Don't Tell the Children.

[muppet]

Hi Guys

Don't tell the children. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...941719871.html

Rich pickings? Yeah, right

Some news really should be kept from children. An Austrian doctor last week claimed picking your nose and eating it was one of the best ways to stay healthy. Dr Friedrich Bischinger said dead bacteria in snot boosts your 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," he told the Ananova news service. "Modern medicine is constantly trying to do the same thing through far more complicated methods [but] people who pick their nose and eat it get a natural boost to their immune system for free."

He said parents should urge their children to take up nose-picking. But most children don't need encouragement. Bizarre magazine reports that that's because snot tastes good. The saline and nutrients in nose mucus are a savoury delight, which may be nature's way of encouraging us to eat up and reap the health benefits. Bon appetit.

Regards

[Marc]

Thanks muppet!!

[inzvestor]

So drivers in the city should be healthier than drivers in the country ??

Based on this info that would be the case (lots more red light nose picking opportunities etc..........)

[JetBlue]

Only in Austria!...LOL

[donna]

Re: Don't Tell the Children.

He said parents should urge their children to take up nose-picking.

One of my goals over the next 54 days is to stop my almost 5 year old son from eating his snot. I don't want to expose some poor new entrants teacher to the horror! Now I learn I can relax.

What's worse is that snot was his first solid food. At about 3 weeks old I found my 22month old daughter picking his nose and feeding it to him. Gross.

He's been really healthy, very few colds, ear infections or the usual stuff that knocks little kids. Might be something in it