SO THAT’S WHY THE ALL-SUSHI DIET WORKS SO WELL

Sashimi loving Yuppies beware: a new report from the journal “Emerging Infectious Diseases” claims that there has been a huge rise in what they call the “urban tapeworm” thanks to the raw fish in sushi restaurants. The main culprit is the Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, a critter that lives inside a salmon and can grow to the length of 39 feet. The report suggests eating only fully cooked fish or eating only the sushi from fish that don’t spend time in rivers, such as tuna. (Scientific American)