Comments on: A Sanitized World is a Healthier World?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:04:56 +0000

Reminds me of an experiment we did in my high school Biology class back a LONG time ago! We had two petrie dishes. We swiped our hand across one, then closed it. Then we went and washed our hands with soap. (I can’t remember if it was anti-bacterial or not… i’m thinking not because this was in 82 or something and I don’t recall antibacterial being the big fad yet.)

For a week we checked the progress of the dishes. The one where we had washed our hands grew bacteria at a MUCH faster rate. There was hardly any on the one where we had dirty hands.

I always remembered that when people went off about washing their hands so much! Myself, I wash after the bathroom, when in the kitchen (especially when cooking meat), and in the shower. But that’s about it.

And I have to say I usually get maybe one cold a year– if that. And I’ve had the flu three times in 15 years. And thinking back– all three times were when I was super stressed out, doing way too much and not getting enough sleep or eating right (like finals in college).

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By: icke

icke — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:43:14 +0000

I got really dry skin (atopic skin) so i never, ever use soap. So far no problems.

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By: Mari

Mari — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:42:55 +0000

Thank you for publishing this article. I am tired of hearing an over indulged had sanitizing, diet restricted society. Everyday, it seems that the only topic of conversation is disease an cleanliness – in the means of hand sanitizers.
There’s simply nothing natural about today’s mindset.

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