Pregnant Women Eat Dirt

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Pregnant women eat dirt. Imagine having an irresistible urge to eat chunks of dirt. Most people who eat dirt live in. Down Home Georgia White Dirt.

Women particularly pregnant women around the world have been known to crave white dirt A filmmaker explores the hidden practice in the South where baggies of the stuff are sold at flea. Around the world geophagy or the practice of eating dirt is not just the result of childhood games but rather a widespread and surprisingly common cultural practice. Commonly it is a traditional cultural activity that takes place during pregnancy religious ceremonies or as a remedy for diseases.

In fact many pregnant women often crave dirt possibly because of the potential protection dirt can provide against some toxins and parasites according to research. Some people crave dirtespecially pregnant women and young children especially in hot moist climates. Pica is a condition that can also occur outside of pregnancy.

While most people would recoil at the thought of eating mud or clay some medical experts say it may be beneficial especially for pregnant women. Common pica cravings include dirt chalk stones charcoal ice baking soda and sand. People with pica experience cravings to eat non-food substances with no nutritional value.

A woman on Pemba Island Zanzibar Tanzania collects soil to eat. The craving and eating of things other than food is common in Kenya among pregnant women. The act of eating soil is often related to lack of irons in the body and this is commonly seen among women who are pregnant.

Most pregnancy and pica-related cravings involve non-food substances such as dirt or chalk. In Africa where the habit is most common around 30 to 80 of women have done it and some even eat up to 400g of the earthy stuff per day. It is mainly the urge and craving that makes many of the pregnant women to long for soil.