Is it Possible to Get Sexually Transmitted Food Poisoning? Apparently so - Here's How.

As more travelers visit tropical areas, and more seafood is shipped in from around the world, people may want to be on the alert for ciguatera fish poisoning - an illness caused by ingesting toxins that may accumulate in large reef fish. Ciguatera poisoning produces strange symptoms - like experiencing hot as cold - and oddly enough, may also be transmitted by an affected person through sex. 

Find out which fish are most likely to carry the toxin, and how to avoid the risk of ciguatera, here. 

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Anthony Bourdain Visits a Souk in Tangier

Here's a short trailer from one of my favorite TV shows, Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown."  

This clip will give you a short, vicarious glimpse of a souk in Tangier. For more detailed info on the culture and food of Morocco, see this accompanying article.  

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Trendy Green Vegetable Mystifies France. It's a Job for the Kale Crusader!

Kale may be sweeping many parts of the US by storm - but France is not impressed. 

This article from the New York Times tells the story of a 29-year-old American woman living in France who is driven by her passion for kale, and her determination to introduce the frilly green vegetable to the sophisticated palates of the French people, farmers, and chefs. 

Surprisingly, she seems to be succeeding...

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What are Babies Eating Around the World?

From cereals to sweet potatoes to yak butter - parents around the world have different cultural beliefs and traditions about what (and when) to feed babies their first solid food. 

Here are some interesting examples of the foods that children are first introduced to - and why parents feel these are the best. 

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Global Food Study Suggests that Humans are Growing More Carnivorous 

A recent study categorized what people are eating in countries around the world today, and then calculated humanity's trophic level - a metric used in ecology to determine where species are in the food chain.

One notable finding: as the economies of China and India - two of the world's largest countries - grow, so does their consumption of meat. 

Which raises the question: how will this Increased global meat consumption affect the environment? 



Image: Flickr/Robert Scoble

"Calorie for calorie, the environmental impact of producing meat — in terms of everything from carbon emissions to water use — is typically many times larger than that of producing vegetable foods."

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