icky oysters [warning: might gross people out]

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I don't think anyone should EVER eat oysters,

and that isn't just because of my personal

vegetarian path of choice. They all contain a

toxin called vibrio, and depending upon the

level the oyster contains, it can make you so

sick. My dh was in the hospital for three days

and almost died from eating an oyster with

toxic levels of vibrio. Also, just recently in the

news, over 70 people in the Pacific Northwest

have been hospitalized with vibrio from

eating raw oysters. A few years ago my dh's case

made quite stir in environmental reporting

because there had been very few cases of this

toxin in Pacific NW oysters... and now look,

two years later it has happened on a larger

scale? Yeesh, no thanks.

Let oysters live... live and let live.

 

~ PT ~

 

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your

soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make

room for it in your life.

~ Jean Bolen, M.D.

~~~*~~~*~~~>

, Jennifer <jenni45962 wrote:

>

> Um, yuck. I don't eat oysters, and now I'm really glad, lol.

>

> wwjd <jtwigg wrote:

> I forgot to add this little tidbit... Did you know that half of an

oysters body weight

if from it body wastes? It never elimates them. Lovely thought huh?

> Judy

[Guest guest]

*Covers Face* I love oysters, only thing is, i don't eat them raw..thats how

you get sick. I did get very sick once with shrimp and it took me almost 5

years to be able to look at them again.

 

 

> I don't think anyone should EVER eat oysters,

> and that isn't just because of my personal

> vegetarian path of choice. They all contain a

> toxin called vibrio, and depending upon the

> level the oyster contains, it can make you so

> sick. My dh was in the hospital for three days

> and almost died from eating an oyster with

> toxic levels of vibrio. Also, just recently in the

> news, over 70 people in the Pacific Northwest

> have been hospitalized with vibrio from

> eating raw oysters. A few years ago my dh's case

> made quite stir in environmental reporting

> because there had been very few cases of this

> toxin in Pacific NW oysters... and now look,

> two years later it has happened on a larger

> scale? Yeesh, no thanks.

> Let oysters live... live and let live.

>

> ~ PT ~

>

> When you recover or discover something that nourishes your

> soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make

> room for it in your life.

> ~ Jean Bolen, M.D.

> ~~~*~~~*~~~>

> , Jennifer <jenni45962

wrote:

> >

> > Um, yuck. I don't eat oysters, and now I'm really glad, lol.

> >

> > wwjd <jtwigg wrote:

> > I forgot to add this little tidbit... Did you know that half

of an oysters body weight

> if from it body wastes? It never elimates them. Lovely thought huh?

> > Judy

>

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you! Now when my FIL tries to get me to eat them, I have a better excuse

than " I'm not eating something that looks like an ox blew it's nose. "

 

Jenn

 

~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

I don't think anyone should EVER eat oysters,

and that isn't just because of my personal

vegetarian path of choice.

 

 

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I have eaten oysters once and I can honestly say NEVER AGAIN. it was 10 yrs

ago and it still grosses me out...well that and I've developed nasty

allergies to anything that lives in the water.

 

Meg