How to Prevent Toxoplasmosis
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2019-05-29

The risk of contracting the brain parasite toxoplasma from kitty litter vs. meat.

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Here’s the “daily dozen” thing I mentioned: Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen Checklist (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-gregers-daily-dozen-checklist/).

Of course this is not the only reason to make sure you get enough vitamin B12. See, for example, Vitamin B12 Necessary for Arterial Health (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/vitamin-b12-necessary-for-arterial-health/). I recommend 2500 micrograms once a week of a cyanocobalamin supplement, though there’s also a toothpaste (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30680547) that appears to work!

This is the last in a 4-video series. To catch up, check out Toxoplasmosis: A Manipulative Foodborne Brain Parasite (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/toxoplasmosis-a-manipulative-foodborne-brain-parasite), Long-Term Effects of Toxoplasmosis Brain Infection (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/long-term-effects-of-toxoplasmosis-brain-infection), and Does Toxoplasmosis Cause Schizophrenia? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-toxoplasmosis-cause-schizophrenia).

For videos on more boring foodborne illnesses, see:
• Superbugs in Conventional vs. Organic Chicken (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/superbugs-in-conventional-vs-organic-chicken/)
• Norovirus Food Poisoning from Pesticides (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/norovirus-food-poisoning-from-pesticides/)
• Foster Farms Responds to Chicken Salmonella Outbreaks (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/foster-farms-responds-to-chicken-salmonella-outbreaks/)
• Chicken Salmonella Thanks to Meat Industry Lawsuit (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/chicken-salmonella-thanks-to-meat-industry-lawsuit/)
• Is Meat Glue Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-meat-glue-safe/)
• MRSA Superbugs in Meat (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/mrsa-superbugs-in-meat/)
• Ciguatera Poisoning & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Ciguatera-Poisoning-Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome)
• C. difficile Superbugs in Meat (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/C-difficile-Superbugs-in-Meat)
• How to Shop for, Handle, and Store Chicken (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-shop-for-handle-and-store-chicken)

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