{"id":240900,"date":"2026-07-15T05:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/parasites-are-causing-explosive-diarrhea-to-surge-heres-how-to-avoid-the-worst-ones"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:03:16","slug":"parasites-are-causing-explosive-diarrhea-to-surge-heres-how-to-avoid-the-worst-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/parasites-are-causing-explosive-diarrhea-to-surge-heres-how-to-avoid-the-worst-ones","title":{"rendered":"Parasites Are Causing Explosive Diarrhea to Surge. Here\u2019s How to Avoid The Worst Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/parasites-are-causing-explosive-diarrhea-to-surge-heres-how-to-avoid-the-worst-ones.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The thought of parasites in your food might make you squirm, but they are a reality we must all be wary of.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/explosive-diarrhea-is-surging-across-the-us-right-now\">outbreak of the parasite <em>Cyclospora<\/em><\/a> in the US, with most cases being reported in Michigan, is a stark reminder of how quickly parasites can spread, even in developed nations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mdhhs\/inside-mdhhs\/newsroom\/2026\/07\/13\/cyclo-3\">Michigan health officials<\/a> have identified lettuce and salad greens as a potential vector for the parasite, since it is transmitted by food and water contaminated by feces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thought of parasites in your food might make you squirm, but they are a reality we must all be wary of. An outbreak of the parasite Cyclospora in the US, with most cases being reported in Michigan, is a stark reminder of how quickly parasites can spread, even in developed nations. Michigan health officials [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}