Is picking your nose and eating it, bad for you?

Question

People in Uni' say that it is'nt, its really good for you! They say it recycles the good bacteria into your throat that you need to stop infections etc! Makes me I'll just thinking about it!.....Dorty bazduds!! ...Please help me clear this one up!

Answer 1

Whats next..you going to drink your pee?

Answer 2

would be for me

Answer 3

it cant be good for u!!

the most disgusting habit i can think on

Answer 4

yes... bad bad boy.

Answer 5

It may not be bad for you, but for others it's an eye sore

Answer 6

Hey man, don't you know it's bad table manners to pick your

nose and eating it. If you do it in my hometown, you'll be driven

out without any food to eat all at. Besides, only the ignorant and

stubborn type of people will do it.

Answer 7

which nose again?  yours?  well as long as you don't pick noses that aren't properly prepared.. fresh produce noses you have to wash them down and if they're questionable then cook them thoroughly...   remember noses aren't high in calories but they do have alot of fats..  and trans fats...

so well if you eat too many yes they're not good for you.

so pick the nose wisely and remember to follow all guidelines in preparation of your nose.

avadanza!

Answer 8

It is usually a sign of a serious vitamin deficiency. Which given that they are probably spending their grants on anything except eating sounds probable.

Answer 9

I don't think it would hurt you, but it is gross.

Answer 10

oooooooohhhh

Answer 11

you enjoy.......

Answer 12

Why not pick your nose and store your 'finds'. Then when you have enough make a nice big  boogey pie with chips and peas, mmmmm.

Answer 13

I know a couple of people who do this, and don't seem to have any effects.  I have been told that you can release harmful bacteria back into the body, so I wouldn't recommend it.

Answer 14

only if your mom catches you doing it in church...........

Answer 15

It's true, I read it on Yahoo! News, actually on the US site but I just found the Yahoo! News Indian report on it.  It seems to have some basis to me.

Answer 16

I don't know if it is healthy or not, but if you are going to do it then you should do it in the privacy of your home. If that is bascteria you dont want to spread it around to other people. Especially if its not theirs.

Answer 17

well its better than picking someone elses nose and eating it,do you mean crusty or runny??

Answer 18

If it's bad for you then I don't want to know.

Answer 19

if you have any sense you should know try doing it for awhile

and i bet you get sick

Answer 20

I don't care if it is good for you it is too disgusting! It makes me gag when i see kids doing it and I have almost vomited when I have seen adults do it...I can't believe they do it's too yucky for words! DISGUSTING.

Answer 21

Can't be any worse than syringing someone else's measles, mumps and still-alive rubella virus into your arm.

Answer 22

ah please that's disgusting it would probably rot your guts

Answer 23

dad always said he wishes he could pick my nose coz he'd pick me a better one thats a laugh considering i got his looks

Answer 24

it mainly depends on what you breathe for air...

the nose has among other things the function to filter your breathing air from mechanical impurities... like dust and pollen. these filter remains accumulate in your nostrils, get covered in mucus and expelled by the next sneeze.

now if you eat your nosepickings, you eat exactly what the nose filtered out before.

of course that isnt so bad, really. remember the nose filtered it out to prevent it from reaching your lungs. in your stomach this residue is much less dangerous, anything living in it is going to be killed buy stomach acid.

and there is your answer...  eating your nosepickings does transport anything from yor nose to your stomach, well packaged in dried mucus... and NOT back into your throat.

besides, where those 'good' bacteria came from, there are a lot more. absolutely no need to recycle them.

on the other hand... most children DO eat their nosepickings, until their parents disuse them from it, as do other primates. there seems to be an instinct to do so, and that usually means there is a good reason for it.

i will be damned i if i know it though :)

anyway... eating your nosepickings is maybe disgusting, but most likely not harmful, and just maybe even healthy.

Answer 25

Remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose... but you can't pick your friend's nose!

Answer 26

Picking YOUR NOSE is probably good for YOU. But not for normal people.

Answer 27

Socially, yes.

Answer 28

Oh that's disgusting you can't be serious.

Answer 29

You MUST be kidding.  I want to puke just reading the question.

Answer 30

Not bad for you but it is for the person you are with and who is watching you!

Besides, it does spread germs if you touch anything with a "bogey" on your finger.

Answer 31

thats ruff