This seems like an amazing hack until you find out it could kill you. A holistic mommy blogger recently shared a trick on TikTok to keep un-cut avocados fresh.

Photo by Bethany Randall on Unsplash
Photo by Bethany Randall on Unsplash
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Just submerge them in water and store them in the fridge for up to a month. She claims they'll be as good as new. She posted a video to prove it on Tik Tok and the two-week-old avocado she cuts into does look pretty fresh. The video has been since removed from TikTok but we want to let you know about the dangers of this process.

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The FDA weighed in and told people not to do it because those avocados can end up covered or even filled with dangerous and deadly bacteria.

Close to one in five avocados have listeria on the outside, and sometimes salmonella. When you leave them in water, that bacteria spreads and multiplies a lot faster. And it can even get through the skin into the part you eat. So even if an avocado looks fresh, it could make you sick or even kill you.

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