How Often Do You Shower/Bathe?

Like most Americans, I used to shower and wash my hair daily.

Then I lived in an old farm house [without a bathroom] for six months.

Needless to say, bathing in a zinc tub on the kitchen floor did not happen every day.

And lo and behold, I didn't get sick or die.




" The Great Unwashed "

" Of late, researchers have discovered that just as the gut contains good bacteria that help it run more efficiently, so does our skin brim with beneficial germs that we might not want to wash down the drain. “Good bacteria are educating your own skin cells to make your own antibiotics,” said Dr. Richard Gallo, chief of the dermatology division at the University of California, San Diego, and “they produce their own antibiotics that kills off bad bacteria"... “It’s not just removing the lipids and oils on your skin that’s drying it out,” he said. It could be “removing some of the good bacteria that help maintain a healthy balance of skin. "


[link to www.nytimes.com]