Whilst it is believed that a bar of soap will clean the skin, this could not be further from the truth. As we have seen, a bar of soap is very alkaline and our skin very acid. Alkaline, being the stronger one of the two, will completely strip the skin of its protective acid mantle for a period of two hours, leaving it dry and vulnerable to bacterial invasion.
Secondly, bacteria love an alkali environment and a bar of soap is the perfect breeding ground. The soap is kept in a dark and warm bathroom all day and most of the time in a wet or damp soap-dish. Upon touching the bar of soap, thousands of dead skin cells are transferred, giving the bacteria something to eat - Delicious!
I've been saying we are overdoing it since everything from plastic to hand soap became anti-bacterial. Humans lived for millions of years with Bacteria...people today are just germphobes and it drives me crazy!
Most soaps are alkyline and that will kill some bacteria but not really very many. Relatively new products (advertised in a way that suggests killing all bacteria is a good idea) contain additives so they are labeled as "Anti-bacterial". I understand that these are fairly effective at killing bacteria on contact but I am not sure that is universally a good idea. Just rubbing your hands together under flowing water for some time is effective at washing away almost all the bacteria. If you add a little normal soap and do a good job of cleaning under the fingernails and in between your fingers, it is really all you need. Doctors were cleaning their hands pretty effectively long before anyone invented "anti-bacterial" soap. The problem with this idea that "ALL BACTERIA MUST DIE" is that we can not live without bacteria. There are something like 100 million individual micro-organisms representing thousands and thousands of different species living in a single cubic centimeter of soil. If humans manage to kill off all those little critters, plants would die and the soil would be unable to support life of any kind. There are more types of beneficial bacteria then there are harmful bacteria. Without bacteria, the human digestive system would not work. Without micro-organisms, we would not have beer or cheese or wine.
As more and more "anti-bacterial" products are produced and sold and used and washed down into the drains and sewers and into the sewage treatment plants and released into the steams and rivers and lakes, the bigger the impact on our environment. There are some things out there that it would be nice to make extinct (small pox virus, malaria parasites, the ameobas that cause dysentary, and the new swine/avian flu virus that has been spreading to the four corners of the earth, things like that). However, there are lots and lots and lots of different living things that are critical for life as we know it on this planet. Some of those living things science knows about and understands a little about but I believe there are many others that we don't even know exist and, if we screw up the environment to the point that some of these things die, it will be very bad for us human beings.
This is a long answer to a simple question. sorry about that
Regular soap and water will remove foreign bacteria from your skin leaving behind the good bacteria or flora your body needs for protecting. Antibacterial soap however removes all bacteria, even the good stuff, and leaves behind only the resistant strains making you susceptible to MRSA and other bad bacterial infections. Only use regular soap and warm water and wash for as long as you sing the ABC's
it neutralizes the core components our body naturally produces, like Co2, Ho9, bicarbonate, potassium chloride, and sodium chloride. It seperates the molecules and covalent bonds that hold it together, making the bacteria dissipate.
ok. the soap when washed alot makes bubbles as you know. they carry off bacteria of your body and thats why you need it sot stay clean. water wont do the trick on its own
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Whilst it is believed that a bar of soap will clean the skin, this could not be further from the truth. As we have seen, a bar of soap is very alkaline and our skin very acid. Alkaline, being the stronger one of the two, will completely strip the skin of its protective acid mantle for a period of two hours, leaving it dry and vulnerable to bacterial invasion.
Secondly, bacteria love an alkali environment and a bar of soap is the perfect breeding ground. The soap is kept in a dark and warm bathroom all day and most of the time in a wet or damp soap-dish. Upon touching the bar of soap, thousands of dead skin cells are transferred, giving the bacteria something to eat - Delicious!
I've been saying we are overdoing it since everything from plastic to hand soap became anti-bacterial. Humans lived for millions of years with Bacteria...people today are just germphobes and it drives me crazy!
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Most soaps are alkyline and that will kill some bacteria but not really very many. Relatively new products (advertised in a way that suggests killing all bacteria is a good idea) contain additives so they are labeled as "Anti-bacterial". I understand that these are fairly effective at killing bacteria on contact but I am not sure that is universally a good idea. Just rubbing your hands together under flowing water for some time is effective at washing away almost all the bacteria. If you add a little normal soap and do a good job of cleaning under the fingernails and in between your fingers, it is really all you need. Doctors were cleaning their hands pretty effectively long before anyone invented "anti-bacterial" soap. The problem with this idea that "ALL BACTERIA MUST DIE" is that we can not live without bacteria. There are something like 100 million individual micro-organisms representing thousands and thousands of different species living in a single cubic centimeter of soil. If humans manage to kill off all those little critters, plants would die and the soil would be unable to support life of any kind. There are more types of beneficial bacteria then there are harmful bacteria. Without bacteria, the human digestive system would not work. Without micro-organisms, we would not have beer or cheese or wine.
As more and more "anti-bacterial" products are produced and sold and used and washed down into the drains and sewers and into the sewage treatment plants and released into the steams and rivers and lakes, the bigger the impact on our environment. There are some things out there that it would be nice to make extinct (small pox virus, malaria parasites, the ameobas that cause dysentary, and the new swine/avian flu virus that has been spreading to the four corners of the earth, things like that). However, there are lots and lots and lots of different living things that are critical for life as we know it on this planet. Some of those living things science knows about and understands a little about but I believe there are many others that we don't even know exist and, if we screw up the environment to the point that some of these things die, it will be very bad for us human beings.
This is a long answer to a simple question. sorry about that
Regular soap and water will remove foreign bacteria from your skin leaving behind the good bacteria or flora your body needs for protecting. Antibacterial soap however removes all bacteria, even the good stuff, and leaves behind only the resistant strains making you susceptible to MRSA and other bad bacterial infections. Only use regular soap and warm water and wash for as long as you sing the ABC's
Soap kills the bacterial cells on your body...duh.
it neutralizes the core components our body naturally produces, like Co2, Ho9, bicarbonate, potassium chloride, and sodium chloride. It seperates the molecules and covalent bonds that hold it together, making the bacteria dissipate.
ok. the soap when washed alot makes bubbles as you know. they carry off bacteria of your body and thats why you need it sot stay clean. water wont do the trick on its own