 Calling it fried rice syndrome is probably a little bit racist allow me to explain Why do they call a fried rice syndrome if everybody dying all the cases for eating pasta? They want to blame it on the rice exactly exactly So we're here to talk about what you guys may have heard on tiktok on Instagram on YouTube as fried rice syndrome This is a the bacteria that is Sometimes on rice and also pasta and a bunch of other things that can get you sick and potentially is fatal depending on How much you eat? It's called reheated rice syndrome, and it's actually pretty dangerous. Let's talk about it The danger really isn't in the reheating part It's in that precarious time between the cooking and the storing that I always love to talk about Usually I'll just tell y'all reheat to a sort of safe temperature It's usually 165 for leftovers and you should be good to go The problem isn't the type of bacteria that grows in leftover rice. It's called bacillus serious or be serious for short Be so serious. It's actually heat resistant essentially no amount of reheating nuking Microwaving steaming whatever is going to save you if that bacteria did happen to grow in your eyes guys We are referring to bacillus Cereus that is the bacteria that causes food poisoning So I'm going to explain why and I got the receipts to show why it actually probably if anything I don't want to throw pasta under the bus But should be called old pasta syndrome or we should just call it food poisoning So anyways, please hit that like button check out other episodes of the hot pot boys as we get into this But one thing that you don't have to worry about it's mala sauce guys It's sold out online right now, but check it out. We're gonna be restocking soon from search one assistant Lee listen guys Why do they call it fried rice syndrome? If anything first of all, it's unfair to fried rice. They should have called it old fried rice syndrome They wouldn't you shouldn't even call it fried like just old rice syndrome But even then it's not fair because almost all the cases documented in the West have been people dying from eating old pasta Yeah, so we're gonna go through it guys because you guys have probably heard about it But it should probably be called rotten rice syndrome or rotten pasta syndrome, okay? That's actually the more accurate terms But of course, I don't know didn't get racialized guys You let me know is it kind of anti-Asian to call it fried rice syndrome because I was like fried rice syndrome I ate a bunch of fried rice. How am I gonna get sick? Well, you know, it's a little bit easier to blame it on the chineses. Let's be honest, you know This is better than I don't want to take the heat. Yeah Well, you know if you call it pasta that's really gonna hit the pasta industry kind of hard and you know We can't afford that but anyways guys. Let's talk about August 2003 five children in a family get sick four of them get really sick one of them Unfortunately passes away from eating pasta guys The one case that everybody quotes is a 20 year old college student in Belgium dies from eating spaghetti that he left outside of the fridge for five days Again spaghetti and then there was lasagna the first or pasta salad next one Multi-organ failure in America caused by lasagna. All right, so all these big cases that take place in the Western world Are actually involving pasta not rice, right? No, I guess is it because and this is the play devil's advocate in the West most people eat pasta as the carb Whereas in the East the primary carb is rice. Yes, I'll get into that. There is some logic But let's just let me keep going. Let me keep going in America. There are about 63,000 cases of bacillus serious. Okay, this bacteria case a year Not a lot of people die in America, but a lot of people get sick All right. Now if you go to China, this is recorded cases and remember China is four times the size and Eats 10 times the amount of rice per capita, which is probably actually like 30 times the amount of rice in total Guys, there was 8,000 cases over 10 years So actually the rate of reported cases now you could say that there's some unreported because it's China, right? Maybe they don't report everything but it's really not that bad or maybe their stomachs are strong because look at what they eat Over there. They eat all types of things was a little bit of rice ain't compared to what they put in their stomachs I'm not saying China's perfect and I'm not saying China's better than America at everything But as far as recorded cases, it's really not that bad All right, why did they name it that man? Because this sounds like they're just trying to blame everything that's related to toxins or You know weird foods bad things related food on the Chinese. Okay. All right. First of all Snow vid 19 that did start in China But anyways guys fried rice syndrome was I Apparently they called it that because the early documented cases were linked to cooked white rice that were not refrigerated Now are these cases from Asia? Are they in America? Because to me guys out of the 63,000 Cases of this bacteria in America, how much of do you think that is rice and how much do you think is attributed to pasta? Considering that in America, they probably eat more pasta than they do rice white people Which make up the majority of America, but to be honest even like I think a lot of black people they don't have rice cookers That's how little they eat rice. I Don't know a single white person. That's not a sushi chef or like an otaku that has a Hyen Zoujirushi rice cooker or a cuckoo. Yeah, I don't know any of them Exactly guys so so to me what I'm saying is that we're gonna get into the comment section about all this and then like the Reddit posts and stuff like that but I guess I was just making the case and it's not that I want to put the blame on pasta and throw Italian food under the bus because I love Italian food, but it is unfair and inaccurate compared to the proportion of rice cases to call it fried rice syndrome like that's crazy to call it fried rice syndrome when the Only documented earlier cases of people getting sick Maybe we're from white rice or pasta and then most of the most horrible cases of death In them in the western world are from pasta Yeah, it would have been crazy if they call it fly life syndrome with the accent with a fly life I just call it rotten pasta syndrome rotten rice syndrome. I would take rotten rice syndrome. That's fine cuz rotten Maybe rotten people are looking for some more visceral like visual marker of rottenness because this is like I guess Inperceptible bacteria. Why are you trying to bring down the fried rice industry David fried rice? One of the best things you can eat Is easy for them to blame it on Asians or blame it on Chinese at the end of the day I'm not saying that there's not some validity to it. I know that rice has a really high surface area. It's very moist It's the perfect breeding ground for these was a bacillus serious serious Things but like so are a ton of other things and they never get pointed out So there is some science behind it other people were talking about fermentation interestingly enough once the rice begins to ferment You don't there's no more chance for bacteria to grow on it. That's why like alcohol keeps for a really long time like sockets and things like that because Bacterium has to have a certain scientific like canvas. Well, it has to have like a lot. Yeah a lot of water or something I don't know like the fermentation like kills a lot of like germs. I guess yeah Yeah, it doesn't provide what also not all bacteria is bad for you Obviously, there is bacteria that is good for your gut and then there's bacteria that can kill you So not all bacteria is the same. There was a lot of people being like do it We come from a culture where we eat old rice all the time whether we let it out sitting out for five hours It's in the rice cooker. We might eat it three days later. I never died. I'm 75 years old How much do you think it is like you you can find a scientist to be freaked out about everything in 2024? Yeah, listen, um Like I just wouldn't eat old food that's been sending out too long But I know a lot of people who have eaten day-old or fried rice maybe even two day-old rice three day-old Bro, I'm not saying we can put a exact number though. I think you are risking it if it's past two days Yeah, I think you're risking it I don't think you should keep your rice out on the kitchen counter. You should put it in the refrigerator Oh, yeah in the fridge. I think things it slows everything down. You could do it for like weeks or whatever But I'm saying outside in the danger zone, which is room temperature Like just don't be stupid with it But like overall people I've eaten two day-old rice in room temperature before I'm not saying I would do it purposely It doesn't taste good. Yeah, I wouldn't do it purposely for that But if I if you had to survive you do what you do This person said the refrigerated cooked rice is safe for three to five days You just need to confirm it with a visual smell and taste test in the sense of like just eat a tiny piece Yeah, to get a sense of it and use your smell as well because a lot of bacteria will begin to smell Dude, it's just like spoiled milk, man You know, you can't always look into the milk carton before you pour it out, right? But if you think it's overdue and it's like crusty at the top you open it up smell it And if it's not sour and it still smells like milk Then you might be able to drink it. I'm not telling you to do it But I'm just saying it is probably safe people are talking about bento boxes all around Asia at 7-elevens in Japan at Lawsons Japan is famous for being very clean But guess what they got the rice in the bento boxes out in the Lawsons It is true that when you're at the Lawsons generally It's either in the cold section or a little bit of a warm section. Yeah, listen again I'm not saying that cases in Asia do not exist. Of course people eat 20-30 times the amount of rice as a country in Asia So of course there's gonna be some cases, but I'm what I'm saying is their death rate is not even any higher Yeah, they might have stronger stomachs, too I don't know how it is like is it like a peanut allergy where when you're exposed very young you build up this like strength and tolerance to it Yeah, I mean over 10 years. I'm just saying the statistic show only five people died over 10 years It's there was even some white people chiming in saying being like this young generation is absolutely ridiculous, man I live till 95. I keep my butter out on my counter. I keep all types of breads out on the counter I'll cook some food. Maybe I put it in the fridge. Maybe I don't I've never died All y'all are wimps. Everybody's weak and this might you know, of course, it's true and there's a lot of older people in the West I'm not even talking about Asian immigrants. I'm talking about like old white people that are really mad at The current state of things. Yeah, and I think lies Let's be honest like it's something that a lot of people are not thinking about is your ability to fight off this Bacteria has to do with your age your size Obviously the in one of the cases where the five kids got sick the youngest daughter died unfortunately Yeah, I'm saying the older ones survived and and so I'm saying you have stronger immunity also if you're healthier You could probably fight it off more Okay, also it depends on how much you eat because I'm saying I've everybody's eaten some moldy bread before I did on Accident where I literally ate something and I look back on it and I look at like some slices like oh shit This is has spots But I didn't die and even get sick of it The only time I ever really had food poisoning was doing was eating uncooked fish that I tried to cook myself And that was actually a day before our sister's wedding and then I was just vomiting and pooping like crazy That was terrible. You got hit by the bacillus you remember that No, I don't know if it was bacillus, but it was one of the three main bacterias that will get you listen guys If you are more of a medical professional we're gonna stem field You're probably more familiar with the exact bacterium and the whole process and the breakdown the low-middle-high versions of it Ultimately, it's this man. I just think a lot of people nowadays They're trying to create content that there is some science backing it But they want to go viral and if they want to go viral They got a sensationalize it and they're gonna tell you that you're gonna die If you left your rice out overnight and you eat it in the morning just like these tiktoks the tiktoks They want to go viral and a moderate Scientific in the middle equation where you're explaining different immunity strengths and bacterium strains and protein Moisture growth surface level areas diameters radius is it's not gonna hit so people just go with the the fried rice syndromes Can I kill you they go viral on tiktok and that's what they want doesn't they get the dopamine? Oh, I went viral I went viral Do you think to wrap this up David? Do you think how similar how much do you think of an impact the Smoomin 19 the spandemic had on this conversation about like if you're healthy you can withstand a lot more and That all these things are true that it's it is bacteria guys that is on rice. It's on posthits It's on it's a real bacteria room temperature generally is not a good temperature for it up keeping food safe Yeah, they call it the danger zone for a while, but But that because just there's a few cases of things happening Does that mean that it's something that everybody should be worried about you know I mean where it's like remember when people thought like oh Was it socially distant from ten feet five feet away, you know, everybody wear a mask I mean when you're wearing a mask when you jog with you got an N95 but the N95 prevents your intake But then the exhale or I mean there's a case where I remember reading about this as a kid and mom Got worried because she was like hey guys I just read a case about this kid who got scratched by a rusty fence and then they got a flesh-eating disease So you have to watch out every time you touch a rusty thing first of all watch out anytime you touch something rusty period Yes, but if you do touch something rusty and you're not cut you're probably not gonna die either You know I think to be honest and you know some people are gonna disagree with this I think a lot of people know a lot of like obscure knowledge nowadays Whether it's about conspiracy theories their favorite video game or their favorite movie series and they know 17 different conspiracies on Game of Thrones When realistically the writers didn't even write those conspiracies in in the first place because they were just trying to get it done And make the money from the show so now you're spending all this time knowing conspiracy theories that the writer themselves Didn't even concoct in their own mind because if you guys know about content creation a lot of people like read in the things That the original writer are IP, you know intellectual property creator didn't even think of and then you don't know science You don't know basic stem and basic stem is conditional on a lot of different factors It's multifactorial. So now you're seeing a tick-tock that sounds kind of good You know somebody articulately put an argument in a lopsided way and now you're getting tricked exactly because you spent all your time Thinking about the trivial thing instead of the base level fundamental things You need to just be a smart common sense person And you know what's funny You know what's funny is that I don't think a lot of people who have cooked tons of rice for years or Chefs are worried about this. I think it's young people who have not cooked a lot of food in their life I can imagine think about it that you are just starting to live on your own like let's say you're a 17 18 year old You're going to college for the first time and you're thinking about cooking on your own like in your dorm or something You're gonna hear this story about bacillus serious and fried rice syndrome. You're like, oh my gosh I don't want to cook rice anymore, but if you've been eating rice for 25 years and you cooked it your own you're like Somewhere along the way I've eaten rotten rice guys and I've been fine So it's just like when you are inexperienced and you hear this headline in this story Then it is kind of fear-mongering. You know what I mean? And again, I'm not saying it doesn't exist These bacterias are true. I've been hit with food poisoning before but I'm just saying you guys are tripping and calling a fried rice syndrome It's rotten pasta syndrome, man If anything you should just be worried about refined carbohydrates more than you know Poisoning yourself and killing yourself. Yeah, stay fit and drink vitamin C. Alright guys Let me know what you guys think in the comments down below Was it racially charged to call it fried rice syndrome instead of a different name? Because I think that was a pretty bad name to call it. So I just want to call it out again. I'm not a snowflake I'm not super easily sensitive and offended by these things, but I call it out when I see it So but yes, keep your food fresh and especially for kids younger kids I mean there are immunities not as strong because they're still developing Logical alright everybody. Thanks so much for watching and until next time we out peace