My Current Readings #5

An article from Wcco.com by an unknown author is titled "Good Question: Does the '5-Second Rule' Work?" It is thoroughly discussed in this article that the '5-second rule' does not work. Turns out this dainty rule is an urban legend. Researchers found that once food or any kind of substance, including salmonella, food shreds etc. were dropped and kept on the ground, any ground- that the bacteria survived for a good 28 days. This is just one thing proven that once you drop a piece of your food on the ground it is definitely already been introduced to another food (bacteria) on the ground that you would then put into your mouth if following the '5-second rule.' Another researcher tested this 5 second theory by dropping slices of bologna and bread on the ground for five seconds gathered somewhere between 150 and 8,000 bacteria. And after a minute the slices collected about ten times more than that from the first few seconds. This is repulsive and now clear to us how much more dirty our floors are than we anticipate. Just because our foods are being introduced to bacteria once they hit the floor it doesn't necessarily mean its harmful bacteria because everyday our bodies are fighting off bacteria and usually winning. A rule to follow - "When in doubt, throw it out."