Food Scientist Paul Dawson dives into food related habits like double-dipping, beer pong, sharing popcorn, blowing out birthday candles, the five-second rule, and explains why you may want to rethink your habits in the kitchen, bathroom and other public spaces. You can also check out some short videos on my YOUTUBE channel DidYouJustEatThat by clicking on the above link.

Here’s a link to the book: Did You Just Eat That? | Brian Sheldon, Paul Dawson | W. W. Norton & Company

Here’s are links to some of the research publications

double dipping paper: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-4565.2008.00137.x

5-second rule paper: Residence time and food contact time effects on transfer of Salmonella Typhimurium from tile, wood and carpet: testing the five-second rule - PubMed

beer pong paper: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067568

blowing out birthday candles: Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake | Dawson | Journal of Food Research | CCSE

restaurant menus: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfs.12212

sharing popcorn: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/fns.2015.615139 .