Spray instead of shower
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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In our life we are so used to the soul that it is even hard to imagine how one can do without it. But David Whitlock, a professor at the University of Massachusetts, said that washing is harmful to health, while the chemist, by his example, showed how you can do without soap and water for a long time without consequences for yourself and others.
David Whitlock did not take showers for more than 10 years. According to him, along with the mud, a person washes away useful bacteria that support immunity.
The researcher noted that contributes to the formation of bacteria nitrogen oxide, in addition, this chemical compound is an antioxidant and helps the body stay young and healthy longer.
Wiltock noted that water washes off microorganisms that absorb urea, ammonia and other substances, especially if you use various gels, soaps, lotions and other modern cosmetics during washing. According to the chemist, this "habit" leads to a decrease in immunity and the development of a number of immune diseases.
In confirmation of his theory, David Whitlock refused any hygienic procedures and for 12 years does without a shower and a bath. The only thing that upset him and gave discomfort to others is an unpleasant smell. But even this did not make the scientist at least occasionally take a shower, instead he went to the laboratory and invented a special tool, which gave the name Mama-filth.
At the heart of this remedy are special bacteria that eat dirt from the human skin and absorb an unpleasant body odor.
David Whitlock is fully confident in his new tool (by the way, he created it in the form of a spray) and encourages everyone to follow his example and use a spray instead of a shower.
The story of an American chemist, who voluntarily refused to wash, stirred the minds of the public. According to the endocrinologist Vladislav Tkachev, there is some truth in Wiltedok's statements. Scientists have long found out that a shortage of some bacteria on the skin can cause immune diseases. In a number of countries, there is no access to water, and people do not wash daily, fewer such diseases are recorded than in countries where it is accepted to shower at least once a day.
Natural processes that activate their own immunity, trigger bacteria that live on the skin and inside the person.
For example Tolkachev brought peoples living in the North who wash extremely seldom, but their body does not exude an unpleasant smell, as a natural mechanism of self-cleaning starts.
But in developed countries people are already accustomed to this way of life and do not imagine life without hot water and a shower, but as hygiene procedures become more popular, immune diseases spread .
The endocrinologist noted that during frequent washing from the skin a layer of fat produced by the body is removed, a rare shower intake leads to a blockage of the hair follicle. Harmful microorganisms, dust, etc. Fall on our skin and mucous in huge quantities, with a decrease in immunity pathogenic microflora is activated and can lead to some diseases, pollution can "clog" the pores, causing inflammation, the appearance of pustules, etc. According to Vladislav Tolkachev, a modern person needs to take a shower for their own health, for example, he himself has been washing himself daily for 30 years and feels well.
