How To Avoid Food Poisoning: You Should Never Reheat These 8 Foods In The Microwave!

Before you microwave your chicken and rice from last night, you might want to read this first!

Reheating dinner is a way of life. But research shows that reheating some of your favorite foods can be dangerous to your health, especially if they were stored incorrectly beforehand.

These eight foods, for instance, could give you food poisoning—or worse—if reheated or stored improperly:

1) Chicken

The protein composition in the common dinner staple actually changes when cold, refrigerated chicken is heated for the second time. This can actually cause digestive troubles, so if you'd prefer to reheat your meat, make sure that it's thoroughly cooked; the inside should be piping hot!

2) Eggs

Reheating this protein powerhouse when it's boiled or scrambled can be toxic, and can wreak havoc in your digestive system.

3) Potatoes

Potatoes are tricky—if they're left to cool down at room temperature instead of immediately refrigerating, the warm temperatures can promote the growth of botulism, a rare bacteria.

Botulism can't be killed with a quick zap in the microwave, so it's best to refrigerate them immediately to avoid any problems with reheating.

4) Rice

Again, how you store it before heating can lead to problems. According to the Food Standards Agency, "Uncooked rice can contain spores of bacteria that can cause food poisoning.

When the rice is cooked, the spores can survive…Then, if the rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores will multiply and may produce poisons that cause vomiting or diarrhoea. Reheating the rice won't get rid of these poisons."

5-7) Celery, Spinach and Beets:

Heat can cause the nitrates of these veggies to turn toxic—and release carcinogenic properties—when they're heated up a second time. So it's best to take these foods go out of whatever dish you're reheating.

8) Mushrooms

In general, mushrooms, should be eaten and finished right after preparation. Proteins can deteriorate as soon as you cut them up, and that's bad news for your belly

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