Lime, lemon nature’s cure for cholera, food-borne diseases

Written by Sade Oguntola
Thursday, 23 September 2010

"If you worried about contracting cholera from food items like meat, fruits and vegetables on sale in the market, nature’s solution worth trying out are lemon and lime, which experts have confirmed good arsenal against the germ that causes cholera.

Lemon and lime are popular citrus fruits used as food ingredients for flavouring and in fact in parts of the world such as Japan, it is common dietary habit to add lime juice to raw or grilled fish.

Epidemiological studies have shown that food plays an important role in the transmission of Vibrio cholerae, (the germ that causes cholera) and different foods have been incriminated in many epidemic outbreaks of cholera. ........"

A good article. Here's a link.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/natural-health/11448-lime-lemon-natures-cure-for-cholera-food-borne-diseases