{"id":2279,"date":"2004-03-28T20:55:16","date_gmt":"2004-03-29T00:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/03\/28\/top-doc-backs-picking-your-nose-and-ea"},"modified":"2004-03-28T20:55:16","modified_gmt":"2004-03-29T00:55:16","slug":"top-doc-backs-picking-your-nose-and-eating-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/03\/28\/top-doc-backs-picking-your-nose-and-eating-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Doc Backs Picking Your Nose &#8211; And Eating It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3127'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"537\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/pickk.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"380\" align=\"left\" vspace=\"6\" hspace=\"6\">Picking<br \/>\n        your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according<br \/>\n        to a top Austrian doctor.<\/p>\n<p>      Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people<br \/>\n      who pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier and probably<br \/>\n      better in tune with their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>      He says society should adopt a new approach to nose-picking and encourage<br \/>\n      children to take it up.<\/p>\n<p>      Dr Bischinger said: &quot;With the finger you can get to places you just<br \/>\n      can&#8217;t reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner.<\/p>\n<p>      &quot;And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of<br \/>\n      strengthening the body&#8217;s immune system.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ananova.com\/news\/story\/sm_903083.html?menu=\">Ananova<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor. Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/03\/28\/top-doc-backs-picking-your-nose-and-eating-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esl-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}