Today's Expert Health Advice

(Innsbruck, Austria) According to this story, Dr. Friedrich Bischinger, an Austrian lung specialist, is advocating a new and unconventional method of bolstering the human immune system. He is urging adoption of a new approach to nose-picking.

"With the finger you can get to places you just can't reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner.

"And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body's immune system.

"Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In terms of the immune system the nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like a medicine."

Dr. Bischinger wants all parents to aggressively encourage their children to pick their noses and eat the greenies. Parents should do it also. If adults are concerned about what their friends will think, "they could still enjoy picking their nose in private if they still wanted to get the benefits it offered."

You just can't beat free medical advice. Thanks a lot, Doc.

[Update] Nick Genes at Blogborygmi writes on developments in medicine and provides some research details on nose-picking as a harmless habit and a psychiatric disorder. Take a look.