{"id":1659,"date":"2026-08-03T03:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:15:18","slug":"he-baked-potato-in-aluminium-foil-and-ate-it-next-morning-after-microwaving-it-hours-later-he-was-paralysed-doctor-explains-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=1659","title":{"rendered":"He baked potato in aluminium foil, and ate it next morning after microwaving it. Hours later, he was paralysed, doctor explains why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How Potato became a biological trap: A routine kitchen shortcut involving foil-wrapped baked potatoes led to paralysis. This common practice can incubate dangerous botulism-causing bacteria overnight. Reheating leftovers in a microwave does not neutralize the potent botulinum toxin.  Nerve damage from this poisoning requires extensive and uncertain recovery periods.  Prompt refrigeration of potatoes after baking prevents this severe medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/new-updates\/he-baked-potato-in-aluminium-foil-and-ate-it-next-morning-after-microwaving-it-hours-later-he-was-paralysed-doctor-explains-why\/articleshow\/132574269.cms' target='_blank'>Read the original article on economictimes.indiatimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Potato became a biological trap: A routine kitchen shortcut involving foil-wrapped baked potatoes led to paralysis. This common practice can incubate dangerous botulism-causing bacteria overnight. Reheating leftovers in a microwave does not neutralize the potent botulinum toxin. Nerve damage from this poisoning requires extensive and uncertain recovery periods. Prompt refrigeration of potatoes after baking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}