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CDC issues urgent health warning over salmonella outbreak linked to COOKIE DOUGH from pizza chain

by Virginia C. Oubre Healthy Support

CDC issues urgent health warning over salmonella outbreak linked to COOKIE DOUGH sold at pizza takeout chain — with 18 infections in six states already

By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com

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At least 18 people across half a dozen states have been sickened with salmonella after eating raw cookie dough. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Tuesday that Papa Murphy’s chocolate chip cookie dough or S’mores bars dough was the culprit in the majority of cases. 

Investigators are urging people who have either type of dough in their freezers to toss it while they hope to zero in on the specific conaminated ingredient that caused the outbreak. 

Salmonellosis is the result of infection from one of 2,000 strains of salmonella bacteria and primarily impacts the intestinal tract and occasionally the blood, causing diarrhea, fever, chills,

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How to live longer – expert recommends ‘daily routine’

by Virginia C. Oubre Healthy Plan

The Blue Zones refer to “the parts of the world where people live longest and are healthiest”.

People living in the Blue Zones “have exercise incorporated into their daily routine that focuses on social connections”.

Kenny said in Okinawa, Japan (one of the Blue Zones), there is a concept of social connection called “moai”.

She elaborated: “A small group of people commit to meeting regularly to celebrate and commiserate with each other, but also just to ‘be’ together.

“Many of these start as young as age five but continue to a much older age, and many belong to several of these support communities too.”

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Most of the Blue Zones – Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece; and Loma Linda, California – are in mountainous regions.

“You need good muscle mass and balance just

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People too tired to lead healthier lifestyles, UK survey finds | Health

by Virginia C. Oubre Healthy Information

It’s the question many of us ask ourselves: why don’t I exercise more, eat better food and generally lead a healthier lifestyle?

For many who want to, but just can’t seem to make it happen, it turns out the answer to that question is – feeling just too tired.

A survey has found that tiredness is why 35% of people don’t make the changes to their diet and physical activity levels that would help them close the gap between good intentions and concrete action.

The results, from a YouGov poll of 2,086 UK adults for the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), illustrate the barriers many people face in their desire to adopt and stick to healthy habits.

When asked what was stopping them from eating more healthily and exercising more often, 29% of men and 40% of women cited “feeling too tired”.

Even more put it down to “lack of

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