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- Dangerous intestinal bacteria on our shoes
- Intestinal bacteria under the soles of the shoes
- How do the germs get on the shoes?
- Take off your shoes, please!
Dangerous intestinal bacteria on our shoes
Do you let your guests take off their shoes before they enter your apartment? Do you think that you are rude if you insist? No, you do it all right!
New studies have shown that there are more dangerous germs under our shoe soles than on toilet seats. Would you have thought that? Our shoes are mainly responsible for the spread of germs!
Intestinal bacteria under the soles of the shoes
Under about 40 percent of all shoe soles are the intestinal bacteria. But do not worry, normally gut bacteria are harmless. Only after prolonged intake of antibiotics, it may happen that the bacteria cause pathological complaints. At worst, they can even lead to intestinal inflammation and violent diarrhea.
How do the germs get on the shoes?
Not only the intestinal bacteria, countless other germs are spread through our shoes. Especially low-profile shoes, such as winter boots or hiking boots, are real bacteria slingers. How can that be? When visiting public toilets with germinated floors, our shoes are contaminated with germs, which are then carried as uninvited guests to our apartment.
Take off your shoes, please!
You should better not enter your living areas and especially the kitchen with street shoes. If you want to keep the germ burden of your apartment as low as possible, you should best leave your shoes in front of the apartment door and enter your home only with slippers. Then the disgusting, unhealthy germs stay out!
