<div class="caption-credit"> Photo by: Thinkstock</div><div class="caption-title">Sprouts</div><p> The warm, moist conditions that are ideal for growing sprouts are also great for cultivating bacteria. The <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2012/O26-02-12/advice-consumers.html" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:CDC" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">CDC</a> recommends that children, the elderly, and anyone with a compromised immune system avoid consuming raw sprouts. </p>