Many of us are accustomed to eating leftover food, either as is or after slightly changing or reheating it.
While some may argue that it’s a smart approach to reducing food waste and saving time, there are some concerns about the practices circulating on the internet. A popular story from 2008 has resurfaced on multiple social media platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit.
The story is about a 20-year-old man who died after eating five-day-old leftover pasta. This is what happened.
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- A 20-year-old man dies from ‘fried rice syndrome’
- The condition caused the closure of important organs.
A 20-year-old man dies from ‘fried rice syndrome’
20-year-old dies of ‘fried rice syndrome’ after eating leftover pasta byu/kockin26 inpasta
According to the New York Post, the incident occurred with a student in Brussels, Belgium, who routinely indulged in the practice of preparing a week’s worth of meals on Sundays to lighten his workload during hectic weekdays.
One such Sunday, you decided to cook some pasta and store the leftovers in food storage containers to use later. Instead of quickly putting the leftover spaghetti in the refrigerator, she left it on the kitchen counter at room temperature for five days.
The young student was reportedly able to eat the leftover pasta for the next four days.
He didn’t notice a strange taste in his pasta until the fifth day, which he attributed to using a new type of spaghetti sauce. Anyway, she continued consuming it.
Later that day, she experienced terrible nausea, abdominal discomfort, a persistent headache, and eventually diarrhea and vomiting. She resorted to drinking water and resting to relieve herself.
His parents discovered his lifeless body the next morning. Subsequent examinations revealed that he died at around 4am, about ten hours after eating the infected spaghetti.
The condition caused the closure of important organs.
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The autopsy was performed five days after the man’s death. According to the report, he died of significant centrilobular liver necrosis, a condition that causes the closure of important organs.
The rancid pasta and sauce were also sent to the National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Outbreaks, according to the media site. The laboratory discovered Bacillus cereus in the pasta.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, Bacillus cereus is a microbe recognized for generating toxic toxins capable of causing food poisoning and other serious health consequences.
Bacillus cereus can induce liver failure in severe cases due to a toxin found in starchy foods that defies the effects of heat and persists even after cooking or reheating. According to the National Nutrition Council of the Republic of the Philippines, it is related to a specific type of food illness known as Fried Rice Syndrome (FRS), which was named for its association with Asian food.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn