Category Archives: Food
Video: Cyclospora Parasites In Produce
In this companion video to a recent article, Dr. Joe Alton gives his thoughts on[Read More]
Jul
Survival Medicine Podcast: Fall Injuries, Hanta Panic-Free, Norovirus, More
In this episode of The Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner cover[Read More]
May
Agroterrorism
Mass destruction doesn’t always require a nuclear weapon. Chinese operatives recently smuggled a devastating[Read More]
Jun
Listeria Food Contamination
Bacterial food contamination is a major issue that sickens people and can even become life-threatening.[Read More]
Jul
Survival Medicine Podcast: Earthquakes, Listeria, Allergy Prevention, More
Recently, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake caused massive damage and loss of life in parts of[Read More]
Feb
Noroviruses
Many of us have heard of the “stomach flu” but not the actual virus that[Read More]
Oct
Fecal Impaction Off The Grid
A couple of my recent articles have discussed bowel irregularities, namely constipation, as a result[Read More]
Aug
MREs: Meals Refusing To Exit?
For those who want to be prepared for the uncertain future, food security is high[Read More]
Survival Medicine Podcast: Cyclospora, Food Contamination/Safety
The person that’s responsible for the health of their family isn’t just there to stop[Read More]
Oct
Cyclospora Infection
Food contamination is a constant concern in the United States, especially from imported produce. In[Read More]
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Millions of tons of plastic refuse have entered our oceans annually since about 1950, forming[Read More]
Sep
Survival Medicine Hour: Insomnia, Turmeric, “Tactical” Tampons
Just back from a trip to the United Kingdom, Amy Alton ARNP and Joe Alton[Read More]
Sep
Video: Probiotics After Antibiotic Therapy
VIDEO: PROBIOTICS AFTER ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY I often mention that antibiotics don’t kill viruses, they’re essentially[Read More]
Food Safety Standards: Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill
FOOD SAFETY: CLEAN, SEPARATE, COOK, CHILL The person that’s responsible for the health of their[Read More]
Survival Medicine Hour: Food Safety On/Off The Grid, Pandemics, More
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST An outbreak of food poisoning with Escherischia coli (E. coli) has[Read More]
Nov
Multistate Food Poisoning Outbreaks
MULTISTATE FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS An outbreak of food poisoning with Escherischia coli (E. coli) has[Read More]
Diseases Caused By Food And Water Contamination
The primary necessity for survival is the availability of air. Once you have air to[Read More]
Food Contamination
We’ve talked a lot about sterilizing water to make it safe for drinking, but a[Read More]
Food Wastage in Modern Times
In a survival scenario, when you’re struggling just to make it one more day, there’s[Read More]