Reflecting on what you eat.

     In a previous blog, I stated that I was doing an experiment to find what bacteria is present when consuming meat and if it would be present in rare or well-down meat.  Well, I can conclude that there is bacteria present in rare and well-down meat.  However, the only difference is that the quantity of meat present is fewer.  There are many different types of bacteria that could be present, but the one we discovered was Variovorax paradoxus.  What exactly is this bacterium?  It is found in plants around the environment and it helps in biodegradability.  On the other hand, what exactly does it do in the body is unknown.  In conclusion, meat should be consumed well-done and never under cooked according to the USDA.

Sterilization

I assume that many people know of the many ways there are to "clean" things, but do they really know what exactly it is they are doing?  Here, I will be briefly discussing 3 ways that are used the most to clean things and what exactly they do.  First of all, I believe that you have heard of sanitize, but do you know what it does?  This basically cleans and disinfects.  For example, when you use sanitizer to clean your hands after using the bathroom.  Second, there is sterilization.  This basically kills all living bacteria.  Last, there is pasteurization.  This process is used as a heating process that kills pathogens.  This is of most importance to humans because it basically cleanses the food you eat.