Common Stomach Bug Can Weaken Your Immune System, Surgeon Says

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Living with my “refrigerate everything, even mustard” partner has taught me there are two types of people in this world; those who have experienced food poisoning, like him, and the arrogant, never-afflicted people like me who quietly wonder if the phenomenon is a myth.

Of course, it is not. In 2022, the Food Standards Agency released a five-year-long scientific review which suggested foodborne illnesses affect 2.4 million people in the UK a year. 

And according to NHS surgeon Dr Karan Rajan...