Leading Lung Specialist Endorses Picking Your Nose and Consuming What You Find
by www.SixWise.com
Suspend what parents have been teaching kids for eons, and
suspend the "wow is that gross" factor:
Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to
stay healthy, says a top Austrian doctor.
Austrian lung specialist Dr. Friedrich Bischinger says that
those who pick their noses with their fingers are generally
healthier, happier and more in tune with their bodies.
He encourages people to adopt a positive attitude to nose-picking,
and to encourage children to perform the habit, not suppress
it.
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"With the finger you can get to places you just can't
reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner,"
says Dr. Bishinger. "And eating the dry remains of what
you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body's immune
system.
"Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural
thing to do. In terms of the immune system the nose is a filter
in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when
this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like
a medicine.
"Modern medicine is constantly trying to do the same
thing through far more complicated methods. People who pick
their nose and eat it get a natural boost to their immune
system for free."
He noted that kids pick their noses happily and without abandon,
but by the time they become adults they have stopped (or do
so on the sly) under extreme pressure from a society that
has labeled it anti-social and disgusting.
"I would recommend a new approach where children are
encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural
response and medically a good idea as well," says the
respected doctor.
So is it really just a gross habit or gold worth digging
for after all? Ultimately, that's a pick you'll
have to make on your own.