It's come to light over the last several years that as healthy and popular as it is, Sushi, sashimi and its variants have contributed to a worldwide problem usually associated with underdeveloped third world countries. These countries suffer from poor sanitation and bad or filthy water supplies. The particular health threat I'm talking about is parasites in fish, tapeworm, and roundworms in fish. It's well worth it if you take the trouble to learn about herbs which can provide a safe way to protect and cure yourself. Learn about herbs and health! Anyway, to the nitty gritty..
As well as beef, pork, rabbit, sheep and other food animals, a huge variety of fish carry Tapeworm, as well as Roundworms and other parasites. In the case of Tapeworm it's easier to describe its life cycle by starting with the adult, which lives in its hosts lower intestines. It is a very professional parasite in that it contributes nothing to the host while sucking away as much of the host's flow of nutrients as it can. A single worm can absorb more than 85% of the vitamin B12 from its (human) host. The parasite attaches itself at the top of its body and sits there with its mouth open. As the parasite matures it releases eggs into the host's body which are evacuated through the faeces. A mature worm produces around 1,000,000 eggs a day. In the event of untreated sewage reaching any kind of water course the eggs are likely to be ingested by small crustaceans which in turn are eaten by small fish, and up the food chain developing all the time. By the time it has been ingested by a large mammal, such as a human host, it's ready to start moving into its adult stage and start the cycle again.
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Some Tapeworm Larvae don't mature in the lower intestine, but instead travel through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream. They are then carried around the body to major organs such as the Liver, Lungs and Brain.
The connection with sushi is easy enough to make given that sushi contains a high proportion of raw fish, but that is not the whole story. Traditional Sushi houses in Japan employ highly skilled and licensed staff. This reflects in a very low level of parasitical infection there, though levels have risen over the last 10 years.
The real hot spots are outside of Japan, with Europe and the United States suffering relatively high levels of tapeworm and roundworm infection. The cause of this can be attributed, at least in part, to the inclusion of raw Salmon in the sushi menu. Raw, undercooked and lightly smoked salmon are a major carrier of worm parasites, particularly tapeworm, and should be avoided completely. The only way to eat raw salmon in relative safety is to freeze the fish at a temperature of minus10C or lower for a minimum of 48hrs. This will kill both the eggs and the larvae.
The only way to truly avoid parasitical ingestion of this type is to ensure that fish meat and poultry are thoroughly cooked, all the way through. Fruit and vegetables should be thoroughly washed in clean water. Before touching any kind of food hands need to be scrubbed with soap and water. Personal hygiene should also extend to sanitary sexual practices.
Medical treatment for lower bowel tapeworm is straightforward, but it's worth remembering that there are herbs that we all love, but that parasites hate! Inclusion of these herbs in the diet makes us much less attractive to tapeworm larvae. If tapeworm is already established, and bear in mind these monsters can live 20 years and grow to more than 40 feet. There is the choice of either a chemical cure or more traditional herbal remedies which include such things as ground walnut. Either way it is a personal choice. What I would recommend is that prevention is always better than, Oops, too late. Bon Appetite!
Remember, there is nothing that crawls, runs, swims or flies that cannot transmit parasitic infections. Learn to recognise the dangers in everyday foods and learn more about herbs and your health. As for Sushi, my strongest advice would be, if you're going to eat it ask if the fish has been frozen. If the answer is "no Sir, it's fresh", run like hell!
Tapeworm and Sushi, Bon Appetite!
The authors interest in the subject of parasites was triggered by a plate of fish and chips where he was introduced, first hand, to the Cod worm, alive and wriggling on the plate! On researching the subject he was to find that fish in general are a major source of parasitical infection in humans, where fish is eaten either raw or undercooked. The association with Sushi is indisputable.
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