Do travelers in Egypt really need to avoid ice, cut fruit, and raw vegetables to prevent stomach illness?
Based on 1 discussion with 3 participants · Last activity: 9 days ago
TL;DR
From the discussion, many travelers see these warnings as overcautious rather than a strict rule. Most do not fully avoid ice, cocktails, or fruit in normal hotels and tourist areas, though basic caution still makes sense for kids or sensitive stomachs.
What the community said
The most recent reply suggests that warnings about stomach bugs in Egypt are often exaggerated, and avoiding all ice and all fruit is seen as overcautious. Cocktails with ice and washing every fruit only with bottled water were mentioned as examples of excessive worry.
9 days ago ice in cocktails, fruit, bottled water
An earlier reply advises not to scare yourself with alarming stories from chats. The practical takeaway is not to treat extreme advice like ‘don’t eat anything from the table’ as a mandatory rule for a trip to Egypt.
9 days ago
The question about children shows that the main concern is normal hotel food like cut vegetables, fruit, and drinks with ice. The discussion does not frame this as a strict ban; the overall answer leans toward saying that such a rigid approach is usually unnecessary.
9 days ago children, cut vegetables and fruit