Friday, May 25, 2012

Gluten Free Saves!

So far my diet appears to have saved me from two trail sicknesses, that were either food borne or food related in some way!

Norovirus outbreak after Erwin,TN: all I read about in shelter/hostel journals or heard rumor of from passing hikers upon leaving Erwin was the so called 'Erwin flu.' I guess someone or multiple someones 'ate at KFC' in Erwin, then went back to the hostel sick, everyone at the hostel got it, upon leaving the hostel they spread it upon hiking out if town and left some at the hostel for future visitors, now it seems like every has had it... It is rumored that someone was hospitalized with it and that the CDC sent an investigator to the hostel to check it out...

Food poisoning in Damascus,VA: a good number of hikers have been complaining of food poisoning-like symptoms upon leaving trail days or being in Damascus... it may have been from one or more of the free meals served to hikers at trail days or the local pizza joint... hard to say.

Maybe being gluten free isn't so inconvenient after all!

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