midlifebear
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While we're on the subject of body hair reducing bacterial growth and therefore smell. I have to pass this anecdote along.
In my 30's I regularly ran between 5 and 10 miles a day with a group of coworkers. One of them was an endocrinologist who was also a zealous vegetarian. He always complained about the way we "meat eaters" smelled. And there's truth to that. If you don't eat meat or anything made from meat, eggs, and milk you definitely can pick up a different smell among us carnivores. He also insisted that his daily runs worked up a good enough sweat that it acted as a natural bath. Therefore, he felt he needed to shower/bathe only once (possibly twice) a week. He said he had "medical" proof that he was right.
Well, medical proof or no, we had an office intervention because no one could stand to be in the same building with the guy. A sauna is one thing. Running every day to "open the pores" is an entirely different thing. I'm told he still washes daily, even though he doesn't believe he needs to. And he didn't think it was anything more than coincidence that when he began daily bathing after that intervention that he met a fine-looking woman who eventually married him. He's a good guy and a good physician, but was dumb as a brick when it came to personal hygiene.
In my 30's I regularly ran between 5 and 10 miles a day with a group of coworkers. One of them was an endocrinologist who was also a zealous vegetarian. He always complained about the way we "meat eaters" smelled. And there's truth to that. If you don't eat meat or anything made from meat, eggs, and milk you definitely can pick up a different smell among us carnivores. He also insisted that his daily runs worked up a good enough sweat that it acted as a natural bath. Therefore, he felt he needed to shower/bathe only once (possibly twice) a week. He said he had "medical" proof that he was right.
Well, medical proof or no, we had an office intervention because no one could stand to be in the same building with the guy. A sauna is one thing. Running every day to "open the pores" is an entirely different thing. I'm told he still washes daily, even though he doesn't believe he needs to. And he didn't think it was anything more than coincidence that when he began daily bathing after that intervention that he met a fine-looking woman who eventually married him. He's a good guy and a good physician, but was dumb as a brick when it came to personal hygiene.
