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Among the many,  many ways I have changed since becoming a mother I may have completely divorced sushi. There are so many things that you become trained to avoid if you followed the so-called rules of pregnancy. After the baby is born though, many of those things just seem generally bad and undesirable now. Red-40, standing near a microwave in action, and now sushi. I thought I would jump at the opportunity to be back on sushi. I thought I would overcompensate at the opportunity to suck down some squishy raw fish.

My husband and I went on a date night the other day. We overflow with affection and conversation when the opportunity arises and it was a great time. Until a few hours after we got home and the stomach discomfort started. To spare some unsightly details, we both realized the sushi may have done us in. Would I take back date night? No. I will perhaps recall the sushi cravings and curb them permanently.

Our young cousin (he is 2) just had a tape worm removed from his system. It was several feet long (obviously much longer than him). His parents had been eating sushi with him and apparently a parsite from the uncooked food found his intestines to be a perfectly accommodating home. Yuck. Apparently he was not alone. I looked it up and I have no idea why I did not know this before.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/GlobalHealth/story?id=7847413&tqkw=&tqshow=&page=1