Talk:Eating mucus

Removed "advantages" section and other poorly referenced parts

Quotations were from "lifestyle" articles in the same category as "LEARN HOW TO LOSE 30 POUNDS IN 2 WEEKS" and etc. Quotations and outlandish claims by individual doctors does not and cannot make for established fact. Rest of article needs pruning, as it's written much in the style and with the referencing habits of a high school essayist. Article may need to be merged with another that has a broader scope.--Rawnoodles10 (talk) 10:59, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• I removed all (remaining?) references to "benefits"; they all seem to go back to one Austrian country doctor talking about a pet theory of his in an interview with the local media (see e.g. on Hoaxes.org). Maybe there has been some scientific research or serious claims on that matter, but I did not find any. Piramidon (talk) 14:27, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

It's 2018 and that advantages section should really be reinstated. Marushka23 (talk) 06:01, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Merging with booger article

Upon re-reading article, the entire thing can be put into a short paragraph on the "dried nasal mucus" page. I don't think this warrants discussion, just read the old editions and tell me if that looks like a proper wiki article to you. I'm merging it immediately. Rawnoodles10 (talk) 11:15, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose, This is a notable subject and there is mountains of information to be covered. Marcus Qwertyus 11:20, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support, What mountains, "some people (mostly children) eat boogers, you can damage the nose if it's excessive, but it's not that big of a deal otherwise" cite and boom, everything is covered. Rawnoodles10 (talk) 11:24, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• You forgot all the health aspects, social stigma and the history. Marcus Qwertyus 12:24, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
• Come to think of it - indeed this article is unnecessary. Grown people who eat boogers have a pathological craving for attention - that's a psychological stand on this issue in its basis, so the cure is to show those people that such method to achieve it doesn't produce the desired effect and is desperately futile thereby. Thus - merge the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.223.65.15 (talk) 15:31, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

I cleaned up the reference error on this page. Is this page really necessary, though? Is a page on butt-scratching next? Perhaps there is a page on "Things to do when no one is looking" with which this material can be merged. Does the Encyclopædia Britannica also cover this material?Jihadcola (talk) 22:39, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

• Support I do not see how this article would contain anything that cannot be covered as a section on the dried nasal mucus page. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 09:42, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

• Why not merge/redirect to mucophagy? 98.160.107.179 (talk) 15:21, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Video requested

I really don't think a video serves any purpose for anyone. --Gccwang (talk) 04:32, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it-may-be-good-for-you-1.1387917 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.131.83 (talk) 10:12, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/germs-health_b_3327755.html

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-headlines/picking-your-nose-could-be-good-for-you-says-sask-scientist-1.1255167 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.131.83 (talk) 10:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 31 July 2026

Eating mucus → Consumption of mucus – "Consumption of mucus" is more formal than "Eating mucus" while still conveying the same idea. Would also be open to "Human mucophagy" or simply "Mucophagy". GrinningIodize (articles without a Wikidata item) (talk) 20:27, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

• Merge into Nose picking. Much of this article is already off-topic, and neither the current title nor the suggested one are recognizable. The article has practically nothing to say about its purported topic, which does not really seem like something that has been studied in significant depth in reliable sources. It may be worth noticing that the cited article by Andrade and Srihari does not refer to mucophagy or mucus; it instead refers to eating "nasal debris". The cited Gastronaut source doesn't use those terms either. It seems likely that the (paywalled) Buzina source only discusses and studies nasal mucus without explicitly discussing the consumption of dried nasal debris. It seems possible that the consumption of mucus and eating mucus terms are unsourced or at least are not commonly used (or if there may be a citogenesis problem). These terms are also very confusing, because they seem more likely to refer to the consumption of phlegm than the consumption of nasal debris. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 23:10, 31 July 2026 (UTC)