 [ Symptoms ] why am i always so exhausted i am 19 no matter how much sleep i get im always tired i ware out easily doing the easiest things i usually get about 8 10 hours of sleep sometimes i wake up and i will not be able to go back to sleep for 45min or so but even if i do not wake up i am always so tired if i am at college i will come home and i will be so tired my whole body aches if i over do it and do a lot of exercise in a day i get really bad pains in my neck and back that will last a few days and go away this has been happening for a year [ Disease ] produce can become contaminated with salmonella shigella or e coli during growing harvesting processing storing or shipping it is particularly important that you wash your spinach lettuce tomatoes sprouts and melons before handling or cutting them wash all fruits and vegetables under running water before eating cutting or cooking unless they are packaged and marked “prewashed ” produce with a tough outer skin like melons and cucumbers can be scrubbed with a clean produce brush and warm soapy water before you cut into them — just in case there is bacteria on the peel unwashed hands are the most common cross contamination agent between raw meat poultry seafood eggs unwashed vegetables and ready to eat foods according to a study on food handling behaviors published in the journal of the american dietetic association wash your hands longer and more often than you think you should scrub hands together vigorously for at least 20 seconds with hot soapy water it takes that long for the soap and scrubbing to remove some of the germs