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  • Eating leftover food from other's plate can make you sick
  • Sharing a meal with a sick person can increase the risk of infection
  • Eating leftovers can also affect digestion

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Jootha: Do you share food with others from the same plate? Here's why you should stop doing it now 

Sharing food with others doesn't necessarily increase love, but it can make you more susceptible to various diseases. 

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      Indians often believe that if they share food with loved ones or eat from the same plate or eat someone's jootha, would spread love. However, more than love that will only spread diseases and infections.

      Saliva is one of the most infectious parts of a human body and can spread many harmful diseases. So, next time you eat from a friend's or a colleague's lunch box, think twice.

      Here are some adverse effects of eating someone's jootha

      • Eating someone else's saliva-laden food can risk spreading of infection. You may be unknowingly taking in all germs and viruses that person has. This can lead to cold, cough, and flu or even worse health conditions.
      • Eating leftovers can also affect digestion or cause food poisoning
      • Germs through someone else's saliva that enter your body has the potential to cause mouth ulcers or other oral diseases.
      • Eating someone's jootha can lead to gastric problems, chest burn, and other serious health situations
      • Following COVID-19 pandemic, health experts have caution more about diseases caused due to saliva.

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