A royal tradition will force Meghan Markle to change her diet before her wedding to Prince Harry — here are 8 things a food poisoning-expert says she should avoid by Kate Taylor on Mar 30, 2018, 11:57 AM 
- Meghan Markle is being inducted into a tradition that requires the royal family to avoid eating certain things that could cause food poisoning.
- Food-poisoning expert Bill Marler has cut certain foods out of his diet after more than two decades as a foodborne-illness attorney.
- Here are eight foods that Markle — and anyone trying to avoid food poisoning — should cut from their diet.
Meghan Markle is preparing to follow in the footsteps of Queen Elizabeth II as the royal wedding date nears — and that includes culinary traditions. A "weird rule prevents the Queen and other royals from eating foods like mussels and rare steak when dining out," The Sun reported. The Sun added: "They're advised to steer clear of foods which could cause food poisoning, like shellfish, rare meat and tap water when they're abroad." It's a sensible tradition — no one wants to be forced to alert the public that they need to miss a royal function because they have contracted food poisoning from slurping down raw oysters. According to The Sun, Queen Elizabeth follows the tradition closely, while other members of the royal family are more lenient. Food-poisoning attorney Bill Marler follows a similarly strict diet, according to past conversations with Business Insider and an article by Health Insider from BottomLine. Marler has won more than $600 million for clients in foodborne-illness cases and has become convinced that some foods aren't worth the risk. Here are the foods that Marler says anyone trying to avoid food poisoning should stay away from: SEE ALSO: 189 people are dead and hundreds more are seriously ill in the largest listeria outbreak in history Raw water  Marler told Business Insider that the idea he would have to warn people against drinking unfiltered, untreated water didn't cross his mind until 2018. "Almost everything conceivable that can make you sick can be found in water," Marler said. Unfiltered, untreated water — even from the cleanest streams — can contain animal feces, spreading Giardia, which includes symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea and results in roughly 4,600 hospitalizations a year. Hepatitis A, which resulted in 20 deaths in a California outbreak in 2017, can be spread through water if it isn't treated. E. coli and cholera can also be transmitted via untreated water.
Uncooked flour  Uncooked flour is on the other end of the spectrum — something that most people see as harmless, but that can actually spread bacteria, Marler says. From late 2015 to 2016, 56 people in 24 states developed an E. coli infection from eating raw or uncooked flour, according to Consumer Reports. Most people think that raw eggs are the biggest food-poisoning threat in cookie dough, Marler says. However, flour can also be a culprit — and you don't even have to eat it. Simply not washing your hands after getting uncooked flour on them can spread E. coli.
Raw oysters  Marler says that he has seen more foodborne illnesses linked to shellfish in the past five years than in the two preceding decades. The culprit: warming waters. As global waters heat up, they produce microbial growth, which ends up in the raw oysters consumers are slurping down.
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