Cyclospora

Yes, I assume the word “Cyclospora” has been around for a very long time. Upon further research, I’ve discovered it is a combination of two Greek words: Cyclo, meaning circle, and Spora, meaning seed or spore.

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I have read that nearly 7,000 people across 39 states have possibly been infected by the microscopic parasite that causes explosive diarrhea.

Now, I wish I had never heard of the word.

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Lettuce and salad greens seem to be the likely carriers. However, you gotta watch out for all kinds of berries, raw vegetables, and spices.

Great! You decide to eat healthy and go with a Caesar Salad so you can lose a couple of LBs, and you do, all thanks to diarrhea lettuce. Sometimes, people infected don’t get sick for two weeks after ingesting the parasite.

How about this? Even washing your fruits and veggies may not rid your produce of Cyclospora. You gotta boil it. Mmmmm, boiled strawberries. That sounds amazing.

The following song might make you sick, but I can promise you won’t get diarrhea. Here’s “Cyclospora.”