10 – Sprouts can make you really sick
Any item that’s eaten raw might cause food illness but there’s one that over 50’s should definitely give a miss — the humble sprout.
A study conducted by the FDA indicated that sprouts are extremely likely to carry infections, due to the warm, moist, nutrient rich environment they develop in. The same study identified salmonella and listeria on some of the sprout samples they analyzed, which cause significant symptoms, like diarrhoea, vomiting, fever and dehydration. In older persons, eating sprouts poisoned with salmonella or listeria can potentially be lethal!