4 common health myths -- busted

Double dipping might not pass deadly germs, but getting saliva in the dip causes it to break down. Put it back in the fridge and it will grown mold. Why don't people just spoon a little on to a plate and we won't have to worry about anything??

The 5 second rule has been busted on Penn & Teller's Bullshit!. Also more interesting things like how you cant catch a cold from..being in a cold area, and they bust the myth that you cant go swimming till 1 hour after you ate, eating food right before you eat actually wont cause cramps or whatever..

If you people are interested in stuff like this watch Penn & Tellers Bullshit! show, they are funny, and true. If you use comcast digital cable you can find some of their shows on the comcast channel (Channel 001) by going to Premium Channels SHO on Demand SHO Series Penn & Teller

Are you kidding? Do you have any idea how many bacteria you come in contact with daily? Every surface you touch, every breath you take, you are exposed to literally millions of bacteria. Most of them are harmless however, many are nasty pathogens like MRSA and VRE. Your immune system kills them regularly. It's usually only when your immune system is compromised in some way that you really run a risk of contracting something your body can't fend off. On the other hand, who wants to eat someone else saliva?

I hate double-dippers too!!! How unsanitary!

I find all four of your studies disgusting, especially the use of cell phones. The other three are no brainers. Cell phone use is out of control.

As to double dipping I believe it depends how you do this. Imagine a rectangular chip.

1. Half is dipped in and is eaten

Now we have a square chip where one of the 4 surfaces has been contaminated so to speak.

2. Using the opposite side from where the bit was taken, redip the chip.

well, lets not be anal about germs but, it is really disgusting when a person double dips! i really don't want anyone else's saliva in my dip! also, i hate when people drink out of my cup or straw- NASTY!

if I drop my food on a garbage, even for a fraction of a second, i won't even think about picking it up... will you? esther

double dip ? keep it to your self don't be sick keep your spit
I sat in a medical convintion 20+ year's ago and was told that
"If the truth about how aids can be caught was ever released to the
general public there would be a bounty out for every prostitute and
drugy in the world by night fall"
we should be a little more carfull

OK, I am not eating dip after others double dip. I agree about the coughing, breathing, etc., which always gives me pause at salad and buffet bars in spite of the sneeze barrier. But I have an acquaintance who had several kids who lived in the filthiest house I have ever seen (vermin of all kinds running the floors, tables, walls, counters, bowls of who knows what behind the couch, three weeks of dishes in the sink, counters covered so thick you couldn't see the surface, floors so brown and sticky I couldn't bear looking at them, much less walking on them) --and while my kids had all been to the doctor for sore throats, etc. multiple times/year, hers had never had to go. Never had a fever high enough to worry about, even with chicken pox. And this has been found to hold true to some degree many times over. It has something to do with genetics, I think, because my house is pretty bad, too, now, but my kids still have to go to the doctor at least once every couple of years. Bravo for those whose genetics keep the human race alive in spite of germs!!!

I am a chronic knuckle cracker, and now I'm thinking twice before I crack.

Note: bread is a "wet-ish" kind of food. Dry ones (like MnM's and candy) probably take 30 seconds for the bacteria to climb onto the food. Not opinion, though. It's a fact. Students studied this as a thesis. Dunno where I got this, though. I remembered it on a video in Yahoo.

But I wouldn't try to pick up my food when it's touched the floor. It's safer that way.

The 5 Second Rule is NOT fiction. Jillian Clarke won an Ig Nobel Prize in 2004 for her study "Investigating the scientific validity of the Five-Second Rule." Her study found that it is safe to eat food dropped on the floor because bacteria, in general, have nothing to survive on. Yes if you smear crap on the floor and drop food on it you will get crap on your food. The 5-Second Rule stands!
http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2004

If everyone i kissed caused a problem I would be dead, Your body protects you most things, otherwise all third world people would have died from lack of clean floors. stupid

I follow the 25 minute rule. If I can brush it off or rinse the dirt off its still good. (I'm never sick) Double dipping is kinda gross but I don't mind kissing strangers. I think all cell phones should be banned. And I'm a knuckle popper for 30 plus years and have the grip to hurt you. Maybe they should do a study on what height bugs fly at. Wouldnt that be interesting???

Just remember this! "when in doubt, throw it out!"-rule in food safety...

It doesnt mean you get infected,sick or dead if you kiss with other people. It doesnt mean also that gerns from the floor can kill you instantly. Its just the "myths" they are breaking .

Watch "Myth Busters" They test this kinda stuff all the time. And they are much better than smash lab.

I eaten lots of food that has fallen on the floor (longer that 5sec) and nothing has happened to me.
Didn't they prove on myth busters or some show nothing happens to the food with in the first minute anyway.

I believe the cell phone thing I use to work in a hospital

I also crack my knuckles. But if i didn't people would hate me because i still have a really strong grip. I have been craking them for many years. sometimes i have got to crack them though they become out of line. Mom tried to make me stop and said i whould have arthritis. Now i cam say no i won't it's proven.

Signals on cell phones do not cause any more interference than any other electronics. Cell phones are safe even on airplanes. The signals are already all around us anyway, unless you are inside an ESD room, so if you are not in a clean room you are being bombarded by a million + signals every second. Don't you think would already be messed up just from that?