The ‘5-second’ rule is not a rule. It depends on a number of variables. If there’s any moisture on the dropped food for instance, you can pick up bacteria off the floor instantly.But we all need exposure to more bacteria. For thousands of years our immune systems operated in environments densely packed with parasites and microbes.Because our modern society is abnormally sterile, most of us have immune systems in over-drive, constantly looking for enemies that aren’t there. So . . . auto-immune diseases on the rise, asthma, arthritis, heart disease, celiac, thyroid, etc.So go ahead. Eat that food right off the floor!
The ‘5-second’ rule is not a rule. It depends on a number of variables. If there’s any moisture on the dropped food for instance, you can pick up bacteria off the floor instantly.But we all need exposure to more bacteria. For thousands of years our immune systems operated in environments densely packed with parasites and microbes.Because our modern society is abnormally sterile, most of us have immune systems in over-drive, constantly looking for enemies that aren’t there. So . . . auto-immune diseases on the rise, asthma, arthritis, heart disease, celiac, thyroid, etc.So go ahead. Eat that food right off the floor!