Through this presentation we have shared some of the ways you can use to prevent food borne illness

1. Ways to prevent food borne
illness

2. Introduction
We do a lot of things in life which we do to kill or stop microorganisms. We
refrigerate or freeze food because most organisms cannot grow in such low
temperatures. We boil liquids because most microorganisms die at such high
temperatures. We cook food not only to make it more palatable but also to provide
enough heat to kill microorganisms. We add spices and salt not only to add taste
to diet but also to add chemicals with which organisms can’t live.

3. Different ways are

4. 1. Wash hands before eating
Soap contains chemicals which kills microorganisms. If We follow 5 steps of
washing hands and scrub for at least 20 seconds, then we can be sure that
infectious organisms will not enter our mouth through hands.

5. 2. Try not to touch face often
The infection enters our body though open pores like nose, eyes, ears, mouth.
Hence, we should avoid touching them, we should clean our nose well daily so that
we don’t have urge to pick nose. We should keep hair clean so that we don’t
scratch often. Also, we should leave habit of biting nails or similar which tend to
take our hands unknowingly to face.

6. 3. Keep kitchen clean
We must keep kitchens clean, in fact deep clean. We must wash the containers
more often. Keep sink, utensils holders and all surfaces deep clean. Avoid keeping
things in open, always cover.

7. 4. Tricks of temperature
This is the most important to understand. Temperatures are one of the most
important measures of avoiding pathogens (infection causing organisms) in food.
We have already discussed that low and high temperatures are not favorable for
pathogen growth. We also need to understand medium temperature ( 60°C ) is
favorable for maximum organisms.

8. Conclusion
I would like to end by saying, if we can follow these steps and make them regular
habit, we will mostly avoid being sick by pathogens, in fact we can also be soldiers
who can fight any pandemic.

9. About us!
We at “The Basic Meals” believe in preventive healthcare approach. There is a very famous
quote by Shree Rabindranath Tagore “It is very simple to be happy but very difficult to be
simple”. Prevention is simple and cost-effective than cure and we strongly believe that the
Balanced Diet and simple lifestyle changes are the keys to good health. Most of the health
issues can be prevented by healthy nutrition and simple lifestyle changes but we always run
behind complicated and fancy ones. After working for decades in hospitals, we have seen
enough suffering and 70% of these are due to poor diet and lifestyle.

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