Is Eating Boogers Actually Unhealthy?
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Over 90% of adults pick their nose. And afterward, many people eat those boogers. But it turns out, that can be unhealthy and dangerous. Boogers trap invading viruses and bacteria before than can enter your body. So eating those boogers might expose your system to these pathogens.
Following is a transcript of the video:
Odds are you are surrounded by nose-pickers. It’s true, in one study, 91% of adults admitted to picking their nose regularly. So, chances are, you've probably mined for some juicy nose nuggets yourself. But maybe you didn’t stop there. Maybe you ate those boogers too! And it turns out, that slimy snack could hurt more than just your social standing.
Let’s take a closer look at that booger. It’s mostly made of water, gel-like proteins that give it that gooey consistency and special immune proteins that fight off germs. Those immune proteins are especially useful. Because boogers are teeming with harmful viruses, like influenza.
That’s the whole point, actually. Boogers serve as your body’s front-line defense against invading germs. When you breathe in, you’re not just inhaling air. You’re also taking in bacteria, viruses, and dirt. Which get trapped by a layer of sticky snot that lines your nostrils. It’s like fly paper for the flu. And as you continue to breathe, air hardens the mucus into a solid booger, a gooey prison cell for your ensnared enemies. Now, normally, you can get rid of that bacteria-ridden ball either when you sneeze or blow your nose.
But if you decide to eat it instead it stands to reason that you’re putting yourself at risk of infection. Because as your body digests the booger, it can release those harmful pathogens into your system.
Now, some people claim that eating your boogers can strengthen your immune system. By training your body to recognize and attack invading microbes. But, sorry to say, there’s zero scientific evidence to support any health benefits from eating your boogers.
And besides whether or not you eat your boogers just getting ahold of them can be dangerous. For example, scratching up the inside of your nose opens the door for a nasty bacteria that lurks under your fingernails, Staphylococcus aureus. A 2006 study found that nose-pickers were more likely to have Staph in their nose than those who abstain. And that’s a big problem. Since Staph can cause serious abscesses or pus-filled pockets inside your nose and on your face. Even worse, if you keep picking you could actually puncture your septum.
In one case, a 53 year old woman managed to carve a hole right through her sinus. And if that sinus becomes infected badly enough, it can erode your skull leaving a door open for bacteria to march right into your brain.
To be fair, these are extreme scenarios. One time probably won’t hurt you. The next time you feel the urge to mine for green gold, just grab a tissue.
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Is Eating Boogers Actually Unhealthy?
*But what doesn't kill me makes me stronger...*
It's like a flu shot, excerpt you're eating it instead
That’s not correct all the time.
I disagree like this vids said in 1:50....
The people who are replying don't know its a joke.
Except me
It MIGHT kill u
I pick my nose but I would never eat it yikes
Yep it gives me a stuffy nose
Saame
Thats rare wow youe genius 😶
but what do you do with it then ?
fiona I throw it away...
They taste a little salty. Ok bye
Bye
@#Slimey_ Productions9858 no u
They really do
Jasmin Khattak ewww nasty
Ur gross
Nose/Booger: I caught really bad germs! I'm really good at my job
Person: * Eats Booger *
Nose/Booger: Am I a joke to you?
It’s Phinzo Yes, because my nasals are always plugged to hell lmao
old memes....
@@Catdaie sir this was 2 years ago
@@bruh-nt9fy *3 years
@@APsGTG wow what a genius replying to a 9 month old comment and the original comment prob didnt age.
this made me so uncomfortable
I agree
lol
Nope, i was grossed out for the fact i pick my nose everyday.
I get bullied for it anyway
This man tried to act funny which it is not appropriate .
*_but it is my favorite food wtf_*
?
😰😄
Lol metoo XD (maybe im not gonna eat them again after watching this)
Switch to eye boogers...it's more healthy
@@ericgarcia4745 omg HAHAH 😂
My people eat that as a last resort because I refuse to give them food. Hehe
STOP FOLLOWING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kim Jong-un that’s not funny
We meet again CLONE
Umm.... not a nice joke dude, that's just bad
Nice now ima build a wall bro
*Next video: Is Eating Feces Actually Unhealthy?*
@Franceball ew
JESU S
EWWWW ( One when I was little like 4 or 3 I eat a bit of my poop and it tastes like ear wax cuz I ate ear wax once I don’t anymore)
LegendaryGameR I used to drink from the toilet when I was little don’t blame me 🤢🤮
I didn't expect the replies would be like this 😨
Bro y u gotta say *nOsE nUgGEtS* tf who says that!?
I say that
lmao
Rod Wiseman says it
2$ Booger Vs. 195$ Booger 🦠
*WORTH IT*🏷
Hello fellow Mythical Beast
It's more like a homeless guy's booger and Bill gates booger.....ghhghhgg
Hey so you own a reading street book right?
I can tell by the profile pic of your account.
I forgot the name of the story.
Booger been rotting in place house since 1999
🦠
The boogers will prevent you from infection.
Me: Eats booger
*Nose: Am I a joke to you?*
Lmao
lol
i never have ate boogers thats freaking disgusting
@@oliverannuk8281 You must've because you would only know if it tastes disgusting if you've ate one. :)
When I was little I ate my boogers because I thought they were nice snacks my body gave me 🗿🗿
No thanks I am more of an ear wax man
That shit bitter
oh man, you opt to try a hand full of shit , it is delicious. don't let the smell fool you.
just kidding, do not try it really DON"T. it is toxic. serious don't, no no................
@@Trip_Ts actually, some peeps do eat shit, but only for sexual desires and mental problems. _Coprophagia_
Edit: I just edit this but poop is safe because _Escherichia coli_ locates in the intestinal tracts and most strands are harmless. Consuming only E.coli contaminated feces can cause minor problems like blood diarrhea, stomach pain and vomiting.
@@zezekingyo2374 oh my god.. seriously??
that is bitter
I bet you 50% of people are picking their nose while watching this
I picked my nose while reading this
@#Slimey_ Productions9858 weakling
Nope cause im in starbucks
Lol haha mind reader
Nope. But I do do it a lot
I have seizures and once had a twitch pre seizure while I was picking my nose. My finger went much higher than anyone’s finger should go. It hurt so bad.
You made me imagine that, I wish someone moves every furniture in your house by one inch
That actually made me cringe trying to imagine what that felt like.
Mans hit factory reset
@@gameseeker6307I feel really bad for this person but this comment made my day lmao
Who else touched their nose while watching this video
i was petting him and then used a hanky when i had to itch it
me too fellow face
I wish it were clearer in the video. He claims that there has been no scientific evidence that eating boogers improved the immune system. Does that mean that there is any actual data that booger eating is harmful? It's possible that it may very well be beneficial, but conducting a study may be too difficult with too many outlying factors to draw any absolute conclusions.
Preach.
That would be the same for a vaccine
Jessy Are you saying you a anti-vaxxer?
Whether there’s scientific evidence or not I’m still going to eat my boogers.
Everyone swallows their muccus all the time. The muccus in the back of your nose have as much bacteria as the ones in the front that you can pick and you know what happens with that muccus? Because if what this video says is true then we would be sneezing everyday at certain times, but this is not the case most of the muccus with bacteria get swallowed and end up on the stomach and are killed by the stomach acid.
0:56 that booger looks cute tho.
Bruh i pressed thst right at my video hit the timestamp lol
RaptorComments yeah
@@pundex2984 hahaha f
@@lyrxks wow same
Reminds me of pikachu for some reason
If it was unhealthy then I wouldn’t be in good health right now
(P.S. this is a joke btw)
I hope so
No need to say “btw” after a “P.S.”
Yeah I sincerely doubt that
Sometimes a tissue doesn't get the hard ones stuck to your nose hairs. 🤧
What a fine delicacy
idk but wtf are the 70 likes doing without an answer
LMFAOO
Goddamn animal lmao
I was picking my nose before clicking this...
@@komeodhomi709 chill dude, saw two of ur rages, anyways when no tissue is available and nose is itchy its humane nature mane
@@komeodhomi709 so um.. you never picked your nose?
I always pick my nose and eat it.
Trust me I've been eating it for years and im very healthy and i don't get sick easily 👌🏻
Doesn't mean you should do it lol your disgusting
Lyer
real
Some people have very strong immune systems. For those with crappy ones it probably is a bad idea.
I only got sick one time n 20 years only because I didn’t eat or sleep for 3 days , I thing it makes u stronger even tho I don’t do it anymore
I've found that eating my boogers and I've found that I almost never get sick
Ya but when was the last time you’ve been around someone who you don’t live with and who isn’t wearing a mask
@@oerlikon20mm29 not a lot as a homeschooled kid until like sophmore year of highschool not a lot happened but now i work at a grocery store and am atound people 6-8 hours a day without a mask
@@eli_za8233 ah, yea I haven’t been sick since covid started… could be that people are just keeping themselves cleaner, but idk
I ate my booger while the intro started..
0:13 "Chances are you've mined for those *jUcIy NoSe NuGgEtS* yourself."
- Sciene Insider
January 2019
when you swallow your spit you actually do swallow boogers sometimes from your nasal cavity reaching to the back of your throat. of course there's more than one way for harmful bacteria to get inside you like having open wounds, unprotected sex, etc etc.
like everything but you try to get less unhealthy.
i dont know why but this guys makes something that sounds completely harmless into something you can die from
He wants us to get sick. Keep picking away. I know I won’t stop because I’ve never been sick.
I can't believe I'm picking my nose while watching this
This comment shall soon be lost, but have nice day person
Don't tell me what to do
lmao
@@SARYM911 fair enough
@@SARYM911 you're being a hypocrite.
Jwjwo
1:03
Ummmmmmm
-stops breathing-
I always eat my boogers.
I could live my normal life without watching this video
I’m picking my nose while I watch this.
So picking it regularly is good for you
(This is me 2 years later: I don't remember making the comment in the replies)
That's what I figure.I do it usually with a paper towel on my finger and wash my fingers and hands really good after and I'm not embarrassed.
@@internettroll2835 I literally don't remember at all making this comment wow
@@FlameyClockspeed that makes sense. That was a year ago.
I’ve sliced my septum while picking my nose more times than I can count throughout my life and I’ve never gotten staph.
Now that I’ve said that I probably will.
**picks my nose while watching this**
I was just thinking about u guys
I've always picked my nose and eaten it with no ill effects. I'm convinced it is good for me. I suspect it boosts my immune system having all those pathogens.
Does it taste good?
@@altaccount992 believe it or not, yes, otherwise I wouldn't do it.
@@tomgraham3206 facts bro. If it was so bad for us it wouldn’t taste so damn good. My boogers be like gourmet meal. The salt is impeccable. Like it has been marinated for a week in the most perfect salty seasoning. The texture of each booger of mine has the perfect gelatinous wetness to it as well. Sometimes it sticks to my teeth and I pull all the wet juices out of it and then scrape it off, only to endulge in this amazing meal once more.
@@APsGTG pls seek help
@@APsGTGLMAOOOO WHAT THE HELL
Of course I pick my nose, how else can I clean inside? Twirling a kleenex just doesn't cut it. Of course I don't do it in public though. But I'd be more wary of people who don't pick (clean) their nose.
If you have a poor eyesight and you thought that the word 'dangerous' is 'delicious' Hahahaha... Silly me
Bright side *TRIGGERED*
This isn't BRIGHT SIDE dude
@@curiousl1023 think he means they had oppo claim>?
Who in the earth eat booger,?
Sluurp
Boogers are for hookers 💃🏼
noone except you
I do
Some weird people on the subway
This was my bad habit during my childhood, and I always had tonsillitis since a little kid. My poor mom always tried to stop me, but I always persisted, and I ended up with suffering from tonsillitis at least twice a year, and eventually had to do surgery and have them taken out. Definitely not a good idea to eat your boogers 😢😂
Oh my god i just recovered from my latest episode of tonsillitis, it's the worst. My mum's begging me to get it taken out
I'm often recycling my nasal contents, and they've never done me any harm. I've never had the flu and vary rarely get a cold
Ikr
recycle, lmfao
this one time when i was like 5 or 6 I ate a booger and threw up every day for like 4 or 5 days afterwards. at this point im not even sure if it was because of that booger but i sure as hell am traumatized from it and I’m terrified of even picking my nose
But tissues don’t work for meee :( anytime I blow, they just stay in. I blow so hard >:l that’s why I pick-
I want a restaurant serving different *BOOGER DISHES*
EDIT:OMG 1 LIKE!! IM SO FAMOUS!! I'M GONNA BE ON TV TOMORROW!!
Good job the world shall know this!
Me: *flys of to tell everyone *
:3
@@DianaGomez-fm4vp Carter farted
Yasa bitvh
I like the edit 😂😂😂😂
hey when you cry do you get that feeling your "snot" is wanting to pour out your nose?
i get that sometimes
Imagine making a video looking down on people for picking their nose because you’re too scared to admit you pick your nose
Just listening to this. Can’t stand watching it.
I use wet cotton buds, just make sure you are extremely careful cause it can be dangerous if you push it in too deep or too hard.
Ok i wont eat any
*2 days later*
Im very hungry
*Puts finger in nose and then in the mouth*
Communist Duck I tried to stop eating my boogers when I was 18 but gave up a few months later.
Anyone who does that is gross... yikes
I always eat my booger,even though it taste nothing.
Yup, that's exactly what I wanted to know at 3 am
Watching this instead of doing my homework
Sameeee!-
I'm never gonna breath again lol
This made me stop eating boogers
So I have been eating this since I was born? I can’t stop
I don’t eat my boogers...I WANT TO THROW UP
Sometimes the boogers in my nose hinder my breathing, so I usually blow my nose in the sink and use water, but sometimes the boogers don't dislodge themselves until later and I end up almost inhaling my boogers before swallowing then.
for me i only well pick them when they are hard and sharp and are kinda painful
but i never eat them 🤢
Me who eat booger every day: I am immune to booger
Does it taste good?
I saw this video while I was eating my boogers
Me: picking my nose
UA-cam: *Here watch this video*
I'm literally putting my finger inside my nose to check if there's enough booger to block all those bacteria
I think eating them helps to fight off more colds..I've eaten my boogers since i can remember..I really don't get sick much at all ..You ingest boogies regardless if you eat them or not lol...I eat my eye crust too!.. Sometimes ill go for a hunk of ear wax...It's crazy i don't know why i do it though..It's a natural thing that your body makes you do im guessing ..See people don't have the guts to what i just admitted
eye crusts?? do they even have a taste??
ear wax is so bitter how can you eat it
boogers are ok tho
I can't do ear wax, it is so awful, but boogers and eye crust are fine, the eye crust is mostly for the texture for me and boogers for the saltiness and it is just a habit I can't help it. I've tried stopping but I can't
I don't do the other things but I admit to eating boogers and I'll go one step further and say they taste good and I won't stop doing it since it helps your immune system.
God created the body to dispose of unneeded things that it produces, like boogers, ear wax, eye crust, urine, fecal matter. All should be thrown away!!!
Meanwhile me while sneezing accidentally swallowed a booger and climbed backed up inside my mouth: **Gargoling intensifies**
*Continues to eat boogers while watching this*
Clicked on the video in Business Insider and ended up here. Did Business Insider really just make a video about eating your boogers? ...What reality is this?
me: *eats booger daily*
Toddlers: “I’ll pretend I didn’t see that.”
One time I ate so much booger’s that a few minutes later my throat was nearly clogged full of mucus and I had a super sore stomach and was coughing and coughing to get the mucus out and I went cold turkey but I still use a tissue to get some out occasionally
*It's salty and Chewy i like eating it*
Gggrooooss
Ewww wth ur so gross u don’t have to comment that ew 🤢🤮
Star wars nah not really salty kinda juicy and sweet but yeah kinda chewy its nice been eating it for over 8 years now
You are disgusting
Picked my nose while watching this video. And yes, I ate all my boogers that I picked.
I use to eat boogers when I was around 7,6,or 5.
I know,I'm such a weird child.
This makes me want to stop breathing 😂
How can you live?l
(well , I dont notice. )
Are you joking?
I pick my nose and eat it. Don't see the issue it very much helps you when you're hungry or bored.
I have had no issues from doing this and most likely never will. It is a pain if you want a job working in a kitchen or restaurant which I'm hoping I don't go into as it is a busy job.
2:51 damn yo strong ass fingers
I find it hard to believe that there are people who actually eat their boogers.
But then again, there are many things that are harder to believe, yet are true.
I can GUARANTEE you that YOU do something that someone will think is disgusting 🫣 💯 😏
I didn’t know u can eat your boogers :3
YASSSS BANGTAN SONYEONDAN
Jasmin Khattak yass :3
Me: Mom can I watch this video
Mom: Yes
Me: (gags)
Mom: what happened
Me: Still gags
Mom: what happened
Me: still gags
Mom: Are you watching booger stuff again?
Me: No
I’m watching this while picking my nose
When i wear a mask for COVID-19, i am always getting the sniffles as if my boogers go into overdrive.
I still get the Goosebumps even this is an animation.
Ahhh it's disgusting man!!!!
3:00 😨
WhAt HaVe My EyEs SeEn?🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
I love how this comes up during flu season
NOW listen here I've been eating boogers my whole life and I have not been infected once
Me too.
0:21 ewww 🤪
0:12-0:23 i laughed so hard that i had a sore throat for 15 minutes
OwO
In my class I noticed that a vsco girl was eating her boogers
1:07 Me : *stops breathing*
Brain : You do know you need to breathe to live right ?
My nose was itching while watching this video.
Please don't eat a lot of boogers, you could get nosebleeds, and in my experience got very conjested because I did for YEARS
Welp, that escalated quickly. Anybody else here four years later? 🤷🏽♂️
Somehow.. I never get sick after I eat it
*functions to prevent the bacteria from entering our body*
Human: eats it
Booger: Am I a joke to you?
One of the reasons I use both a steam inhaler and neti pot to wash out my nasal passages.
I totally eat my boogers. I hate the habit, but I have been doing it since I was a child. I have it down to a science. I know it is gross, but I even know what they will feel like before even digging. I know the shape, consistency, and taste before even picking. I think it is a form of OCD. I have tried to stop, but I do quite enjoy the flavor unfortuntaely.
Dude your comment makes me feel so much better about myself as someone who’s had the same habit for years 😂 it’s something I’ve never been able to kick, and as gross as it is unfortunately I like the taste too 🤦🏻♂️ it is something I will be taking to the grave though lol
😂😂😂 Sam here guys been doing it my whole life I personally love them texture & tastes I also feel very proud when I catch another person that eats them to Lol
it's definitely a secret pleasure lol. I think more people do it than most would believe. It's just such a social taboo that many do it in private (like me).@@irondog88
@@thejjway We are not alone lol