I'm so old I Remember when:

[LaurenRitz]

Short form, food poisoning happens because the bad gut bacteria (usually not fungus) out compete the good bacteria. If you don't eat anything to colonize your gut with the good bacteria, when you get the bad guys they take over.

Our modern diet is totally deficient in the good guys, but creates the perfect environment for the bad guys. Eating only sterile food means the bad guys proliferate.

Good bacteria act much like the immune cells, fighting and destroying (eating) the bad guys. A healthy gut biome is much less likely to be overwhelmed by a pathogen.

The vast majority of bad guys can be seen (red or black mold is usually a bad sign), smelled, or tasted. Our senses are finely tuned to these things. We can usually sense something is off long before it becomes dangerous, which is where those guidelines came from.

And I'll stop now.

 

[Bsmac]

...and just look at us now.

Sad state of affairs...

 

[Ponypoor]

^^^

If you don't like the idea of eating mold, mildew, etc., never again eat cheese, cultured butter, saurkraut, apple cider vinegar, etc. Anything fermented, probiotic, or cultured. Sourdough is a bit of a different situation (being baked after fermentation) but still. Kambucha, naturally carbonated drinks, beer or anything alchoholic that hasn't been pasteurized.

Our bodies are not only made to deal with this stuff, but to use it to maintain a healthy body.

Luckily for me I have never been a lover of cheese - it always made me think of puss I commented on this once (I am a trained Nurse) while at work, and what was for supper in the cafeteria that night? - macaroni and cheese! Hahahaha, my co-workers were forever calling it macaroni and puss after that

Actually anything dairy, I detest the smell of milk, dairy has always made me rather nauseated.

Wish I could say otherwise but unfortunately I am not a lover of dairy.

Now let’s talk salt - I looove salty foods, and greasy, fatty, salty is the best! Salt, top seasoning, and preserver of foods, esp meat and fish.

Wish I can say I am having something like that for supper….


“How much salt water thrown away in waste
To season love, that of it doth”
(Shakespeare for those unfamiliar)

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Luckily for me I have never been a lover of cheese - it always made me think of puss

Actually anything dairy, I detest the smell of milk, dairy has always made me rather nauseated.

Wish I could say otherwise but unfortunately I am not a lover of dairy.

Have you tried products made from goat or buffalo milk You might have a different experience. It may be difficult to get over your opinion of dairy in general.
How about the difference between A2 and A1 milk?

 

[LaurenRitz]

Luckily for me I have never been a lover of cheese - it always made me think of puss

Actually anything dairy, I detest the smell of milk, dairy has always made me rather nauseated.

Wish I could say otherwise but unfortunately I am not a lover of dairy.

You don't have to be. But find something that will build up the good bacteria. A daily probiotic is a start, but those seldom get past the stomach and it's the intestines that need to be colonized.

If you ever take an antibiotic you'll need to start over, because the antibiotic works very much like a broad-spectrum herbicide and kills everything.

Without your microscopic buddies you can't even digest right. Your daily vitamins pass through basically undigested, as does much of your food. With a healthy gut biome, everything works better.

 

[Ponypoor]

Have you tried products made from goat or buffalo milk You might have a different experience. It may be difficult to get over your opinion of dairy in general.
How about the difference between A2 and A1 milk?

What is A2 and A1 milk?

Oh even milking my mares to bottle feed foals was evil, and I used to help milk my friends goats. Nope the smell of milk (like the smell of blood) is just something I do not like.

Seems the older I get the worse I do not like the smell of things. I am not bothered by blood on my hands or clothes, but the smell of it is not pleasant to me.

Yet I am fine with manure of various type! Go figure. And heavens knows I dealt with enough blood, vomit, feces and urine as a Nurse!

Oh and amniotic fluid - cannot stand the smell of that! Foaling mares was always a trial.

 

[LaurenRitz]

What is A2 and A1 milk?

Oh even milking my mares to bottle feed foals was evil, and I used to help milk my friends goats. Nope the smell of milk (like the smell of blood) is just something I do not like.

Seems the older I get the worse I do not like the smell of things. I am not bothered by blood on my hands or clothes, but the smell of it is not pleasant to me.

Yet I am fine with manure of various type! Go figure. And heavens knows I dealt with enough blood, vomit, feces and urine as a Nurse!

Oh and amniotic fluid - cannot stand the smell of that! Foaling mares was always a trial.

A2 and A1 are different types of protein, found in cows milk. A1 is mostly the protein that people are sensitive to when they have a milk "allergy."

From what you've said, it seems that your problem is more in the area of taste and smell rather than sensitivity to the food itself.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

What is A2 and A1 milk?

Oh even milking my mares to bottle feed foals was evil, and I used to help milk my friends goats. Nope the smell of milk (like the smell of blood) is just something I do not like.

Seems the older I get the worse I do not like the smell of things. I am not bothered by blood on my hands or clothes, but the smell of it is not pleasant to me.

Yet I am fine with manure of various type! Go figure. And heavens knows I dealt with enough blood, vomit, feces and urine as a Nurse!

Oh and amniotic fluid - cannot stand the smell of that! Foaling mares was always a trial.

Understandable. You can live well without it.

 

[Ponypoor]

Understandable. You can live well without it.

A2 and A1 are different types of protein, found in cows milk. A1 is mostly the protein that people are sensitive to when they have a milk "allergy."

From what you've said, it seems that your problem is more in the area of taste and smell rather than sensitivity to the food itself.

Differing breeds of cattle, and where they originated.

Interesting. Milk here is 99% Holstein, with some Jersey added to increase milk fat content.

Otherwise there is no way of knowing what breed the milk came from.

Shorthorn and Ayershire cattle are not common here for dairy operations. Though my neighbour did have a few Short horns hanging around when he was milking, more for showing than anything else.

Money talks in dairy and milk quota are very expensive, Holstein cattle are the top milk producers.

Edit:
Well now I stand corrected, seems there Ionia a dairy here that caters to A2 specialty and they do a good job of explaining the genetic component.

https://walkerfarms.ca/a2-milk/#:~:text=Regular milk in Canada comes,cows produce A2 Protein Milk.


Wow you learnt a new thing every day! Thanks!

 

[LaurenRitz]

Differing breeds of cattle, and where they originated.

Interesting. Milk here is 99% Holstein, with some Jersey added to increase milk fat content.

Otherwise there is no way of knowing what breed the milk came from.

Shorthorn and Ayershire cattle are not common here for dairy operations. Though my neighbour did have a few Short horns hanging around when he was milking, more for showing than anything else.

Money talks in dairy and milk quota are very expensive, Holstein cattle are the top milk producers.

Edit:
Well now I stand corrected, seems there Ionia a dairy here that caters to A2 specialty and they do a good job of explaining the genetic component.

https://walkerfarms.ca/a2-milk/#:~:text=Regular milk in Canada comes,cows produce A2 Protein Milk.


Wow you learnt a new thing every day! Thanks!

There are several dairies that have dedicated a2 herds. Usually genetically tested, which is a simple but expensive process.