Avocado lovers don't eat the skin of the creamy fruit so why bother cleaning the exterior before carving into one?
It turns out the skin of an avocado can play host to bacteria that can find their way into the fruit.
A recent report highlighted that listeria was found on 17% of avocado samples.
Bacteria can easily transfer from the skin to the knife which can then contaminate the inside of the fruit.
Royal Variety Performance 2024 presenters Alan Carr and Amanda Holden left ITV viewers watching at home all saying the same thing just minutes into the 2024 show
"I want to touch and be touched by such a man. I think that you are my only chance at that."
Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell got an incredible surprise at home by her ‘proud’ boyfriend Joe Sugg after she won the show for the first time with Chris McCausland, who was the show's first blind contestant
Turns out my teenaged beliefs are wrong...
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood was forced off the panel as Claudia Winkleman issued a huge announcement during the final of the BBC competition
Moving abroad can be a lofty process, but these 5 countries offer a financial incentive to aspiring expats.
COMMENT: Women are often told to shrug things off but this type of behaviour rarely happens in isolation, writes Olivia Petter. If we don’t take it more seriously, who knows where it may lead?
The Princess of Wales would never wear low-slung jeans today, but 19 years ago during a Christmas shopping trip with her mum, Carole Middleton, a 23-year-old Kate hit the shops in Spice Girl-inspired jeans and a pale blue cardigan - see unearthed photos
Dianne Buswell has broken her silence after lifting the Strictly glitterball alongside her dancer partner, Chris McCausland. Get the details here...
Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund was involved in a coming together with Manchester City's Kyle Walker as the derby heated up
This is the site earmarked for Britain's biggest ever Muslim cemetery and which has sparked huge opposition from local residents. The aerial images show the huge scale of the proposed 45-acre Memorial Garden site which would contain 12,250 burial plots, funeral parlour and prayer halls. The cemetery plan has been submitted by the billionaire Issa brothers on land near Oswaldtwistle, west of Blackburn, Lancashire, which has a population of just 10,815.
Coronation Street star Morag Siller took on roles in Casualty, Emmerdale and EastEnders - however, the actor's career was cut short by her tragic death in 2013 from breast cancer
Bars and Melody have certainly grown up since first appearing on Britain's Got Talent in 2014 and now look worlds apart as they're covered with tattoos and one even has dreadlocks
It's a tough job before Christmas - but someone has to test all the selection boxes of Christmas chocolate biscuits
Find out which Strictly Come Dancing star will be missing the live final tonight (December 14) due to having knee surgery just days before.
The newsagents and souvenir shop on one of Manchester city centre's busiest streets has been ordered to close by a court order
Personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians who until days ago were persecuted for criticizing his carefully crafted public image. The intimate and candid photos, reportedly discovered in albums from Assad’s mansions in the hills of Damascus and Aleppo, offer a stark contrast to the polished, glamorous image that Assad and his father projected as they led Syria for half a century. Syrians have been fascinated by the background glimpses of a seemingly normal family that held the country in an iron grip and bombed some their fellow citizens regarded as a threat.
BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing has become one of the most popular shows on TV, but how much does everyone on the show get paid?
When the 08.36 to Newcastle pulls out of Ashington station on Sunday, heralding the first passenger train on the Northumberland Line in more than 60 years, the people of north-east England would be forgiven for rubbing their eyes in disbelief.
