Did you ever wonder if your diet is making you produce too much mucus?
Note: I'm not sure if I believe all of this, but it certainly seems plausible. Highly entertaining, at any rate! And if you lean towards naturopathy, I think this article, does too.

This is the funniest part:

Let’s look at an antibody soap opera. Antibody X must seek and demolish Microbe Z, a bacterial bad guy, responsible for an irritating cold. The body is tracking his position, Agent X has been assigned to a search-and-destroy mission to intercept Microbe Z before he does greater damage to the host. On his way through the lymph, he finds himself in a traffic jam, an underpass full of mucus. In this vulnerable position, Agent X is a sitting duck. From above, he is ambushed by two million bacterial bad guys who have been feasting on the mucus for days. The last thought in Agent X’s mind before he dies is, in spite of his perfect conditioning and training, nothing had prepared him to deal with the obstruction of thick, sticky mucus. Finally, after the host had suffered for days with a raw throat, coughing, sneezing, reinforcements were able to destroy the bacterial bad guys.


I was surprised to see beans and rice on the list of mucus-producing foods, but not surprised to see cheese and other dairy. Beans and rice would explain it, since I've had a lot of them this week

I'm sure if there are any of you left out there, that you must find this fascinating.
- posted by k @ 5:14 PM