The risks of eating sushi 14 Articles

by Fiona Thompson

There are many people for whom the idea if eating sushi does not appeal because they don't like the thought of eating raw fish. Of course, sushi isn't only raw fish but the very knowledge that there is some raw fish in the...read more

by Rhonda Nieman

Okay, so everybody knows what sushi is right? For those of you who may not know, allow me to give you a bit of background and history on what we now call sushi. The original mention of sushi came at around the second cen...read more

by Ann Marie Dwyer

Beginning with a small glossary, let's explore sushi and its risks: Sushi: Vinegared rice Nori: Kelp Maki: Rolled sushi, nori and vegetables and/or seafood Temaki: Nori cone filled with sushi and vegetables...read more

by Amanda Coers

I remember when my best friend finally dragged me to her favorite sushi bar. I was skeptical from the start, holding true to my upbringing of chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. As we were seated, she ordered an ar...read more

by Randi J Task

It is a fact that eating sushi can make you ill, if any fish in your sushi contains a certain parasite. When that parasite is in your gut and realizes it's not in a fish anymore, it panics and burrows out of your guts and...read more

by Krystle Hernandez

In recent years, the popularity of sushi has grown ten-fold. Despite regular warnings from health experts on the risks associated with eating raw meat (fish included), many people revere this Japanese delicacy as one, if ...read more

by Bernie Nacionales

Out here in California, sushi is so prevalent that sushi restaurants or restaurants that serve sushi rival ice cream stores. Now I find this state of affairs enormously ridiculous. Even if ice cream places outnumber sush...read more

by Lacy Ways

The biggest risk for eating sushi is possible contamination of raw seafood. Mainly due to pollution, some sea foods can be exposed to bacterial or viral contamination, which can get you pretty sick if you eat uncooked rol...read more

by M.L. Brooke

Sushi is an easy target. Its raw seafood for goodness sakes. But the argument for the dangers of eating sushi have to be weighed in with the dangers of eating everything else. Its like warning people that they will get ...read more

by Belinda Youlten

For riders of the sushi train there's only one risk - knowing when to get off. Those delicious seaweed wrapped packages of rice, filled with assorted fillings like raw fish and vegetables pass before your eyes on a miniat...read more

by celeste

The risks of eating seafood-focusing on infectious disease. As I have been scrolling through medical databases, avidly researching the current knowledge on risk of infectious disease when eating sushi, I feel ambival...read more

by Noel Merlion

What a blunder the west has made of Japanese cuisine. This delicate line of customary dishes have been butchered by ignorance. Sushi means a rice roll. Eating a roll of cooked rice has little risks. The Americanized "C...read more

by Eliana Tom

If you aren't familiar with sushi, the first thing that you might associate with it is raw fish. No wonder people turn green at the thought of eating it. I'm Asian, and Asians eat EVERYTHINGeverything from cow stomach to ...read more

by CJMQ

Sushi, when handled properly, is very healthy for you. Due to small amounts of mercury, pregnant women, small children and the elderly should avoid raw fish, due to a lower immunity. The higher up the fish food chain, the ...read more