Tag Archives: Broccoli

A student has revealed that she nearly died after eating a broccoli sandwich bought at a food truck whose products have allegedly left at least two dead and more than a dozen in hospital.  Gaia Vitiello, a 24-year-old student at the Federico II University of Naples, was a customer at a food truck in the town of Diamante, in Calabria.  The …

A second person has died after eating a broccoli sandwich in Italy amid a toxic botulism outbreak that has left multiple people hospitalised. Last week, 52-year-old artist Luigi Di Sarno died after eating the panini from a food truck in the town of Diamante, in Calabria. Now, Tamara D’Acunto, 45, has also died, and more than a dozen people have been …

The ongoing botulism epidemic in Italy has claimed the life of a 45-year-old woman. The fatality is the second blamed on the new food poisoning outbreak, the first being that of a 52-year-old artist, Luigi Di Sarno, who fell ill after eating a panini containing a broccoli-like vegetable from a food truck in the south of the country. Highlights Forty-five-year-old …

Sausage and broccoli sandwiches are popular in Italy (Picture: Getty) Two people are now confirmed dead after eating broccoli and sausage sandwiches from an Italian food truck. 45-year-old Tamara D’Acunto is confirmed to have died after undergoing treatment in intensive care for botulism from lunch. Musician Luigi Di Sarno, 52, also died after buying the sandwich from a kiosk in …

A deadly outbreak linked to contaminated broccoli has left one man dead and nine others hospitalised in southern Italy, prompting a nationwide recall. A man has died and nine others were hospitalised in southern Italy after eating broccoli products suspected by health officials to be contaminated with botulism, triggering a nationwide broccoli recall. Botulism is a rare but potentially fatal …

A man has died and nine others have been rushed to hospital after they ate a broccoli and sausage sandwich in Italy, amid a growing outbreak of botulism in the country. Musician Luigi Di Sarno, 52, collapsed after eating the alleged contaminated sandwich from a food truck on the Diamante seafront in the province of Cosenza, Italy. Cosenza is in …

A fatal case of suspected botulism has sparked a nationwide broccoli recall in Italy after a man died and nine others were hospitalized following meals from the same food truck. Authorities say the outbreak, traced to broccoli in oil used in sandwiches, has raised urgent food safety concerns and triggered seizures of contaminated products.Local media report that the victim, 52-year-old …

If the words fiber, florets, and sulforaphane don’t already inspire thoughts of a hormonal superfood, well… they’re about to. Because broccoli (which possesses all three) is one of the most underrated foods for better hormonal health. In fact, the unassuming (and if you’re a child, maligned) green vegetable is so beneficial, I’ve scarcely gone a day without eating it for …