I personally love my showers. It gives me time to reflect on the day, jam out to my favorite tunes via my shower speaker, and to think about deep topics that I don’t have time to ponder on a busy day. This chemical engineer, however, hasn’t showered in over a decade, and he thinks that you shouldn’t shower either.
“A live bacteria spray meant to restore skin with healthy microbes erased by obsessive cleaning has at least one weighty endorsement: It’s used daily by a guy who hasn’t showered in more than 12 years, per CBS Boston. David Whitlock—a chemical engineer who manages not to scare away friends and neighbors—helped found Massachusetts company AOBiome in 2013 after making a surprise discovery about dirt. Soon after a date asked him why her horse rolled in the stuff, Whitlock discovered that ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in dirt converts sweat’s urea and ammonia into good bacteria with anti-inflammatory properties. He also guessed AOB lived on the skin of our ancestors before cleaning products were invented, and he began covering his body with a mixture of AOB and water. Not only did his skin look and smell fine, but Whitlock says the mixture did wonders for his mental health, reports Bloomberg.”
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