Just a few weeks ago I was seeing my specialist here in Texas, and he wanted to talk to me about some elevated levels in my recent bloodwork with one of them in particular pointing to a need to be more selective about my food choices. Of course trying to develop healthy food habits with our 3 children is very important because we do not want them to develop a series of autoimmune diseases like I have, but in the chaos of life and cost of eating well, I admittedly cut some corners.

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So, after the visit and with a renewed interest in eating better, I went and picked up a whole heap of fresh fruit hoping to reacquire the path to a longer and more enjoyable life. Well, in an attempt to live a more fruitful life, it turns out one of the products at your local grocery store may actually be more harmful than eating too many cheeseburgers.

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The Food and Drug Administration has just issued a recall on cantaloupes distributed by Eagle Produce LLC out of Arizona because samples indicated a potentially deadly salmonella risk.

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Thankfully thus far, nobody has reported any illnesses from the 220 cases that have reached Texas and four other states, but this is not the first time Kandy has had to recall their cantaloupes. In fact, it was just last year at about the exact same time they recalled almost 6,500 cases.

If you have the Kandy Cantaloupes with the number 450 you are asked to throw them away, and definitely do not eat them.

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