Chopsticks health "the knife"

As Chinese chopsticks and chopstick is closely related to our lives, like chopsticks and our health is closely related to the variety of the chopsticks, wood, bamboo, stainless steel and plastic chopsticks and chopstick, each have a definite knowledge, how to choose a us for their own health is responsible for the key.

The survey shows found that material selection for the "chopsticks" this problem, 43.25% choose wooden chopsticks, 48.5% choose bamboo chopsticks, there are still some people choose plastic chopsticks, "plastic chopsticks is best not to buy, plastic heating can release harmful chemical composition and texture fragile easily transform; best choice is bamboo chopsticks, qualities of wooden chopsticks is also good, such as Chinese chopsticks, nonpoisonous and harmless, but also very friendly.

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Choose bamboo chopsticks and wooden chopsticks obviously accounted for the majority, but the two texture is not easy to clean, cleaning the chopsticks and placed in the way, is very vulnerable to bacteria and microbial contamination.

"Chopsticks should be placed in hollow out of chopsticks bin and placed in a dry, ventilated place.

"In this survey, 18% of people will still be placed in a sealed chopsticks chopsticks tube or drawer, feel free to take on the bowl is also accounted for 8%.

"These local space environment confined, moist, and many people after washing your chopsticks nor will its drain well, over time, the bamboo chopsticks and wooden chopsticks is prone to mildew and odor, even with the naked eye perceives it, but the bacteria have been covered above chopsticks, if we do not often change, the bacteria enters the body as food, health hazard.

"There are data show that nearly 50% of the human memory in his stomach Helicobacter pylori, and these bacteria are mostly family propagation, chopsticks is one of the important communication channels.

In the cleaning method, nearly 50% of the people choose the tap wash, 14.64% of people choose to use dish SOAP soaking, Venus that immersion is not necessary, a long time but will make detergent in a number of components into the chopsticks, best play carefully rubbed on detergent and rinse clean, drain the water, into the chopsticks tube.

Chopsticks tube also regularly clean and disinfect.

In addition, chopsticks used long time coupled with regular and melt, surface can easily become rough, causing bacteria residues, experts recommend replacing every half year.

Lu Venus stressed: "life with storage of chopsticks environment are closely related, if placed in a dry place, the service life of nature, so that both saving and environmental protection. ”

(Edit: Zheng Yan internships, MD)