated charcoal capsules and gave her 2. Within 20 minutes she was finally able to get some rest. She still slept all day & was exhausted from the emptying both ways, but at least it stopped & she felt good enough to sleep. Thanks!"
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[YEA] 11/06/2008: Mitsue from Wishart, Queensland Australia writes: "One late afternoon I bought Sushi with raw salmon in it, it must have been sitting there all day, after eating it I had very bad case of vomiting and diarrhea for almost 3 weeks. I remembered that charcoal helps with the poison, and I had charcoal my mother sent me for purifying water. I just was so desperate I just cracked a small piece and ate it. Surprising as it is, my vomiting and diarrhea stopped almost immediately. I should have taken it sooner.. So I have medicated charcoal tablet in my medicine cupboard now and when I had vomiting the other I took one straight away and I was fine!!"
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[YEA] 06/30/2008: Al from Opelousas, USA writes: "I too had food poisoning so bad that I was sent to the emergency room, during which time, I was given 2 liters of Sodium Chloride(??). Of course the hospital wants you to pass (diahrrea) the poison, so nothing was administered. I sent a relative to the drug store for Activate Charcoal capsules and followed the recommended dosage; 1gm/hour...within 6-7 hours I could eat small amounts and not experience nauseau or diahrrea(sp?)You should keep a bottle in the refrigerator (safely)."
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[YEA] 08/22/2007: GT from Vero Beach, Florida writes: "Charcoal pills were used for severe food poisoning. Eating chicken that has been left out in the heat of the blazing sun from 4am to dinner time, no refrigeration. Many around me got sick with severe bowel problems. I took charcoal pills,the loose bowels stoped within 10 min."
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[YEA] Shawna from Mountlake Terrace WA writes: "I have had multiple issues with food poisoning all throughout my life. I had a Naturopath tell me once to take 3-4 charcoal pills two times a day at the onset of pain and queasiness, then continue the same for 3 days afterwards. You can purchase charcoal pills from any health food store or in some local corner drug stores. I have used this remedy for about 15 yrs now and it's ALWAYS worked. My husband just had it and he took the pills and he felt better right away and was able to keep down food and water."
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ACTIVATED CHARCOAL, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
[YEA] 01/06/2010: Co from Glendale, Az writes: "Hooray to active charcoal pills and ACV!
My teenage son woke me up around 2:00 AM, on a school night with vomitting and the runs. I almost knew instantly that it was food poisoning. It was a local eatery here, not my food, of course! I jumped on-line, saw this site and viewed all of the stories for active charcoal and ACV. He took two charcoal pills and two tablespoons of ACV, followed with a Sprite to kill some of the taste. He hasn't thrown up for four hours now, and only one rush to the toilet. He's been asleep now for two hours! This works! Hope it works for you too!"
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[YEA] 07/18/2009: Neilmorbs from Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK writes: "Hi,
~I recently had a nasty bout of food poisoning caused by some barbequed chicken (never leave chicken out of the fridge, even for an hour). I had fever, diarrhea, vomiting and horrible stomach cramps. It was only 4 days in that i discovered this website and i tried Activated Charcoal tablets and Cider Vinegar tablets from the local health food shop.
The charcoal was the first one i tried and within 10 minutes i found the cramps had eased considerably. I could even start to eat.
Later, when they returned I tried the Cider Vinegar and again 10 minutes wa all it took.
Overall I found them equally effective and I am using both in the final stages of the illness.
Thanks for all the great advice... I'll be using this site much more often!"
12/12/2009: Nan from Ridgewood, Nj replies: "i wanted to ask if anyone had tried the apple Cider vinegar first before eating out? Last Christmas party 2 people got food poisoning.. we all ate the same food. I took a Tablespoon of ACV 1 hr. before eating at the party. i ate everything, including salmon, chicken and veggie dishes but did not get sick. Now, of course there were many who did not get sick or who didn't complain of it. But i'd like to know if anyone else has heard about this little pre-party preventative.?"
EC: Yes, heard that tip in DC Jarvis's book Folk Medicine!
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ACTIVATED CHARCOAL, LUGOL'S IODINE
[YEA] 12/25/2009: Shanti from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "I just arrived in Bangkok last night at 2am having not eaten all day and stupidly ate some very cheap food (I was very hungry). I immediately took a few drops of iodine in water out of fear of the inevitable... but an hour later the inevitable happened and I got the runs and all the signs of impending food poisoning. So I took more iodine and some tablets I had which had a small amount of charcoal in them and pepsin (the digestive enzyme). I must have had around 20 drops of iodine and about 5 of these tablets and all symptoms went away in about an hour or less. Today I feel fine! I'm off to find some clean food."
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3 NAY
1 BETTER BUT NOT CURED
1 WARNING!
[YEA] 08/16/2010: Shelly from Camarillo, California writes: "Awoke this morning to find my husband throwing up and diarrhea. Realized right away it was food poisoning. Got online to find a remedy and found this site. Thanks so much. The ACV worked like a charm. He's a pretty big guy. I gave him 2 tbls in 4 oz distilled water. He would rather have it a bit stronger in a smaller amount of water so he can down it quickly. Then he chased it with another 4 oz distilled water. 10 minutes later he was sleeping like a baby. Got up about 2 hours later and actually went to work!"
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[YEA] 03/16/2010: T.B. from Los Angeles, Ca writes: "Hi everybody,
I've been sick since late saturday evening. Diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness, the whole shabang. Called my Dr. to see what we could do about the pain. I just had a baby less than 2mos ago, and kinda experienced some of these symptoms, needless to say I was EXTREMLY nervous. Anyway I just came across this site (tues), and was happy to see a home remedy to cure this. I rushed in the kitchen and started searching throught the cabnits, I knew I had some.
As im writing this post im feeling 85% better (only been 3 mins). I mixed 2 Tbsp of ACV with half a cup of juice to help the taste. Im so happy to have found this site 2.5 days is too long to be feeling like this. Im actually starting to feel 95% better. Gonna take some more ACV in a couple of hours.
Thanks a lot for everyones post, im so glad for the internet and reputable site."
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[YEA] 01/15/2010: Earth Clinic writes: "To Nicole from Valpo, In:
So sorry we accidentally deleted your post about your successful use of apple cider vinegar for your boyfriend's food poisoning! Please resubmit if you have the time... Thanks and sorry again!"
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[YEA] 01/14/2010: Mbs560 from Redwood City, Ca writes: "I had just returned from a long journey to Thailand and of all the exotic foods I ate along the way it was the last meal on the flight home that did me in. Feeling extremely nauseous with pangs of cramping I thought I could make my way through the next day using the old stand by acidolphilus yogurt cure. Not feeling any better after spending half the day vacilating between nausea, hunger and pain I searched the internet for a home remedy. Having heard Apple Cider Vinegar was an age-old use for just about everything including stain removal, I hopped in my car (still in my PJ's) and took a dixie cup full of vinegar, mixed it with half a cup of berry juice and downed the vile tasting swill. Even though I felt like vomitting right there in the store, I agree with a previous reader who said he could literally feeling it working. It felt as though all the bad bacteria were being "sizzled" in acid. It took about 45 minutes or so...but the cramping went away and I started to feel less nauseous. Unbelievable!!"
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[YEA] 09/30/2009: David from Little Rock, Ar writes: "ACV is amazing. I came home from work one day and ate a ham and turkey sandwich. About an hour later i started to get really sick. I had not had any type of food sickness before so I wasn't exactly sure what was going on with me. I developed a bad fever and was getty dizzy, not to mention the stomach cramps. I do not like throwing up so I tried to hold it off for as long as I could. It was coming whethere I liked it or not. I felt o.k. after the first throw up but still felt very weak and still had a fever. I went online to see about remedies for food sickness. This site was the first one to come up. I took 1 big gulp from ACV along with some orange juice( not sure if orange juice is the best to use). I still felt some of the pains from the illness, but i did not throw up one more time. I woke up this morning a totally different person. The stomach is a bit sore from the cramping but nothing i can complain about. The fever is gone also. Thanks to all the people who posted about their experiences, it helped out immensely."
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[YEA] 08/11/2009: Kavi from El Dorado, Tunapuna, Trinidad writes: "Another confirmation of ACV for food poisoning. My mother rapidly started to come down with what seemed like food poisoning after eating some spoiled curry chicken. Since EarthClinic has been a reliable source of home cures, I checked it at once and then promptly gave her 2 tbsp. of ACV in a cup of store-bought juice. I also added the juice from half of a lime, since this helped me with stomach upset in the past. Within a few minutes of drinking it, she had stopped moaning in pain, and within 15 mins. was noticeably better. Now, half an hour later and she is practically back to normal.
I have had food poisoning a few times myself and know that it is terrible and often lasts for several gruelling hours. I am quite happy to spare my mom that experience.
Thank you EarthClinic and all the posters here!"
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07/05/2009: Katherine from Seattle, WA writes: "Last night I started showing the signs of food poisoning (mild)- about 6 hours after eating I got cramps and nausea. I've had this happen before and it usually means I'm in for a long night of sitting in the bathroom where I can't quite throw up, even though I want to. Miserable.
I've come to this site before and found the apple cider vinegar cure for my sinus allergies (it works!), so I was happy to read that it can also help food poisoning. I drank 1 tbsp. ACV with a little bit of fruit punch (basic kind from Whole Foods). Then I just got in bed and waited it out. In about 5-10 I was feeling much better. Wow! I love it when something natural really does the trick. I also drank water before going to bed, to keep hydrated. Thanks everyone for the tip!"
[YEA] 06/09/2010: Katyryn from Oakland, Ca replies: "Thank you everyone! Apple Cider Vineagar is a miracle remedy. I had a salad and within an hour I was vomitting. I took the apple cider vinegar about ten minutes after the episode and I feel so much better, as if I can return back to normal life. This is amazing."
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[YEA] 06/19/2009: Shevon from Houston, Texas writes: "It really works. I had a bout of what I felt was food poisioning.l found this site with a google search and although I was extreamly doubtful. I took the apple cider and It really works within minutes. Thank you so much!"
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[YEA] 06/12/2009: Sarah from Surfside Beach, SC writes: "Food Poisioning: I had gone out to eat with friends of mine for breakfast and I had crisy bacon, along with grits eggs and toast. I thought the bacon kinda had a little different taste, but just presumed it being a different brand. Came home and about three hours later, stomach was cramping, felt nauseaus and felt as thought I was going to get sick.
Checked the net and came to this site. Had a half gallon of ACV for the purpose of cooking. Took the 2 Tablespoons in 1/4 cup water and within 30 minutes, felt fine. Jumped on it fast.
Thank you, as I am forever getting food poisoning on seafood at the beach. Now I will know what to do rather than be sick all night. Usually it is always seafood.
Have been telling everyone I come in contact with at the beach, as this is a good place to get it with seafood."
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[YEA] 04/29/2009: Drew from Gold Coast, Queensland Australia writes: "My friend called to say her sister was vomiting and may have food poisoning, she also said that ACV was a way to help fix it but it was late and the pharmacy was closed and she had no money, she was at the hospital, waiting to be seen by a doctor and I was dubious about ACV but I found your site and thought it must work so I raced down to the hospital and took her some ACV and she felt better within minutes of drinking 2 table spoons ACV diluted with cold water, it is best to get it into your stomach as fast as you can to prevent the bacteria from multiplying, that's what the acetic acid does. the bacterium produce poison that your body detects and forces out of your body by causing vomiting. thanks for confirming the value of traditional home remedies. I theorized that the acid was stopping bacteria from breeding which would help get rid of the bugs, I found a study that confirms that acetic acid retards the growth of some strains of bacteria but not all, here's the link:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119599944/abstract"
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[YEA] 03/25/2009: Veronica from New Haven, CT, USA writes: "Apple Cider Vinegar stopped food poisoning episode:
I had just finished a dinner out of shrimp and mango curry, a dish I had eaten plenty of times in the past. fifteen minutes after finishing my meal. I had severe GI upset and I had intense abdominal pain. I had contacted my husband and instructed him to research food poisoning cures and ACV because I remember hearing about it. Sure enough, there was a lot of information claiming that ACV can cure food poisoning. Desperate, I had nothing to loose, I went down the street to a local health food store and took two tablespoons right there in the store within 10 minutes I started feeling better, I could breathe and the cramps had stopped. I can say that the ACV indeed stopped the attack."
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[YEA] 01/17/2009: Jessica from St. Clair Shores, MI writes: "Thank you! My son ate steak that I should have known better than to cook and woke up throwing up violently. After throwing up 5 times, I decided to check the interet. I found this website and I want to thank you so much. I gave my son 1 teaspoon of ACV and he had one small vomit 15 minutes later and then slept all night and seems fine now. There is nothing worse than having to see your child go through pain. I am grateful this site was available. Thanks again."
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[YEA] 11/13/2008: Ava from Los Angeles, CA writes: "I have a really bad case of food poisening from tuna going on 1week. I tryed drinking the acv but it gave me diarria just when it had started to go away. I had really bad stomach ache and drinking the acv didn't help so I poured some of it directly on my stomach I used a towel not to get it on the bedding. Believe it or not that calmed my stomach down and took away my pain. So for those who can't drink the stuff just use it externally. It really works. Good luck."
05/29/2009: Kari from New Canaan, CT replies: "Another possibility might be parasites, no?"
05/29/2009: TTtink from Corona, CA replies: "I want to clarify that food posioning usually only lasts 12 hours from start to finish so if you are sick for a week you have an intestinal virus."
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[YEA] 09/08/2008: Rich R. from Pearl City, Hawaii writes: "last night around midnight, a few hours after dinner (we had shrimp, spicey ahi tuna wraps, ahi poke and seared ahi poke (the seared was leftovers from Friday) i woke up to severe cramps. what followed was a very long night of cramps and going to the toilet. i knew enough that everytime i went, to follow up with some water to keep hydrated. however it was still a very long night. then about 7 in the morning, it got worse, now i was sitting on the toilet and needing a place to throw up, well i leaned to the tub..wasn't a pretty picture.
anyway, i had to go to work, is the nature of my job unfortunatley. so i get there, still misrable. i then think, maybe i can find a cure. so then i found this site. i took the first dose about an hour ago. the frequency of the cramps died down, but i was still getting them. i also have went to the bathroom once since taking it. however i am feeling better, just very tired.
next time i will have this on hand as i think that if taken right away, you get better results.
aloha and mahalo for your posts!"
09/12/2008: Rich from Pearl City, Hawaii replies: "UPDATE: it is now Friday around noon and i am all better. the ACV didn't totaly get rid of the food poisoning, so it is not a "miricle cure". what it did do was make it bearable. it reduced the cramps in frequency, duration and intensity. The cramps lasted so many days, up till yesterday even (got sick 1:00am monday morning, still had cramps thursday morning) but each time they would get bad again, i just would take another shot of ACV. before i took it, i couldn't sleep. but then, take a shot and crapms would be reduced enough to sleep for awile. I strongly belive it helped ALOT and if i had taken when i first got the symptoms, it might have been a "miricle" cure.
mahalo again to everyione that posted."
[YEA] 10/10/2008: Candice from Victorville, CA replies: "My grandma just contracted food poisioning and she is 92 and unable to drink the Apple Cider Vinegar (which we all swear by) so instead I went to the health food store and purchased the ACV capsules, I just thought that this would help anyone that is disgusted by the flavor or smell...since it is in a powdered form inside of a capsule."
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[YEA] 09/07/2008: Rene from Las Vegas, USA writes: "Just wanted to say thank you for posting the apple cider vinegar cure for food poisoning...I took one tablespoon and began to feel better within the hour but I would like to add that a piece of burnt toast helps to take the cramps away almost instantly."
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[YEA] 07/17/2008: Ali from Columbus, Ohio writes: "I've been up since 2 am...it's now 5!...just plastered to the toilet, must have been the chicken I had for lunch. This is all very new for me, I've never had food poisoning...but this has got to be it. I have had the worse diarrhea and cramps.. oh the cramps.. you've got to be kidding me! and I cannot miss my class in the morning, so i've been curled in a ball going back and forth to the bathroom, when i jumped online to see if there was anything I could do, and i found the acv suggestion. I crawled downstairs and took 2 tbs w/ in about 5 min of eachother..in about 30 min the cramps started to ease up, my stomach is still queasy, but i can handle that, it was the gut wrenching cramps, oh thank you for the tip! Seriously...thanks!"
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[YEA] 06/12/2008: Frank from San Francisco, CA writes: "I got really bad food poisoning on a Friday evening, didn't sleep much that night with stomach cramps and felt bloated and as if I have a huge rock on my stomach. I could only sit or barely stand a couple hours after I ate the bad food. The pain and discomfort, which I won't go into details, lasted for about three days. I was exhausted and had little energy to get around. Just before I was about to call my Doctor to get antibiotics, I went online to read about food poisoning, came across this site remedies, read them, and decided to give ACV a try. I had nothing to lose and it is a very inexpensive trial. I took two gulps of the ACV. I know most of the testimonies suggest one tablespoon full, but I figure I was in a lot of pain, so went for it. The first gulp was like taking a shot of tequila; it burned some but it also felt good at the same time. Then waited a few seconds and took the second gulp; that one went smooth. I did feel the effect of the acid working its way into my stomach and intestines. I then had a different sensation in addition to my pain. Ten minutes later, I drank some water since I took more than recommended dose, and went about my routine. I can't figure out the exact time it took to stop all my pain, but I think it may have been about ten minutes or so total. The pain was gone. My intestines were a bit sore since I have been in pain for about three days. Next morning I woke up feeling well. I took two tablespoons full just to be sure I have killed the bacteria. I now feel very alert, with energy, so excited I discovered this website. I have been sharing my experience with everyone I know and care about. One more note, since ACV did the trick, I wonder what else I could use it for, so I decided to use it as a mouthwash after I brushed my teeth. It left my teeth and gums cleaned.
Thank you to whomever came up with this remedy. I am back to normal again."
[WARNING!] 06/12/2008: Jay from Altoona, Fla replies: "I would NOT use ACV as a mouth wash --it is an acid. I tried it in a waterpik and my gums started bleeding profusely. My dentist told me to stop as the avc would eat away the enamal rather quickly. Been there done that not a good idea."
07/02/2009: Mort from Dallas, TX replies: "If you've done much reading on the Net, you'll see where one's response to a question has, in reality, absolutely nothing to do with the question at hand. Most likely, due to the person not really reading the question, or if they did read the question, they did not fully understand the question. Such is this guys warning about Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) - Jay from Florida.
First, one should realize that vinegar is a mild acetic acid, about 5% concentration. That's why it tastes the way it does. Second, brushing your teeth daily with acetic acid is in no way analogous to taking a 1 or 2 gulps of ACV once in a "Blue Moon." Come on folks READ!! I "think" I had food poisoning, only symptons were the cramps and diarrhea. I took a spoonful, what the heck, most cole slaws are made with it, and those bbq sauces everyone loves sooo much, a dominant ingredient is, you guessed it, vinegar of one kind or another, so "no prob-lem-o." The only logical concern I have, after seeing the link to the article, and scanning it briefly, is if the ACV kills the "bad bacteria" from the food posioning, does it also kill the "good bacteria" in our gut. I do hope most of you realize that our bods consist of lots of good bacteria. Why do you think "yogurt came along, then "Activia," you got it - replenish the good bacteria in your bod!! Feeling a bit better in 10 minutes.
Now, did I really have food posioning? At "fried" KFC last night, with some sides, and today for lunch, some leftovers, which were kept in the refrigerator. I don't have a gallbladder, so was that the problem. Also this morn I was on the roof cleaning out gutters in 100+ heat in July in Dallas, TX. Did the sun do something too me? Or was it a combo of everthing....not a medical type, just a Ph.D. type.
Anyway, the point of this comment was unless you brush your teeth every day with acetic acid, I wouldn't worry about gulping down a spoonfull here and there. Jay is correct, acid is acid, 100% or 50% or 5%. It will eat away at "stuff" Being 2009, I'm sure all you folks have heard of acid rain, a weak sulfuric and nitric acids forms with water and sulfur and nitrogen which has increased in the atmosphere due to industralization. Those elements and water combine to form the acid rain - yep, that's why some of the older statues and buildings are dissolving, along with some vegetation!!"
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