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02 Jun 2013, 2:06 am

^^^
how 'bout ice cream?



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02 Jun 2013, 2:13 am

auntblabby wrote:
^^^
how 'bout ice cream?


That is a good choice too. Ice cream with boogers in it, made from snot. I used to wanna make toenail soup, but no one would gimme their toenails for it.


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02 Jun 2013, 12:53 pm

btbnnyr wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^
how 'bout ice cream?


That is a good choice too. Ice cream with boogers in it, made from snot. I used to wanna make toenail soup, but no one would gimme their toenails for it.


Save up your own toenails? :D



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02 Jun 2013, 5:22 pm

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inhaling the nasties from your nose [to where they end up back in the lungs or upper sinus passageways] is a recipe for bronchitis/lung infection/sinusitis/sinus infection.


I had heard somewhere (I forget where) that for your sinus health, it's actually better to snort the gunk and swallow it, than to blow your nose, because blowing can push the ick back into the sinuses. I get sinus infections like clockwork twice a year. Spring - tree pollen; fall - ragweed season. The post nasal drip becomes something awful. I hope I'm not at risk for a lung or bronchial infection from it!



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02 Jun 2013, 5:36 pm

OddButWhy wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
inhaling the nasties from your nose [to where they end up back in the lungs or upper sinus passageways] is a recipe for bronchitis/lung infection/sinusitis/sinus infection.


I had heard somewhere (I forget where) that for your sinus health, it's actually better to snort the gunk and swallow it, than to blow your nose, because blowing can push the ick back into the sinuses. I get sinus infections like clockwork twice a year. Spring - tree pollen; fall - ragweed season. The post nasal drip becomes something awful. I hope I'm not at risk for a lung or bronchial infection from it!

Post nasal drip trickles back into your throat. Just snort and swallow and wash it down with toenail soup.



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02 Jun 2013, 5:47 pm

I'll stick with a cup of hot tea instead, thank you. :D



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02 Jun 2013, 5:52 pm

OddButWhy wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
inhaling the nasties from your nose [to where they end up back in the lungs or upper sinus passageways] is a recipe for bronchitis/lung infection/sinusitis/sinus infection.


I had heard somewhere (I forget where) that for your sinus health, it's actually better to snort the gunk and swallow it, than to blow your nose, because blowing can push the ick back into the sinuses. I get sinus infections like clockwork twice a year. Spring - tree pollen; fall - ragweed season. The post nasal drip becomes something awful. I hope I'm not at risk for a lung or bronchial infection from it!

I used to get them once or twice per year [upon pollen seasons/heating season] until I changed to a low-acidic diet, then they went away like magic!



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02 Jun 2013, 6:36 pm

What's a low-acidic diet?

My allergies improved for the first few months of a low-carb diet. No idea why.



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02 Jun 2013, 6:44 pm

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What's a low-acidic diet?

My allergies improved for the first few months of a low-carb diet. No idea why.

that is one way to accomplish a low-acidic diet. just avoid white food [refined carbs, starchy things in general, sweet things like rolls and candy and deserts and such]. regular physical exercise is also a must, outdoors in fresh air [away from city smog and woodsmoke], that improves the motility of your cilia in your lungs and helps with proper sinus drainage.



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03 Jun 2013, 9:01 am

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Some fun/gross facts about noses.

1) Did you know that mucus(snot) is used as a filtration medium. for as gross as snot is, It is use to remove particles from the air that you inhale keeping your lungs clean.

2) Did you know that boogers are nothing more then dried-up snot. when snot dries up. It will loose about 90% of its volume.

3) Did you know that back-blowing your nose and swallowing your snot(used dirty snot.) is a natural act. Just like any air filter, It will become saturated and is no longer effective at doing it's job and therefore will need to be replace. back-blowing your nose is the act of douching your sinuses so that new clean snot can come it. And after you back-blow your nose and have that used dirty snot in your throat. You swallow it. Hey! for as gross as this may sound at least it doesn't taste bad.

4) Did you know that when you sneeze. You create a powerful vortex wind in your sinus with wind speeds at 650 to 850 mph (mach 0.9 to 1.2). If you ever been around someone who sneeze so loud that there is a sharp crack . That means that the wind in there sinuses was traveling faster then the speed of sound.


Interesting. I sneeze pretty loud, but I've never heard any cracks.


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