Attention!!!u.s. Throw Out The Tomatoes

[cherihill]

FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS I HAD SWITCH TO EATING ROMAINE LETTUCE FOR SALAD WITH ROMA TOMATOES, GRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE AND BOILED EGGS W/ BACON RANCH DRESSING.. 10 MINUTES AFTER THIS MEAL I WOULD NOTICE A SEVERE DROP IN ENERGY LEVEL AND MY HEAD WOULD NOT FEEL GOOD AT ALL. MY ENERGY LEVEL WOULD DROP SO LOW THAT I COULDN'T KEEP MY EYES OPEN..
THIS LASTED TIL YESTERDAY. THATS WHEN I CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE A SALAD INCLUDING TOMATOES TO SEE WHAT WAS THE CULPRIT. I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS EATING IN THE SALAD. BUT I WAS STILL NOT SURE WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. UNTIL I HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT SAMONELLA FOUND IN TOMATOES IN THE U.S., I WAS CONTRIBUTING IT TO THE ATKINS FLU OR I WAS THINKN I WAS ALLERGIC TO ROMAINE LETTUCE..YESTERDAY WAS MY FIRST DAY I WENT WITHOUT MY USUAL SALAD INCLUDING TOMATOES AND I HAVE NOT HAD THAT AWFUL FEELING OF FATIGUE SINCE.
I DINED OUT AT A RESTAURANT TODAY AND ORDERED MY USUAL GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD EVEN THEY DID NOT SERVE IT WITH TOMATOES BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE GOING ON WITH THE TOMATOES. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT SERVE ANY PRODUCTS INCLUDING SALSA THAT CONTAINS TOMATOES.
NOW I'M SURE IT WAS THE TOMATOES .. I DID NOT EXPERIENCE THAT AWFUL FATIGUE THAT WOULD PUT ME TO SLEEP FOR 3 HOURS.. I WENT THRU THAT FOR 3 DAYS AND IT STOPPED SINCE I HAVEN'T HAD ANY TOMATOES.
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN CONSUMING TOMATOES ESP. HAVING SYMPTOMS AS I HAVE DESCRIBED READ THIS ARTICLE AND THROW ANY TOMATOES OR TOMATOE BASE PRODUCT OUT..U MAY NOT BE FEELING BAD BECAUSE OF AN ATKINS DETOX.. LIKE WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS FEELING,
HERE'S AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE POSIONED TOMATOES> CLK ON THE LINK BELOW

Consumers Urged to Avoid Certain Tomatoes Amid Salmonella Scare - Yahoo! News

[quotidianlight]

I have a similar reaction to tomatoes but it's because I'm actually allergic to them. After the contamination has passed try them again and you may find that you still can't eat them.

[Dotultimate]

Salmonella usually causes intestinal upset, not fatigue.

Are you aware that tomatos are PACKED with sugar? Maybe you were getting a sick feeling from the excess sugar, then feeling a low when the sugar has worn off.

[losetocruise]

The symptoms you describe are not from salmonella. I agree you might have an allergy to tomatoes but definitely not salmonella poisoning. The actual salmonella outbreak has only affected 167 known people nationwide and has been confined thus far to 17 states. From the article:


Safe states:
"The FDA recommends consuming raw red plum, raw red Roma or raw red round tomatoes only if grown and harvested from these areas: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Belgium, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Israel, the Netherlands and Puerto Rico."

So for the most part, you are safe eating tomatoes, just do a little research to determine where they come from. In addition, the article states that homegrown and hot house tomatoes from those states are fine.

[joee5]

Thanks for the warning and I hope you find what caused you these probs. I however love tomatoes and will continue to eat them. Guess I'll take me chances. Good Luck and God Bless, Joe