Dave Whitlock hasn’t taken a shower in over 12 years, and he doesn’t miss them at all.
“No one did clinical trials on people taking showers every day,” he told CBS Boston. “So what’s the basis for assuming that that is a healthy practice?
Whitlock, a chemical engineer and MIT grad, believes instead that restoring good bacteria to the skin is a healthier option. He believes that our ancestors enjoyed this bacteria, and that it has slowly been stripped away by excessive cleaning. Whitlock intended to prove his theory, so he helped found AOBiome, a company based in Cambridge, Mass.
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