Listen, we’ve all seen a toddler do it at the grocery store, and we’ve all pretended not to notice. But lately, there’s been a weird amount of chatter on the internet about whether eating your own boogers is actually a “hidden health hack” for your immune system.
As someone who spends way too much time in this KOSI 101.1 studio, I’m here to save you from your own curiosity. Spoiler alert: Please stop.
It’s a popular theory that ingesting nasal mucus acts like a natural vaccine, training your immune system by introducing it to trapped germs. While it sounds like a convenient way to stay healthy during a Colorado flu season, the medical community isn’t exactly handing out gold stars for it…