{"id":2388,"date":"2010-05-10T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/what-is-e-coli-anyway.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:43:30","slug":"what-is-e-coli-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2388","title":{"rendered":"What IS E. coli Anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/S-fwQeMQZSI\/AAAAAAAACf0\/5CbJGKTSPgg\/s1600\/GroundBeefGrinder.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=858441089  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 296px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/S-fwQeMQZSI\/AAAAAAAACf0\/5CbJGKTSPgg\/s320\/GroundBeefGrinder.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469604438237799714\" \/><\/a>Ewww. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>e. Coli comes from cow intestines &#8212; there&#8217;s only ONE way out of there (getting a visual?), and sometimes THAT gets in our hamburgers, lettuce, tomatoes &#8230;.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ewww. <\/div>\n<div>Great summary here <a href=\"http:\/\/pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com\/2010\/05\/07\/what-you-should-know-about-e-coli\/\">What you should know about E. coli <\/a>from CNN explaining this bacteria, and why it, more and more frequently, seems to go into our food!!<\/p>\n<div><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Button END --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ewww. e. Coli comes from cow intestines &#8212; there&#8217;s only ONE way out of there (getting a visual?), and sometimes THAT gets in our hamburgers, lettuce, tomatoes &#8230;. Ewww. Great &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494,349],"tags":[365],"class_list":["post-2388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-food-safety","tag-e-coli"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-Cw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2093,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2093","url_meta":{"origin":2388,"position":0},"title":"My Radio Show Today: Dr Death Death; There&#8217;s E-coli in Hamburg; Food Pyramid Power Failure","author":"Will Clower","date":"June 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Click To Listen Live\u00a0Saturday's from 12-1pm.This week on the show we are talking about the non-changes to the non-effective food pyramid.\u00a0The e-coli scare in Germany (finally, it's not in OUR food!!).\u00a0My special guest is allergy specialist Dr Kumar Patel, who will talk about why we have the problems we do,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food Safety&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Food Safety","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=349"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dzgmBtqyBy8\/Teo_YQ84TEI\/AAAAAAAADHM\/bAUfRQixQ4c\/s320\/microphoneWoman.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2085,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2085","url_meta":{"origin":2388,"position":1},"title":"Radio Show Saturday: Dusty Showers Talks Breast Cancer; e-Coli vs e-Cola","author":"Will Clower","date":"June 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"On the show today at noon EST, we talk to Dusty Showers -- the founder of the SecondBase Men -- who advocates for breast cancer awareness (get it? 2nd base?).LISTEN LIVE HERE:We will also talk about the e Coli outbreak in Germany, plus a potential new concern about Diet products.Finally,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;RadioWill&quot;","block_context":{"text":"RadioWill","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=323"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-TnVzPlK1nOU\/TfN1JiEuS_I\/AAAAAAAADIM\/mDHSYnz3k7E\/s320\/microphoneWoman.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2737,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2737","url_meta":{"origin":2388,"position":2},"title":"Where&#8217;s the Beef? 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