Contents:
- Medical Video: 12 Life Hacks That Can Help You Survive
- 1. Soap can kill disease bacteria
- 2. Washing every day makes the germs disappear
- 3. You need to take a shower every day
- 4. Public toilets are full of disease-causing bacteria
- 5. Sweat makes the body smell
- 6. Hand sanitizer able to kill all disease bacteria in the hand
- 7. Cleaning the house must use antibacterial products
- 8. You don't have to change the sheets too often
Medical Video: 12 Life Hacks That Can Help You Survive
He said, so that your body is free of disease bacteria, you have to take a shower every day. Is that true? Or is it true that public toilets can cause infectious diseases? Here are myths and facts about cleanliness that can surprise you.
1. Soap can kill disease bacteria
Wrong. The soap you use actually doesn't kill germs. All this time the soap you use is only moving it to another place, not killing it.
So, how soap works actually only removes germs and disease bacteria that are on the surface of your skin. Then, when you rinse it with water, the germs and bacteria are carried away and move to the water stream. Therefore, you should use running water when washing hands or other body parts. So that bacteria can be wasted along the water flow.
2. Washing every day makes the germs disappear
Wrong. Everyone must have their own hair washing schedule. But, not a few who wash it very often, even every time he takes a shower.
Actually, washing your hair every day only makes your hair less healthy. Shampoo is effective for cleansing and removing oil in your hair, but if too often it will only make your hair dry and brittle.
3. You need to take a shower every day
He said, so that your body is clean you have to take a shower at least twice a day. Don't know where the recommendation came from. But, according to some experts, you don't need to take a shower twice a day, not even taking a shower every day is no problem. Instead, bathing too often will make good bacteria on your skin die.
However, the more often and longer you spend outdoors, then you should take a bath to clean the germs attached to the body.
4. Public toilets are full of disease-causing bacteria
Not really. Public toilets are usually dirty and can be a collection of disease bacteria. But according to microbiologists, bacteria in public toilets are like toilet bacteria in your home. The toilet seat on a public toilet that you think is dirty and full of germs is actually harmless.
As long as you don't have open sores on the skin that come into contact with the toilet seat, you will not experience an infection.
5. Sweat makes the body smell
The sweat that your skin produces doesn't actually have any odor at all. Then what makes it smell? Body odor arises from bacteria that attach to the surface of your skin. So when your sweat mixes with bacteria, new body odor will appear. The most common bacteria on the surface of the skin such as Staphylococcus epidermis and S. Aureus.
6. Hand sanitizer able to kill all disease bacteria in the hand
If you change the habit of cleaning hands with soap and water, use it hand sanitizer, then actually your actions are not good. In fact, until now hand washing soap is still effective for removing bacteria in your hands. because it was recently discovered that antibacterials are present in hand sanitizer known to not work as well as hand-washing soap.
7. Cleaning the house must use antibacterial products
Because you want a house that is clean and free of bacteria, it doesn't mean you have to buy all the home cleaning products that are antibacterial. According to circiobiologists, antibacterial cleaning products sold on the market contain more trichlosan substances which are considered not effective enough to kill bacteria. even triclosan can be toxic to the environment around you. Unlike disinfectants - which are in bleach - can work better against bacterial diseases and do not make the environment polluted.
8. You don't have to change the sheets too often
On the contrary. In fact, the sheets you use are one of the nests of bacteria and germs. Actually, every hour you add the number of bacteria and germs to your sheets. If you often do not take a shower after the activity from outside and immediately lie down on the bed, then your mattress might be filled with bacteria. Although in most cases this is not dangerous, the bacteria on your bed can cause irritation and acne on the body.
To avoid this, you should replace bed sheets every week and wash the sheets that have been used with hot water.
