Question: How can traveler’s diarrhea be prevented?
Answer:
Travelers should carefully select, handle and prepare food and dairy products. Everything should be washed thoroughly and freshly cooked. Commercially bottled water, carbonated beverages, and beer are safe-but ice is not!
Reference: Lichetenstein GR, Wu GD (eds): The Requisites in Gastroenterology: Vol 2: Small and Large Intestines. St. Louis, Mosby, 2003
