Eating Boogers May Be Good For Your Kids’ Immune Systems

What if I told you that people who pick their noses (and then eat their boogers) are “healthier, happier, and more in tune with their bodies?”

Would you be more inclined to believe that information if Dr. Friedrich Bischinger, an Austrian doctor specializing in lungs, told you?

According to Dr. Bischinger, “with the finger you can get to places you just can’t reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner. And eating the dry reamins of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body’s immune system.”

That’s because boogers are filled with trapped bacteria. Kids would pick their noses, eat the boogers, and their immune system would then be exposed to the bacteria. This makes the immune system work and so it becomes stronger.

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