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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, the effects of a normal-seeming stomach bug may last longer than we realise.

“If you’ve ever had food poisoning, this can cause a few software glitches in your intestines,” he said in an Instagram Reel.

How can food........

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