Anopsology

Why do we use soap to wash our hands? talking about plain soap not antibacterial or anything. What does soap do to remove more germs and bacteria? When Im washing my hands in the bathroom and using some plain old liquid hand soap... what is soap doing to remove more germs? Does it actually? Or is soap a scam?

I always use it to wipe down my phone screen, computer keyboard, gym headphones, sometimes my counter top. etc. but I never really knew if it actually did anything lol I do this because my mom used to. She used to always wipe things down with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol because she said it killed germs or removed bacteria

But how does that correlate to removing germs? Edit- so the germs and bacteria are clinging to the oils?

Why do we use soaps on our hands and bodies. I've always just used soap to wash my hands like all of us have. But what exactly does soap do to remove germs and bacteria and odors, etc. that plain water doesnt? Can somebody explain how soap works to me. Im a simple minded man haha. Should I be using soap to wash my hands after the restroom? I know soap removes oils from your body/hands but how does it help remove germs and bacteria?

Once every few days my mom always wipes down cell phones , remote controls, refrigerator handles, etc. with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) I always cleaned my cell phone screen with it. Does it actually kill germs?

Water, beer, soda.. I prefer them cold. Some prefer room temperature but i assume most prefer chilled. Why is this? Is it evolutionary? Especially water. I don't like roon temperature water

Not the exact temperature but.. I've been wondering There has been some debate on the internet about room temperature or cold water being better for you body (im sure its all pseudo science nonsense) But it did get me thinking. The springs humans have been drinking out of for throughout history on this planet.. Are most of them pretty cold? Do we have an evolutionary preference for cold water? I have never really been to a spring to gather my own water. Are they usually pretty cold?

thanks. I was debating with friends about soap removing more germs than just plain water washing does. Was trying to explain in the simplest terms possible lol

So when washing your hands... the bacteria and germs would be stuck to the oils.. hence why soap works.. because it removes the oils?

Why do we use soaps on our hands and bodies. I've always just used soap to wash my hands like all of us have. But what exactly does soap do to remove germs and bacteria and odors, etc. that plain water doesnt? Can somebody explain how soap works to me. Im a simple minded man haha. I know soap removes oils from your body/hands but how does it help remove germs and bacteria?

Ive read all about food combining and sequntial eating. (chinese, broscience, bullshit or fact based truth?) Now, I totally understand that certain food DO combine well with othes. Eating some salad before my steak always felt right to me. But is there any reasoning to eating foods in a certain order. Lets say at a single meal you have: Steak, Sweet Potato, and Asparagus (just for example) In food combining or more so "sequential/order of eating" you would want to first eat the asparagus, then the potato, then the steak. A la the "order of digestibility" according to the length of time it takes certain foods to digest. (animal protein being the "hardest to break down) So my question being. Does this make any sense? Personally when I eat I am going to take random bites out of whatever food I want at whatever time I want to vary the taste and texture. A bite of sweet potato here, a bite of asparagus there , some steak, etc... Does anybody eat in order? or eat one food item competely before moving on to the next? Is this all broscience and pseudoscience? Explain

Ive seen a list of the the least polluted air In the USA and least ozone pollution. I want a place with low ozone pollution, low air particle pollution and good year round weather. If I was looking for a combination. Where would I be looking to?

I guess my though process i that since we spent so much time evolving and adapting to Africa that the fruits and vegetables from there are what our bodies truly need. If we get that same nutrients from fruits and plants all over the world then this serves no purpose? Thats basically what im asking. Are African fruits and plants better for us or is meaningless and we get the same nutrients from everything around the world.

Let me pose the question better because I now see how poorly written it is Are we more adapted to African fruits and plants? We spent a long part of our history evolving and, eating plants and fruits on the continent of Africa.. Could it be that our bodies obtain nutrients and digest the plants and fruits of Africa better? There are all these various African fruits and greens we don't eat because we dont have access! I mean our closest relatives the chimps and bonobos eat figs and nuts and various African vegetation in the form of leaves, nuts,berries, etc... Would we as humans be better suited to eating these foods? Or maybe the foods of the African Savannah? We then moved out Africa and starting eating diets of the local foods that were available to us in various places? Did we start finding better foods and more nutritious foods all over the world and that's why we now incorporate them into our diets? I know we can survive anywhere obviously as we have been doing it since we left Africa....but are we still more adapted to these African foods? Or is it the all about being able to obtain nutrients from any plants and fruits regardless of where they are from? I could be eating blueberries and wild dandelions right now in North America, or I could be eating an African wild Fruit with African greens...Or since white people are European is it that they would be more adapted to eaten European vegetation? Or once again does it not matter.... Is it all the same as long as we digest and obtain nutrients regardless of where they come from.?

I heard that brah. Obviously Humans can "survive" any where in the world.. I'm talking the fruits and vegetables are bodies are truly adapted to. The ones we must have been eating for millions of years in Africa.

If 99 percent of our evolutionary history happened in Africa.... would it make the most sense that the best fruits, herbs and vegetables for humans are the ones that grow in Africa?

Are yo Are you suggesting the cleanest soil is in a place where they did heavy Nuclear Testing??? I don't think so my friend

Is there any where in the world that has soil that is completely unpolluted from air pollution and heavy metals? A place where you could grow any kind of fruit you wanted

Tasmania has the cleanest air in the WORLD apparently..... In places that are still sort of pristine do you think it is possible by air purification and the planting of trees and air producing/plants to make the air is close to pure as it is in Tasmania??? I want to move somewhere warm with the FRESHEST air... Tasmania is cold with the freshest air lol! but it got me to thinking... Can we purify and remove pollution from the air and make it close to pure again?

How does one clean the air?

Im looking for a place in the world to one day move to..I want to create my own little slice of longevity.... My keys to longevity are- Pure clean air, pure clean water, clean soil for growing food, sunshine with little change in temperature all year (65-80 degrees) .... What place does it sound like? Im really concerned with the clean air and water! Give me any information you know about the cleanest places in the world....

Most of Human Evolution happened in Africa and Eurasia where we evolved and adapted to our surroundings. Now we have only been living in North America for a few hundred years. (unless your native American)... My questions being.. Are we adapted to the climate, vegetation, air quality, etc. the same way we would be to the other continents? I am finish, French Canadian, german, and everyone somewhere long down the line is African. etc... But now my body is in North America. Am I just as healthy?

I have this fear in my mind that Im doing something wrong or im not doing the right things. Is it okay for me to do what I want and travel the world and go on adventures with my friends? I want to pursue my passions but I have this fear that these passions are just spoiled American things. I could just as easily be sitting under a tree meditating in Tibet my whole life. Why does my mind tell me to go fishing with my friends, travel and see places, go skateboarding and do all these fun leisurely things. Should I be pursuing all these hobbies and passions? I just question everything so much. Is there any famous books on what to do in life from philosophers? or good books in general .. I can do anything I want any day of my life and I am just trying to decipher my thoughts.

what about blue zones and longevity do you think living near the coast has something to do with living longer?

So are we kind of all just evolutionary mutts with specific adaptions to different areas of the world?