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Perhaps Americans have infections and do not even know it, while other cultures are better informed and recognize which symptoms are from parasites.

One of the best ways to protect ourselves from infection is to thoroughly cook our food before eating. But when the food corporations slip on their processing and do not safely prepare the food, their unsuspecting customers could get infected. I hear it every year, especially in raw vegetables that were sprayed with animal manure, and the customers eat it raw.

Related: "Every year, one in six Americans gets sick from food, 128,000 people are ill enough to go to the hospital for their symptoms, which typically include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea."