Popping could be healthy too? Nasal excretion and chewing of nasal secretions promotes good health

Eating solidified nasal mucus protects among other things our teeth
Many children drill in their nostrils to eat distant content. Parents generally do not like it that much and therefore pay attention to the fact that the offspring cease this behavior. Researchers have now found out that nasal cannulation and the subsequent consumption of the nasal stone can lead to health benefits.

Scientists at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that nasal cannulation and the subsequent consumption of nasal congestion (Popel), among other things, can lead to health benefits for our teeth. The physicians published the results of their study in the journal "Applied and Environmental Microbiology".

Especially small children often drill in the nose. This behavior is not at all liked by parents. Physicians have found that drilling in the nose and subsequent consumption of the solidified nasal mucus can improve health and especially protects our teeth. (Image: MAK / fotolia.com)

Should people drill more in the nose?
The consumption of solidified nasal mucus (poppy) is often observed in young children. However, there are also quite adults who drill in the nose when they feel unobserved. This type of behavior is considered disgusting and wrong in today's society. And exactly this view of the majority of all people seems to be wrong. According to researchers, we should all drill more in the nose and eat our poppy after the removal.

Health benefits of nasal cannulation are important for adolescent children
The reason for this peculiar recommendation is health benefits associated with consumption. This could be especially important for adolescent children, say the authors. The scientists found in their study that solidified nasal mucus contains so-called salivary mucins, which protect our teeth from harmful bacteria. Such bacteria usually cause cavities in our teeth, explain the experts.

Scientists are currently developing a synthetic nasal mucus
Researchers are now even busy developing a synthetic slime that may be contained in chewing gum or toothpaste in the future and also protects the teeth. There is also more and more evidence that the nasal mucus, for example, seems to protect against respiratory diseases and gastric ulcers, add the physicians.

Nose drilling is natural and makes perfect medical sense
Some experts even believe that nose-boring people are generally happier, healthier and more in tune with their bodies compared to other people. Nose drilling and later consumption of the dry remnants of nasal mucus is a great way to strengthen the immune system of our body. This behavior makes sense medically and is actually a completely natural process, explain the scientists.

Bacteria in the nasal mucus function in the gut like some kind of medicine
In terms of the immune system, the nose is a kind of filter in which many bacteria are accumulated, explain the researchers. When this mixture of bacteria then enters the intestine through consumption, they function as a kind of medicine.

Should parents now teach their children to drill in their noses?
Social stigmatization of the nose is wrong and should be stopped, say the experts. Actually, parents should even encourage their children to drill in their nostrils and consume the solidified nasal mucus, the researchers say. (As)