Andrew Huberman· PhD
Well, the nasal passages contain a number of physical barriers, including the hairs within your nose. [...] But those hairs in your nose actually serve as a barrier toward infection. This is well established.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Well, the nasal passages contain a number of physical barriers, including the hairs within your nose. [...] But those hairs in your nose actually serve as a barrier toward infection. This is well established.
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This is why it's so important to keep the mucosal lining of your nasal passages thriving and intact.
The lining of the nose, the mucosal lining of the nose contains a lot of things. First of all, it acts as its own physical barrier and physical trap for incoming viruses, fungal infections, and bacterial infections. They literally get trapped in the nasal passages. And therefore can't enter deeper into your physiology.