In people's daily lives, paying attention to hygiene is not just about diet, it also affects every aspect of our lives. Diet and utensils are the most direct and easily observable in terms of cleanliness, but we should not overlook the cleanliness of our cleaning tools either.
Chemical Fiber
Chemical fibers are not unfamiliar to us. Many people like to wear clothes made of chemical fibers because they come in a variety of types and have bright colors, durability, moisture resistance, and insect resistance.
Many families use old chemical fiber clothes as various cleaning cloths to save money, but this is actually very unhygienic. Because chemical fiber fabrics do not absorb moisture and have good electrical insulation properties, they have a lot of static charges on their surface and often exhibit negative polarity. The solid dust floating in the air, especially the dust floating in the air on the roadside, carries a positive charge. Under the attraction of positive and negative charges, chemical fiber fabrics are easily attached to dust. What happens when we use these chemical fiber cloths with many tiny chemical fibers as cleaning cloths for utensils?
It is obvious that these fibers will stick to the surface of the tableware and then enter the body with the food. What's even worse is that our stomach acid and various active enzymes in our bodies cannot break down these chemical fibers, causing them to remain in the gastrointestinal tract. This is the cause of gastrointestinal diseases.
Therefore, it is recommended to use gauze or plain towels for kitchen cleaning cloths and to regularly disinfect them to ensure they are harmless to the human body.
Plastic Sheets
Some families prefer to use plastic sheets to cover the dining table for convenience and labor-saving, but this is not conducive to our health habits. Most plastic sheets are made of polyethylene, and polyvinyl chloride itself is not toxic, but the free monomer vinyl chloride it contains is a toxic substance.
Plastics also contain phenolic plastics and formaldehyde plastics, which are composed of phenols and amino compounds and contain lead and various toxic substances. When our tableware comes into contact with these toxic substances and then enters our mouths, these toxic substances will enter the bloodstream, causing chronic poisoning and resulting in anemia, angina, lead poisoning hepatitis, etc.
Therefore, it is best to use cotton cloth for tablecloths to prevent poisoning. At the same time, utensils should be washed regularly to maintain hygiene.
Reminder: Say no to toilet paper on the dining table
In real life, the phenomenon of using toilet paper as a napkin is common both at home and in restaurants. Although toilet paper and napkins are both disposable hygiene products, they have fundamental differences. Napkins are used before and after meals to clean our hands and mouths, so the hygiene standards are very strict and must have a sanitary permit number. Toilet paper, on the other hand, is simply toilet paper and does not require a sanitary permit number. The two cannot be used interchangeably to avoid illness from the mouth. Using toilet paper instead of napkins for a long time will inevitably cause a certain degree of harm to health.
