Posted on 09/05/2015 1:58:32 PM PDT by Red Badger
BOSTON (CBS) Youve heard of taking probiotics for a healthy gut, but what about literally spraying live bacteria on your skin? As Dr. Mallika Marshall reports, a local company thinks its a good idea for overall health, and plans to prove it.
I have not taken a shower in over 12 years, says Dave Whitlock, a chemical engineer and MIT grad who says he doesnt miss bathing at all. No one did clinical trials on people taking showers every day. So whats the basis for assuming that that is a healthy practice.
In fact, what Whitlock does believe is healthy is restoring good bacteria to our skin that our ancestors enjoyed long ago and that has slowly been stripped away by excessive cleaning. To prove his theory, he helped found AOBiome, a company based in Cambridge, MA.
Weve confused clean with sterile, says Jasmina Aganovic, the General Manager of Consumer Products at AOBiome. She says as humans, we need to reconnect with our environment. Weve taken the dirt out of our lives. We dont spend as much time outdoors as we used to, even little children, she explains.
To add a little dirt back into our lives, AOBiome has created Mother Dirt, specifically the AO+ Mist containing live bacteria that is sprayed directly on the skin twice a day. It has no odor and feels like water.
Our users are able to reduce their dependence on conventional products, says Aganovic. Examples include cutting out or cutting down on deodorant, cutting out or cutting down on moisturizers. Theres a Mother Dirt shampoo and cleanser that dont contain bacteria but Aganovic says wont interfere with it either.
And while Whitlock still doesnt shower, he does use Mother Dirt every day and hopes the rest of the world will join him. I would like a billion people a day to use this, he says.
While AOBiome believes in the health benefits of these live bacteria, theyre not making any scientific claims right now but will soon begin clinical trials on inflammatory skin conditions, like acne.
The Mother Dirt products became available in July of this year. For more information, go to www.motherdirt.com
Dave Whitlock (WBZ-TV) "I have not taken a shower in over 12 years, .......................
Also, unpasteurized milk is helpful.
But I'm sure the dems are working now on making it the law, to protect the environment or some other nanny state reason.
“No one did clinical trials on people taking showers every day. So whats the basis for assuming that that is a healthy practice. “
Typical college idiot with no life experiences.
I knew a fellow whose feet stank like Limburger cheese.
On the advice of a homeopathic health food guru, he started drinking foenugreek tea. After a few days, he started smelling like maple syrup.
LOL! Not much red left on this old head, I fear. What's that old saw about "snow on the roof/fire in the furnace?" Anyway, the SBO's I take are a supplement from Garden of Life, called Primal Defense. They are a little expensive, but worth it.
LOL!
Duly hand-slapped here.... ;)
But do realize that showers are like caviar here in the Land Of Drought where we revere almonds to send to China over our own need for water.
And a man who hasn’t showered in years.... I’ve walked past homeless guys who showered more recently.
LOL ;-)
Are you sure he didn’t live in IHOP for a week or two?................................
There’s a water fountain here in a park downtown that the locals know to not drink from. The homeless guys bathe in it.................
LOL. No, not IHOP.
The theory was, foenugreek is an herb that alters the internal body chemistry, or PH factor. Or some such.
I tried the tea and I started to smell like maple syrup, too.
Tastes ok with sugar or honey. Straight, it’s vile.
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