• silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    These are mostly a myth to my understanding.

    There is some theory on how the chromium in stainless steel could help with breaking down and removing the smelly compounds from onions and garlic off your hands, but there aren’t any studies proving this.

    In my experience just properly washing your hands with water for 15-20s works just as well. I think the “soap” kinda works because it tricks people to not just rinse their hands.

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      6 days ago

      It’s true, I’ve never used one of these and was absolutely lying about their effectiveness.

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        6 days ago

        You’re saying that as if I’ve never used one. I have, and I don’t see a difference to just washing my hands with water. But to each their own ¯\_(ツ)_/¯