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6. Chicken
There is a good reason most people store their chicken in the fridge and then eat it cold the next day: The high level of protein in chicken changes once it is cooked and then cooled and reheated. Like mushrooms and rice, eating reheated chicken, especially if it is reheated to a high temperature, can cause symptoms of food poisoning. Chicken can be safely reheated, just don’t use the microwave. Put it in the oven or a toaster oven to heat it slowly but thoroughly. Yes, this takes more time than simply popping it in the microwave for a few minutes, but reheating it slowly will save you from driving the porcelain bus the next morning.
7. Beets
Just like celery and spinach, once cooked, cooled, then reheated, beets release high levels of nitrites. If you like your beets roasted, cook only enough of them to eat for that meal, then toss the leftovers. Beets should not be reheated. If you enjoy cold beets, then there is no problem.
8. Eggs
If you cook eggs for breakfast, no matter if they are scrambled or fried, and then leave them for the late riser in your household, you should tell them to just eat them cold. Eggs, like chicken, can create toxic substances when cooked, cooled, and then reheated, especially when you subject them to the high temperatures of a microwave.
It might sound silly, especially if you have reheated these foods and eaten them before with no problem. You might have been lucky in the past, but unless you would like to experience a nasty case of food poisoning, you are advised to quit while you are ahead and avoid reheating these foods.
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