(what the Dr says)

Well it definitely helps protect you from lots of germs and gunk and stuff but what we really want to know is should we be eating it. Right?

Truth is some people say it is good for you to eat snot and other people say it's bad for you.

An Austrian Doctor said people who pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, and probably happier than those who don’t. He thinks eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body's immune system. That Doctor said there are lots of bacteria in bogies and when it all ends up in your tummy it acts just like medicine.

Other Doctors say it is bad to eat your snot, or to eat any type of germs (because that’s what bogies are snot encrusted in dirt and germs – gross!).

What do you think?

I think my Mum is the smartest though. She told me eating bogies would make me sick and I was sitting next to a boy in class and he stuck his finger way up his nose and pulled out such a gloopy slimy booger that it did make me sick. So Mum was right!

For the full story go to:Top doc backs picking your nose and eating it