Based on information taken from a 12/8/09 Miami Herald article by Jodi Mailander.The holiday season has begun and you can assume every party will have its fair share of dips and chips. If you're like me, every time you submerge a chip into a dip you think about the 1993 Seinfeld episode in which George Costanza is confronted after dipping twice with the same chip.
The scene introduced us to the social taboo of ``double-dipping."
Health-conscious fun-lovers should be wary -- and not just of gaining weight from all those extra calories -- of double-dipping. Turns out that science backs the popular fear that party goers are sharing more than good cheer when they go back to the communal bowl of dip for seconds with the same chip.
A Clemson University study found that three to six double dips in one bowl transferred about 10,000 bacteria from the eaters' mouths to the remaining dip. So double dipping could make you ill.
As a party-goer, dip in the thick. In general, thicker sauces -- cheese dip, chocolate syrup, hummus -- may be safer. They have less bacteria and the number of bacteria in them gets smaller over time, the Clemson study found. Salsa picked up the most bacteria, probably because it was runny, making it easier for bacteria to slip off the chip back into the bowl.
As a party-giver, serve small, one-dip chips or only munch with people you really like.
Double-dipping is like kissing everybody at the party.
A Clemson University study found that three to six double dips in one bowl transferred about 10,000 bacteria from the eaters' mouths to the remaining dip. So double dipping could make you ill.
As a party-goer, dip in the thick. In general, thicker sauces -- cheese dip, chocolate syrup, hummus -- may be safer. They have less bacteria and the number of bacteria in them gets smaller over time, the Clemson study found. Salsa picked up the most bacteria, probably because it was runny, making it easier for bacteria to slip off the chip back into the bowl.
As a party-giver, serve small, one-dip chips or only munch with people you really like.
Double-dipping is like kissing everybody at the party.
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