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By now we've showed that hygiene is extremely important. But what would happen to your body and more if you just stopped bathing altogether?

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How Clean Does A Hospital Really Need To Be?:    • How Clean Does A Hospital Really Need...  

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Sources:

What Lives in Your Belly Button? Study Finds "Rain Forest" of Species:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne...

“Rob Dunn and his team of ecologists aren't your average navel gazers. They're professional navel gazers, thank you very much, and their new study details the microbial contents of 60 volunteers' belly buttons."

1,458 Bacteria Species 'New to Science' Found in Our Belly Buttons:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/arc...

“Instead of taking your fingerprint, maybe police should swab our belly buttons with Q-tips. No, that's ridiculous, actually."

Here’s What Would Really Happen If You Stopped Bathing:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03...

“You’ve probably gone a few days without showering — maybe a week. But let’s say you didn’t bathe for days on end — as in you use no soap, no water, no nothing."

Sebum Overview:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-...

“You could say that your body has a love-hate relationship with sebum. When you have just the right amount of this oily substance, it helps protect your skin."

Chapter 5: Linkages with General Health:
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/DataStatisti...

“The mouth and face are highly accessible parts of the body, sensitive to and able to reflect changes occurring internally. The mouth is the major portal of entry to the body and is equipped with formidable mechanisms for sensing the environment and defending against toxins or invading pathogens."

Toothbrushing, inflammation, and risk of cardiovascular disease: results from Scottish Health Survey:
http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c2...

“Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing interest in the possible link between dental disease, specifically periodontal disease, and cardiovascular disease."

Cultural factors in health and oral health:
http://www.nacd.in/ijda/volume-01-iss...

“Culture is defined as learned behavior which has been socially aquired and in other words 'it is the shared and organized body of customs, skills, ideas and values, transmitted socially from one generation to other...'"

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