Here's why putting lemon in your drink is a bad idea
Skip the lemon with that water because apparently it could make you sick.
Take it from Clemson University food scientists who studied drink garnishes. Lemons will leave a bad taste in your mouth. We're talking about germs.
Wet lemons absorb bacteria 100 percent of the time. It’s a 30 percent rate if they’re dry. Ice picks up bacteria 83 percent of the time. Both ice and lemons pick up bacteria from cutting boards, hands or utensils.
Alcohol doesn’t take care of contamination problems. Another study showed pathogens in ice weren’t killed in 80-proof Scotch and soda.
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