Manger ses crottes de nez pour booster son système immunitaire ?

Professor Bischinger advocates that society should adopt a new attitude to nose picking. ‘I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response.’

And he isn’t finished there.

‘Eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body’s immune system,’ he enthused. ‘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 continued.

Professor Bischinger believes that the only reason that children stop picking their noses is because society has branded the practice disgusting and anti social.

But what if friends and colleagues aren’t persuaded by the medical arguments in favour of consuming your nasal excavations, and shun you? Professor Bischinger suggests that you can still enjoy the healthy benefits of a good pick in the privacy of your own home.