cucumbers

Cucumbers are the latest food fad — but is it healthy to eat a whole one a day?

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Cucumbers are the latest food fad — but is it healthy to eat a whole one a day?

If you’re on TikTok, your “For You Page” is likely cool as a cucumber. The latest food trend sees people eating a whole cucumber a day — but is consuming an entire cuke even good for you? User @logagm has skyrocketed to 5.2 million followers and 240.4 million likes for his now-viral “cucumber of the … Read more

Untreated water tied to salmonella outbreak in cucumbers leaves 450 people in US sick

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Untreated water tied to salmonella outbreak in cucumbers leaves 450 people in US sick

Untreated water used by a Florida cucumber grower is one likely source of salmonella food poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people across the U.S. this spring, federal health officials said Tuesday. But that grower doesn’t account for all of the cucumber-related illnesses and 125 hospitalizations that were reported from late March through early June, the U.S. Food … Read more