Which Is Worse For You? Double-Dipping Or The Five-Second Rule?
What is going to be more likely to cause you to pick up germs? Dipping where someone else has double-dipped? Or the eating something off the floor, within five seconds,…

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 08: A view of guacamole during Flavors of Mexico Presented by Mexico Tourism during The New Yorker Festival 2016 at Casa Neta on October 8, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Donald Bowers/Getty Images for The New Yorker)
Donald Bowers / StringerWhat is going to be more likely to cause you to pick up germs? Dipping where someone else has double-dipped? Or the eating something off the floor, within five seconds, of course)?
I'm pleased to find out, the five-second rule is less egregious (because we violate that rule quite a bit in our home). Double-dipping, on the other hand, transfers so many germs and bacteria. Heed the warning as we head into a weekend filled with football and bowls of guacamole.
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