Getting sick

India Edge · Oct 11th, 2004, 23:49

Friends:
Not sick once. We ate at all kinds of places, from highway truck stop cafes to fancy hotel buffets and everything in between, but stayed away from street food (tempting as it was). Drank bottled water, skipped salads, juices, ice and unpeeled fruit. Bottled water for brushing teeth. As vegetarians, we didn't have to worry about the meat.
Yes, a busy restaurant can be a good indicator of fresh healthy food, but one time we stopped in Coimbatore for lunch and ended up at a completely empty hotel rooftop restaurant where we had what was one of the best meals of that trip. Another time in Satna we had some amazing food in the courtyard of a seemingly deserted little hotel.
So, it doesn't have to be a big deal, just use a little common sense.
-Greg

daveumansky · Oct 12th, 2004, 02:17

I hear what you say about bottled water. However, my friends and relatives in India claim to have "filtered water" in their homes, insist that it is "perfectly safe," and get a little insulted when I don't drink it. In my next trip I anticipate that I shall be eating primarily in private homes, so this is not a theoretical question.

Wanderer22 · Oct 12th, 2004, 03:31

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Originally Posted by daveumansky

I've been researching this "getting sick" business very carefully I don't know what is meant by "antimicrobial chemoprophylaxis." Sounds nasty.

I understand this to mean... "Keep a constant level of some chemical (in this case bismuth) in the gut and it will discourage microbes from setting up shop".
Technical language and jargon can be like a foreign tongue.

W22

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India Edge Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 210	Friends: Not sick once. We ate at all kinds of places, from highway truck stop cafes to fancy hotel buffets and everything in between, but stayed away from street food (tempting as it was). Drank bottled water, skipped salads, juices, ice and unpeeled fruit. Bottled water for brushing teeth. As vegetarians, we didn't have to worry about the meat. Yes, a busy restaurant can be a good indicator of fresh healthy food, but one time we stopped in Coimbatore for lunch and ended up at a completely empty hotel rooftop restaurant where we had what was one of the best meals of that trip. Another time in Satna we had some amazing food in the courtyard of a seemingly deserted little hotel. So, it doesn't have to be a big deal, just use a little common sense. -Greg __________________ India pics India vids

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Oct 12th, 2004, 02:17	#17
daveumansky Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NewYork Posts: 14	I hear what you say about bottled water. However, my friends and relatives in India claim to have "filtered water" in their homes, insist that it is "perfectly safe," and get a little insulted when I don't drink it. In my next trip I anticipate that I shall be eating primarily in private homes, so this is not a theoretical question.

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