Tips For Preventing Food Poisoning

What worse way to get sick then from something we should be enjoying. Our food. Here's some tips to keep food poisoning away and healthy eating at bay. I know sometimes I'm quite lame with my cliche's and rhyming.

• Keep food either hot or cold. Leaving food at room temperature encourages the growth of bacteria.
• Keep perishable stuff in your refrigerator.
• Refrigerate leftovers as soon as possible. Don't put them in the same containers they were cooked in (I used to do this all the time) - transfer it into clean containers so that they will cool more quickly.
• Never use raw eggs that are cracked.
• Wash your hands before handling food, and after handling raw meat or poultry. (This should just be an obvious one that everyone practices already)
• Don't diddle daddle after the supermarket especially when it's warm out. Get home and put grocery's away. You can go on the swings later.
• Do not use utensils that you've used for raw meat for any reason afterwards. If you don't have more than one utensil you should probably invest in that.
• If you have bulging, cracked, or loose lid cans I wouldn't eat from them. These can indicate botulism. What the heck is that? Have a look. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism Check under prevention.
• Wash kitchen sponges with a bleach-and-water solution.
• Thaw all frozen foods in the refrigerator.
• When eating at restaurants and salad bars - do not eat food that does not look fresh and clean or from salad bars that do not have 'protective' glass over them. Avoid the following foods when eating at salad bars in general. chicken, fish, creamed foods, mayonnaise food, undercooked foods, soups that are not kept at near boiling point.
• Don't cut off mold from moldy foods and eat. (I used to do this with cheese until I learned it still affects the not moldy part) .Just chuck it.
• Do not give honey to a baby. This can lead to infant botulism. See above. Honey is safe for after one year of age.

I got this list from my trusty Nutritional Healing Book. You can buy it from Amazon and it's stuffed with tons of info like this and for natural healing in general.