Doctors reveal why gross shower habit is actually good for us and the planet

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Specialists have made bold claims about how a controversial shower habit may help the environment while having a positive impact on your health.

The Surprising Shower Habit Dividing Opinions

According to rapper Cardi B’s social media followers, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who pee in the shower and those who lie about it.

A survey conducted on behalf of Abcotechbrand.com by Showers To You discovered that 61 percent of those polled sometimes allow themselves a golden flow while lathering up, while the remaining 39 percent apparently wouldn’t dream of taking part in the habit.

Why the Sound of Running Water Helps You Go

But did you know that passing water while you’re washing could help calm your body down? Speaking to the Daily Star on behalf of Showers To You, General Practitioner Dr Hana Patel revealed that the sound of running water can often help people wee.

“Men with issues passing urine found that listening to sounds of running water helped them,” she said. “This is because water is calming for the body and activates the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS).”

The PNS is a network of nerves that helps your body relax after periods of stress and supports life-sustaining processes such as digestion and the tightening of airway muscles when you’re relaxed, states the Cleveland Clinic.

The experts also claimed that running water sounds may have a conditioned psychological effect. Because the sound has coincided countless times in our lives with the actual act of peeing, it may trigger an instinctive reaction in us to urinate. This is similar to Ivan Pavlov’s discovery of classical conditioning, in which dogs learned to salivate when a bell was rung.

A Word of Caution on Bladder Health

However, Dr Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas has argued that while peeing in the shower seems harmless, it could be negatively affecting your bladder health. In a TikTok video, she claimed that a woman’s pelvic anatomy isn’t built to urinate while standing up and is not “conducive to pelvic floor relaxations.”

Environmental Benefits: Saving Water One Flush at a Time

While peeing in the shower has a myriad of positive health benefits, the practice can actually help the environment too. Princeton University states that a single flush on a standard toilet uses seven gallons of water, while Michigan Daily writes that substituting a toilet flush for a minimally longer shower could save up to 6.125 gallons of water.

Eliminating just one toilet flush a day could significantly reduce the average American’s daily water use of 156 gallons. That means less water being used, while simultaneously saving you a couple of dollars in the process.

So, will you be spending a penny in the shower anytime soon? Or are you set to remain staunch and side with the 39 percent of people who categorically will not pee in the shower?

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