Picking your nose and eating it may be good for you (WTF article of the day)

[alp227]

Not from the Onion, rather the CBC:

Despite everything you may have heard from your mom, picking your nose and eating what you find may have some health benefits, according to a biochemistry professor at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

"By consuming those pathogens caught within the mucus, could that be a way to teach your immune system about what it's surrounded with?" is the hypothesis Scott Napper posed to his students.

Napper noted that snot has a sugary taste and that may be a signal to the body to consume it and derive information for the immune system.

"I've got two beautiful daughters and they spend an amazing amount of time with their fingers up their nose," he said. "And without fail, it goes right into their mouth afterwards. Could they just be fulfilling what we're truly meant to do?"

Napper said his hypothesis also fits into other theories that examine the link between improved hygiene and an increase in allergies and auto-immune disorders.

[Fumesucker]

1. Heard that a long time ago n/t

[darkangel218]

2. OMG thats disgusting!!

[Blue_In_AK]

12. Exactly the words that went through my head.

Guh-ross.

[lpbk2713]

3. First item I read just as I sit down with my supper in front of the computer.

Gee thanks.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Don't forget dessert

j/k

[dixiegrrrrl]

27. which is...errr...was.....tapioca pudding.

I put mine back in the fridge just now...

[customerserviceguy]

37. You're evil

But you're good at it!

[rrneck]

5. *snort* ----- swallow nt

[Lochloosa]

6. I must be the healthiest person on earth....

[KharmaTrain]

7. Everybody's Doin' It...

[jberryhill]

26. Put it in a pot, and whaddya got?

[Bonhomme Richard]

8. I don't think all nasal drainage end up in your nose.

I would suspect you would get the same benefit from the drainage that goes naturally down your throat that is unconsciously swallowed without the Gross factor.

[laundry_queen]

24. You know, if I remember correctly

I think there was a study a few years ago that showed that people who sniffled and swallowed during a cold instead of blowing their nose, got better faster.

Strange and gross, but interesting.

[Blue Owl]

9. This guy has flown too close to the sun on his booger wings

n/t

[aristocles]

10. Makes sense to me

I'll be 64. I've never been seriously ill. Never have any sort of vaccine. No aches, no pains.

But I do...

And while we're discussing social taboo, remember what Benjamin Franklin proclaimed: "Fart proudly!"

[11 Bravo]

11. If Professor Napper is correct, then George Bush should live to be 150.

[bike man]

18. That caused a 'real life' LOL. nt

[cbdo2007]

13. I first heard this about 15 years ago....

and it does make sense. It's really no grosser than all the snot we all swallow on a daily basis anyways.

[olddots]

14. I think it leads to being finacially succesful

look at the repukes eating their boogers in their Audis at the stop light ,look at 1 %s anywhere they're hiding and watch them eat their boogers ---they also eat shit .

[timdog44]

15. It is why

all those people who spit hackers all over the place are so sick.

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. We're fortunate that we have fingers for such purposes...

Cows have to use their tongues!

[Recovered Repug]

17. Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie,

but I'll never know because I won't eat those filthy animals.

[smirkymonkey]

19. This is so gross.

I don't care how healthy it would make me, I find it repulsive.

[surrealAmerican]

20. I, for one, am seriously impressed that the writer called this a hypothesis ...

... rather than a theory. Is Canadian science reporting held to a higher standard the US science reporting?

[Buns_of_Fire]

34. Personally, I'm grateful it isn't a new show on the Food Channel. nt

[Uncle Joe]

21. Remember kids, you can pick your nose and you can pick your friends,

just don't pick your friends' nose.

Thanks, alp.

[MattBaggins]

22. This is why I never get sick

[cherokeeprogressive]

23. Wait... Snot has a SUGARY taste? Don't tell Mayor Mike! He'll ban it!

At the very least he'll limit peoples' intake to one hefty snort per day, or two boogers, whichever weighs less.

Mike's ON IT.

[customerserviceguy]

38. It's only a problem for him

if you have more than a sixteen ounce nose.

Don't laugh, some here do...

[Brimley]

25. VINDICATION AT LAST!!!

[kestrel91316]

28. Makes perfect biological and evolutionary sense to me.

The harmless bacteria that live on and in us are a vital part of US. They are a functioning part of our immune systems.

And yeah, if snot were something we're supposed to avoid and that is bad for us, it would taste nasty like poop - that would be nature's way of ensuring that we don't eat it.

[RKP5637]

29. I'll pass on this health tip! And I will be absolutely sure not to pick my butt! n/t

[jberryhill]

30. I LET MY STAR EXPIRE AND THERE IS A MCDONALD'S AD ON THIS PAGE!

"SO MANY NEW TASTES TO LOVE" IS THE TAGLINE.

I'M GONNA DIE.

[azurnoir]

33. lol the MCBugar all natural dairy and gluten free

and good for you too

[retread]

31. Everybody is doin' it, doin' it. Pickin' their nose and chewin' it, chewin' it.

[azurnoir]

32. yuk ewww my stomach queezed just reading the headline

[Common Sense Party]

35. If I pick my nose and eat it today,

what will I eat tomorrow?

[Common Sense Party]

36. "$50 bucks more says he eats it."

That kid'll eat anything.

[Poll_Blind]

39. This is true and it's probably the 5th report I've read over the years stating so. nt

PB