But, sorry to say, there's zero scientific evidence to support any health benefits from eating your boogers. And besides, whether or not you eat your boogers just getting ahold of them can be dangerous.

Do boogers keep you healthy?

2. Boogers help keep you well. In addition to keeping the tissues beneath it from drying out, mucus helps catch viruses and other harmful particles and stop them from getting into your airways. Tiny hairs inside the nose called cilia move the mucus down toward the nostrils.

What is the benefit of boogers?

Our body makes boogers to protect us from viruses and irritating particles in our environment that we breathe in every day.