I see a lot of people pairing botulism with like bad food? What is it about food that’s gone bad that makes botulism happen? What even is botulism? Obvi I can search it up, but I want to be explained it in very very laymens terms and to why it happens
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It’s worth mentioning that the bacteria *start* digesting their food (your food) without oxygen but produce gases as they do so. Of course they are also producing the toxin other’s have mentioned. Eventually the bacteria might die off because you cook the food or whatever, but the toxin is still present and that’s what kills you, not an infection of the bacteria themselves.
This is why so many people are taught to avoid dented or swollen canned goods. The dents imply damage to the can which might allow the bacteria to start growing and the swelling of the can is produced by the gases produced during fermentation. Either can taken as a sign of possible Botulinum infection and to avoid consuming that canned food.
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