Pooping may be universal, but the way we clean our bottoms isn't quite so uniform around the globe. A study found out that nearly 30% people on the earth use toilet paper while the rest of them use water in some or the other way.
Using water to clean your buttock after number two isn't similar everywhere. Bidets are often referred widely used pots with a flush spray. However, other methods such as bamboo stick method and cow dung way in India are of the alterations on it.
There is also some disparity the use of toilet papers. In some parts people flush it and in some they deposit it in the bin.
Read this guide to know where you can & can’t flush toilet paper around the world.
But the main question isn't how we clean. But what's the best environment friendly and most hygienic method of cleaning our asses after defecation.
A 2022 study found out that the hands of people who use bidets have profoundly fewer microbes than those who wipe. So, using the bidets or using water after we are done number two is better? It could have been if the studies have not pointed out that excessive bidet use potentially causes anal pruritus and anal incontinence.
If thinking completely on the basis of environment friendliness, bidets are much better. Approximately 27,000 trees are harvested daily for use in toilet paper manufacturing. This equates to approximately 15 million trees per year. And we know it very well how devastating it can be.
So again, are bidets better? I don't know. But I wonder if bidets waste water. If they do, they also become not so environment friendly. Personally, I use a bidet and I think splashing or spraying of water on your butts is more suitable than wiping it with toilet paper.
What do you think is a better option between a bidet and toilet paper, and why?
Are you ready to make a shift from toilet paper to bidet or vice versa?