It's safe to eat food that's been on the floor for five seconds or less

I believe all of us have heard about the five-second-rule, and many of you must be following it as well. Here is a warning to those who do follow the five-second-rule, because, again, it is a MYTH.

Don't adhere to the five-second rule and take your chances with food that's fallen on the floor. When researchers at Clemson University left bologna and bread on a surface contaminated with salmonella in a 2017 study, they found that "a substantial amount of bacteria transferred to the food within five seconds."