Eating boogers may be healthy

[KelJu]

Mucophagy (literally mucus-eating, also referred as picking one's nose and eating it) is the consumption of the nasal mucus, boogers, and other detritus obtained from nose-picking.

Modern scientific research suggests that mucophagy seems to be a natural and even healthy activity, which exposes the digestive system to bacteria accumulated in the mucus, thereby helping to strengthen the overall immune system.

The body even naturally encourages the formation of a dense, salty coating to the boogers to make them more palatable. There is no other known reason for the high salt content in the mucus in the nose.

In mankind's caveman times - it would not have been strange to spend an evening sitting around with friends and sampling each other's boogers. It sounds disgusting - but its simply part of our instinctual primate grooming behaivors that have only recently been repressed through collective social training.

Studies done on dozens of feral human children found in the wild and raised by animals (and possessing no knowledge of modern social mores) show that they all spent at least a part of each day carefully clearing out their nostrils and consuming the boogers. It SOUNDS bestial and ignorant to us today - but Mother Nature (or God) always has a very good reason for putting non-learned, instinctual behaivor like this into our brains from the get go...

It has been speculated that the reason why humans have become so susceptible to viruses and bacterial infections in the last 500 years or so is indeed, because we have lost this beneficial, immune system strengthening behaivor.

Now this doesn't mean I'm going to start eating my own boogers to stay healthy... (the idea is revolting)... however, the next time you do catch someone popping a dandy into his or her mouth after coring out the old schnozz rockets... don't be so quick to judge them as dirty or disgusting or ignorant... remember that it's just an unconscious, instinctual behaivor that we all possess... and some people are just better at repressing it than others.

Bon appetite!

I'm still trying to track down the original source to this. It seems to funny to be legit.

 

[vortrit]

I'm still not eating my boogers. I don't care how healthy they are. I bet there are still a lot of forum members who do though... haha!

 

[KelJu]

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[vortrit]

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I think he ate some of it, and stuck some of it on his tie. He was probably saving it for a snack later.

 

[LAM]

I'm still trying to track down the original source to this. It seems to funny to be legit.

Not positive but I'm pretty sure that originated from research on primates...

 

[LAM]

I think he ate some of it, and stuck some of it on his tie. He was probably saving it for a snack later.

Gordon Brown may pick his nose and eat it but that is one SMART mother fucker! Have you seen him on C-SPAN2 and the UK's House of Common's?

 

[fufu]

What the fuck is with all these guys eating their boogers?

Is this something a lot of people enjoy doing? I must be missing out.

 

[vortrit]

Gordon Brown may pick his nose and eat it but that is one SMART mother fucker! Have you seen him on C-SPAN2 and the UK's House of Common's?

Actually no.

 

[BillHicksFan]

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I could never understand why people eat their own boogers. Sure we all pick our noses but why the fuck would you want to eat it?

Here's a vid of out former Prime Minister showing the world his little finger fetish.

Makes you wonder if these people pick their arses too.

 

[vortrit]

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I could never understand why people eat their own boogers. Sure we all pick out noses but why the fuck would you want to eat it?

Here's a vid of out former Prime Minister showing the world his little finger fetish.

Makes you wonder if these people pick their arses too.

Eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!

 

[The Foundation]

Thats freaking gross.

 

[vortrit]

Thats freaking gross.

They are delicous - you should try some.

 

[benjani1]

i once caught an ex girlfriend pick her ear and eat the ear wax . she didnt even realise she did it , almost unconsciously . then when i told her wot shed done she just denied it . i was preety hesitant bout getting jiggy that eve . i like the idea of communal snot munching though . it sounds kinda cool , all gathered round the fire , warm and cosy in your cave , comparing each others snotage . it would make giving presents at xmas alot easier.