No, I am certainly not constipated. But I work outside in Arizona in the 110F heat, on the 170F asphalt, which radiates intense heat. I am outside in 10 hour shifts usually, with my only reprieve at lunch time. I drink a ton of water! This doesn't include my trips to the bathroom for #2. So yeah, I do go at least 10x a day.

I have never had constipation, not once (lucky I guess).

Just because a company mandates a sterile environment with certain protocols doesn't make them applicable to general situations. The environment for AMD's processor plant is extremely sterile, where I could completely understand the need for washing hands before suiting up.

But for general, household, restaurant & office situations, washing your hands multiple times a day is not necessary. Your stomach & immune system will kill 99.9% of anything that enters your body.

Now, if someone has the flu, cold, or some other highly contagious disease, washing their hands MAY help. Soap does not kill viruses though; the abrasive action of scrubbing your hands can remove some of the virus. But that is certainly not 100% effective so other methods much be employed.

The only sure fire way to reduce the spread of some disease is first, active management of your bodily fluid, but the best way, is quarantine. If you don't rub your nose when it runs, cough into the inside of your elbow, don't shake hands with people, don't touch objects that other people touch (like door knobs, etc). Quarantine is the only 100% effective method, and since I don't want to live in a plastic bubble, that seems irrelevant.

Finally, in regards to your using hand cream after washing your hands every time, I pose a question. What about using q-tips every day to clean the ear wax out of your ears? What are you going to inject into your ears to help prevent ear infections?

Do you have scientific proof that refutes anything I have said in the above post? If so, please link to it. Thanks!