Shocking Restaurant Secrets—Exposed!
Dr. Oz explains what could be making you sick, and how you can protect yourself when eating out.
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When you're dining out, you shouldn't have to worry about putting your health at risk. But certain restaurants and food choices could be doing just that. From the most frequent food offenders to the restaurant violations threatening your health, learn the confidential kitchen secrets that could make you sick.
Most restaurants never wash their lemons. They stay in the box that they were shipped in until they end up on your plate. In an independent test, Dr. Oz discovered five out of five lemons from five different restaurants were coated with germs including mold, bacteria, staph and Candida yeast—the type found in the mouth and vagina.
Solution: Always order your lemons on the side and squeeze them into your drink or onto your plate yourself. Make sure that the juice doesn't touch the germy lemon rind.
Although it may seem counterintuitive to associate a restaurant's bathroom with their kitchen, these two places often share the same level of cleanliness. If a restaurant can't be bothered to keep the toilets and sinks clean, then imagine what their refrigeration and workspaces look like in the kitchen.
Solution: Do not eat at a restaurant where the bathroom trashcan is more than half full. This means the bathrooms are not being regularly monitored and cleaned.
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Secret: Restaurant lemons are often as dirty as the floor.
Most restaurants never wash their lemons. They stay in the box that they were shipped in until they end up on your plate. In an independent test, Dr. Oz discovered five out of five lemons from five different restaurants were coated with germs including mold, bacteria, staph and Candida yeast—the type found in the mouth and vagina.
Solution: Always order your lemons on the side and squeeze them into your drink or onto your plate yourself. Make sure that the juice doesn't touch the germy lemon rind.
Secret: A dirty bathroom means a dirty kitchen.
Although it may seem counterintuitive to associate a restaurant's bathroom with their kitchen, these two places often share the same level of cleanliness. If a restaurant can't be bothered to keep the toilets and sinks clean, then imagine what their refrigeration and workspaces look like in the kitchen.
Solution: Do not eat at a restaurant where the bathroom trashcan is more than half full. This means the bathrooms are not being regularly monitored and cleaned.
Next: Why the daily special actually isn't that special
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