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Doctor shares five things they would ‘never eat’ that could potentially have serious impact on your health

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Updated 09:54 22 Oct 2024 GMT+1Published 09:53 22 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Doctor shares five things they would ‘never eat’ that could potentially have serious impact on your health

Dr. Jessica Kiss said there are five foods she would never risk eating

Lucy Devine

Lucy Devine

A doctor has shared the five foods she would never eat that could potentially impact your health, admitting one is 'super weird but very important'.

Dr. Jessica Kiss - who goes by @askdrmom on TikTok - regularly shares advice and tips on her social media.

In a recent clip, she explained the foods she would never risk eating - and some of these are really surprising.

"Here are five things I will never eat as a doctor," she explained.

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Dr. Kiss said she'd never re-heat rice (Getty Stock Photo)
Dr. Kiss said she'd never re-heat rice (Getty Stock Photo)

"The last one is super weird but very important."

Re-heated fried rice

Dr. Kiss explained that eating rice should be a 'one time' thing due to the risks associated with re-heating.

"B. cereus, a type of bacteria, it comes out when boiled rice is left at room temperature for a while and then particularly is reactivated if you re-heat it in the microwave not efficiently enough," she said.

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"It makes spores, so it's just not just as simple as killing the bacteria, you have to kill the spores, too, not worth it.

"Eat once... if you're gonna' have it in like a rice cooker situation and on warm it's probably gonna' be fine but if it comes to room temperature, don't eat it again."

Picnic food

Dr. Kiss explained she would never eat picnic food if it had been sitting out for a while.

"You will not see me eating things that have been sitting out at a picnic. I would rather be hungry than eat food that's been sitting out," she said.

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"Your risk of food borne illness is just too high. I've seen it happen so many times.

"After holiday weekends, you are inundated with people who are sick with food borne illness."

Dr. Kiss said she'd never eat left out picnic food (Getty Stock Photo)
Dr. Kiss said she'd never eat left out picnic food (Getty Stock Photo)

Foods covered in colourings

Dr. Kiss explained she would generally avoid food if it was the same colour as her hair, which is dyed pink, purple and orange.

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"On occasion, I will, this is probably one that's not an absolute for me, but I'd say 99 percent of the time I'm not gonna eat things that are covered in food dye," she said.

"It's just not good for your system, I don't want to be pooping neon for the next week either, so yeah, I avoid that like the plague."


Food from dented cans

Dr. Kiss explained she tries to avoid eating foods from cans, but she especially avoids anything in a dented can due to the risk of air and moisture entering the can and causing botulism.

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Botulism is a serious illness caused by a toxin that attacks the body's nervous system.

It can cause muscle paralysis, and in severe cases, death.

The NHS explains that while the 'bacteria themselves are not harmful, they can produce highly poisonous toxins when deprived of oxygen, such as in closed cans or bottles, stagnant soil or mud'.

"If a can is dented and I wasn't the one that watched me drop it like right then and there, I'm gonna be concerned about botulism," said Dr. Kiss.

"Botulism is not a fun thing, so yeah, I just won't eat it, it is not worth the dollar fifty if I had means to get a can that is not dented."

She'd never eat from a dented can due to the risk of botulism (Getty Stock Photo)
She'd never eat from a dented can due to the risk of botulism (Getty Stock Photo)

Grapefruit

Surprisingly, Dr. Kiss said she would never eat grapefruit for a pretty interesting reason.

Turns out, grapefruit can interact with a number of medications.

She explained: "The way grapefruit is processed in your body, it interacts with a ton, I mean a ton, of medications, so if you're on any medication for any reason you should always check to make sure there's no interaction with grapefruit that changes the way the medication impacts your body."

According to Mayo Clinic, prescribed medicines that can interact with grapefruit include treatments for conditions such as cholesterol, blood pressure, heart problems, anxiety, sickness, hormonal issues, pain and infection.

If you're concerned, it's always worth checking with a doctor about your specific prescription.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@askdrmom/Getty Stock Photo

Topics: Food And Drink, TikTok, Health

Lucy Devine
Lucy Devine

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