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17 Jun 2014

Don't wash chicken, it splashes bugs that cause food poisoning: Health experts' warning

It is believed that rinsing before cooking cleans the meat, but new study disprove.
We are to stop the habit of washing chicken before cooking because doing so can spread bacteria which cases food poisoning, health experts warn.

Nearly everyone rinse their raw chicken and the practice could be behind thousands of cases of food poisoning, according to the Food Standards Agency.

Research conducted by the FSA found that 44 per cent of cooks always washed their chicken before cooking. 

Why can't some people quit smoking?

Researchers claims to have discovered the reason why some people just can’t quit smoking, and it all have to do with the activities in the brain.

UK DailyMail report: The U.S. scientists found they could predict how effective a reward-based quitting strategy would be in an individual by studying their brain activity.

The researchers observed the brains of nicotine-deprived smokers using MRI scans.
They found those who exhibited the weakest response to rewards were also the least willing to stop smoking, even when offered money to do so.

‘We believe that our findings may help to explain why some smokers find it so difficult to quit smoking,’ said Dr Stephen Wilson, assistant professor of psychology, at Penn State University, in Pennsylvania.