"other than possibly preventing some fungal things"?
Um, yeah. I've had "some fungal things" (in the distant past) and that's reason enough to bathe every day, lemme tellya.
I take my two hot showers a day and enjoy them greatly, despite what some Kraut massochists might say (Krautland is reputed to have the highest percentage of men who are "that way" anyway). And my evening shower means I don't have to wash and fold my sheets so often.
In the morning I take my shower and shampoo my hair. If I don't it becomes itchy later in the day. And I rinse out under stingingly hot water to "wake up my scalp". Maybe that's why I have lots of nice hair and so many guys my age don't have any.
The only downside is that women are supposed ot be subliminally attracted by male sweat. Well, if that's what attracts them . . . but if I say anything about what attracts them Bio's going to jump on my case again.
Now going on to germaphobic sterile households damaging kids immune systems - I can certainly believe that, it just makes sense. Kids should be out playing in the mud and eating dirt and all that stuff like we older folks did.
