What are the benefits of using public chopsticks in family life?

Recently, an experiment about chopsticks and spoons has attracted people's attention. Experts from the Health Hazard Monitoring Institute and the Testing Center of Hangzhou CDC, Zhejiang Province conducted a comparative test of bacteria with or without chopsticks. The experimental results show that the total number of colonies in the "non-public chopsticks" group is 250 times higher than that in the "public chopsticks" group.

What are the advantages of using chopsticks and spoons? What are the precautions?

Luzhou catering industry advocates the use of chopsticks and spoons.

In the experiment, in order to ensure the scientificity, 1 1 CDC experts who participated in the experiment were trained to eat alternately with chopsticks and without chopsticks. Finally, leave at least 25 grams per plate for the second sampling. The collected samples were transported to the laboratory through the cold chain, and the experimental results were obtained after 48 hours of culture.

After the outbreak of COVID-19, the whole country began to advocate the use of chopsticks and spoons, but the utilization rate of chopsticks and spoons in Luzhou is still not high. The reason is that people don't realize the significance of using chopsticks and spoons. "We all eat vegetables with our own chopsticks. It should be no problem. " Mr. Zhang expressed the thoughts of many citizens.

Jiang Deyong, chief of the Department of Acute Infectious Disease Prevention and Immunization Planning of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, believes that the experiment of the Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows the importance of using chopsticks and spoons, which has great practical significance, especially when the epidemic situation in COVID-19 has not completely ended. "In COVID-19, the main route of transmission is through respiratory droplets and contact, and human saliva is one of the important carriers of virus transmission. Therefore, during the epidemic, using chopsticks and spoons can reduce the risk of virus transmission to a certain extent. "

"It can be seen from the experiment that if chopsticks are not used, bacteria carried by the mouth and nose will spread to dishes through chopsticks, which will also lead to cross-contamination of bacteria carried by different dishes. Therefore, in addition to reducing the risk of COVID-19 virus transmission, the use of chopsticks and spoons also plays a very important role in preventing other diseases. " Jiang Deyong said.

Jiang Deyong believes that from a health point of view, using chopsticks and spoons can reduce the risk of oral diseases, especially the spread of food-borne pathogens such as Helicobacter pylori and hepatitis A virus. "Helicobacter pylori is one of the culprits of gastrointestinal diseases such as gastritis, and the risk of gastric cancer infected with Helicobacter pylori will increase by two to three times. In addition, there are also cases of hepatitis A outbreak caused by dinner in China. "

From the perspective of civilized habits, the use of chopsticks and spoons can help people form the habit of quantitative dining, on-demand dining and civilized dining, thus reducing waste.

So in daily life, which scenes will use chopsticks and spoons, and what should people pay attention to when using chopsticks and spoons?

Jiang Deyong told reporters that the main place to use chopsticks and spoons at present is to eat at home and outside. When eating at home, family members should know each other's physical condition. If someone is sick, it is best to eat with chopsticks and spoons at home.

When eating out, you shouldn't judge a person by his appearance just because there are many people and miscellaneous people. You must use chopsticks and spoons to eat in such a scene. "Catering enterprises should take the initiative to put chopsticks and spoons. If the restaurant is not placed, customers can ask the merchants to provide chopsticks and spoons. " Jiang Deyong said.

It is not easy to change the long-standing dining habits of China people, but the COVID-19 epidemic has become an excellent opportunity to strengthen and guide the use of chopsticks and spoons. Jiang Deyong believes that chopsticks and spoons are needed to prevent diseases from entering the mouth, to protect the health of family members, or to advocate catering civilization.

"Chopsticks and spoons are placed on the table, and eating them separately has many benefits. Since' the disease comes out of the mouth', then keep' the health on the tip of the tongue'. " It is reported that the Civilization Office of the Capital and the Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Wellness have issued an initiative to once again mention the initiative of * * * to enjoy chopsticks, spoons and meals.

In fact, not only Beijing, but also Gansu said at the recent press conference on comprehensively promoting civilized dining tables that they would promote related work. Various provinces and cities have also put forward suggestions and action plans to guide people to eat with chopsticks and spoons, promote the system of big rural dinners and separate meals for red and white wedding banquets, and eliminate the old habit of "eating the world with one pair of chopsticks".

According to media reports, eating around the table is prone to cross-infection of bacteria and viruses, increasing the risk of food-borne diseases. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the disadvantages of eating habits of sharing meals have become more prominent. It should be said that this epidemic is also an opportunity to change some traditional customs and living habits. As far as using chopsticks and spoons is concerned, it is not only beneficial to health, but also a new fashion of table civilization. To this, each of us is both a participant and a beneficiary.

But for people who are used to sitting around and sharing food for a long time, to get rid of the old habit of "eating the world with a pair of chopsticks", it is necessary to form a kind of * * *. This requires relevant functional departments to strengthen the popularization of such knowledge and make the public aware of its importance. For example, initiatives launched in some places will help people understand relevant knowledge and form * * * knowledge. Only when more people use chopsticks and spoons and get used to it will they not refuse because of face and other reasons.

On the other hand, the civilization of using chopsticks and spoons can not be separated from the positive role of the family. According to public reports, as early as more than ten years ago during the SARS period, Academician Zhong Nanshan called on families to use public chopsticks. During the epidemic, he emphasized this point again. Therefore, even if a family can't eat separately, they should get into the habit of using chopsticks and spoons as soon as possible and make it a sense of life.

In short, the initiative of * * * to enjoy chopsticks and spoons needs to be put into action, which not only requires the positive response of catering enterprises, but also requires everyone to enjoy chopsticks and spoons with * * * and make it a universal cultural identity, thus making this more hygienic "new table civilization" a social consciousness.