Whats the 5 seconds rule based on? Is it actually okay to eat food thats been dropped on the floor as long as it hasn’t been in contact with the floor for more than 5 seconds?

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Whats the 5 seconds rule based on? Is it actually okay to eat food thats been dropped on the floor as long as it hasn’t been in contact with the floor for more than 5 seconds?

In: Biology

Answer 1

It might be about embarrassment from eating off the floor. If no one saw it drop, you have 5 seconds to recover before anyone sees it and knows it fell. Some people may have shamed others for eating dropped food and the 5 second rule may have been a way to avoid and reduce the shame.