Every Hackernews knows that it's the standard American diet and toxins from first-world industry that are the root cause of nearly every major health problem. Some Hackernews have also quit bathing entirely and they're in perfect health because microbiota or something.
Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
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Re: Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
#42That's one data point :) I've stopped washing my body for a few years now. I do wash my hands regularly (with soap), I take a few saunas a week, and when I think I stink I take a shower with sodiumbicarb as a soap. I believe this is possible due to a fairly clean diet (eggs, dairy, union/garlic, meat, fish -- they make me stink and I no longer eat them). My skin has never been better.
has anyone commented on your scent?
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#43Ugh I love ads that take up half the screen and you can't click away from
> not using an ad-blocker
Stop hitting yourself.
Re: Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
#44Every Hackernews knows that it's the standard American diet and toxins from first-world industry that are the root cause of nearly every major health problem. Some Hackernews have also quit bathing entirely and they're in perfect health because microbiota or something.
Also Soylent, although this Iranian guy lives on porcupine.
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#45His favorite food was porcupine! That's some Chuck Norris stuff right there!
Yeah, I want to try that now. I doubt this guy's preparation was very sophisticated, though, he also ate rotten meat.
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#46> Amou Haji finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago. > According to Iran's IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday. I don't think evolution prepared us to 3 showers a day. I also don't think it prepared us to instantly available unhealthy all-food-you-can-eat. We have to consider how much of our sedentary behavior is unnatural and how much of it is really improving our…
I've never thought about showering 3 times a day. Is that common anywhere?
Re: Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
#47"..skin covered in soot and pus..", "..diet.. ..rotten meat and unsanitary water..", "..fond of smoking..". "..dies at 94". I don't even know what to say. Those two snippets can't be in the same sentence right? I'll think twice before telling my kids to "eat healthy and don't smoke"!
(In Ladies Man voice): Mm. Yeah. Well that is disthgustin'.
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#48PIMP.
Re: Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
#49A friend of mine stopped using soap and after a few months people started complimenting on how good his hair looked. So I tried the same and after a few weeks I got cold after cold, so I got back to using soap.
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#50Hygiene => reduced risks of infection => increased lifespan. Should we also get excited when people die from smoking after a century, eating frogs for breakfast, or growing insanely long nails?
It could as you hint to that he simply lived a very sedentary life and avoided infections that way (sitting there near his house like the image depicts never getting a cut for decades).