According to a new study, scientists discovered that the ‘Grandma Method’ is the best way to clean yourself in the shower. It may seem unusual, but believe us when we say it’s a real thing.
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- What is grandma’s method?
- Where did you guys first come up with this?
- Why was the study carried out?
- How I finish?
What is grandma’s method?
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Basically, scientists were conducting important microbiological research to determine the most effective and healthiest way to clean, and they discovered that many people overlook stains, resulting in a less healthy microbiome.
We’ll have to dig a little deeper into this, as you should when cleaning under your armpits, but first, let’s see where that “grandma” thing comes from.
Where did you guys first come up with this?
When they began investigating the skin biome, researchers at George Washington University’s Computational Biology Institute used something called the “Grandma Method.”
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The skin biome, for those who are not scientists, refers to the millions and billions of tiny microorganisms that reside on the skin. Yes, you may not want to think about them, but they are present and have the job of keeping you healthy as long as they are properly cared for.
The researchers tried to look at differences in various areas of the skin, including those most commonly targeted with a loofah and those most easily missed, such as the belly button or behind the ears.
Why was the study carried out?
Keith Crandall, director of the aforementioned Institute for Computational Biology, said in a statement about the study that his lovely grandmother always advised him to rub behind his ears, between his toes and in his navel.
Crandall, good advice. He hypothesized that the sections where you need to be reminded to clean instead of acting on autopilot would harbor different types of germs than other parts of the body as a result of this showering negligence.
So for their study, they rounded up 129 students and collected samples from places that are often wiped, like forearms and calves, before moving on to the belly button, between the toes, and behind the ears.
How I finish?
Students, both graduate and undergraduate, were then asked to sequence the DNA in those samples and compare the results between frequently cleaned areas and harder-to-reach regions.
Grandma Crandall, of course, was vindicated, and the regions that were properly cleaned had a much more diverse biome and potentially healthier set of bacteria than the neglected sections.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn