{"id":152351,"date":"2025-04-30T21:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/shoes-on-at-home-or-shoes-off-if-you-care-about-your-health-its-a-no-brainer-polly-hudson\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T21:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:59:03","slug":"shoes-on-at-home-or-shoes-off-if-you-care-about-your-health-its-a-no-brainer-polly-hudson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/shoes-on-at-home-or-shoes-off-if-you-care-about-your-health-its-a-no-brainer-polly-hudson\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoes on at home or shoes off? If you care about your health, it\u2019s a no-brainer | Polly Hudson"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOne study reported that 96% of shoes carry coliform bacteria, commonly found in faecal matter. So why is it so uncool to ask visitors to take them off?It is a truth almost universally unacknowledged in the UK that wearing shoes in the home is gross. More than gross, actually \u2013 there\u2019s scientific evidence it could have serious health consequences and even, if you want to come over all dramatic about it, be life-threatening. And yet I can count on the fingers of no hands the people I know who ask me to remove my shoes when I visit.Until now this has been an uncomplicatedly divisive subject: you were either a Shoes Off household, or you weren\u2019t. But a secret underground movement is gathering pace \u2013 the Shoes On households who wish they were Shoes Off, but are worried about the uptight implications of rolling out that policy. Can you be a Shoes Off household while avoiding Shoes Off household energy?Polly Hudson is a freelance writer Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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