Why do I like to eat corn starch and flour?

Question

A couple months ago I just began to buy flour and corn strach and eating it. it tastes so good to me., but I don't know why. Why am I doing this? Do I have some kind of dietary disorder?

Answer 1

There's a medical condition called Pica. (Pronounced Pie-Ka or Pee-Ka, depending on where you're from. I may have it spelled wrong.) It's a compulsion to eat different things. Some people eat hair. There was one guy on the news that swallowed gold jewlery and coins. You need to see a doctor ASAP and get this dealt with.

Answer 2

Usually it is cooked in receipes that need a thickener--such as gravys or juice in a cherry pie. It forms a lighter thickener that flour. In really hot, humid countries, people use it for heat rash. It forms a base in many brands of baby power. I do not know of anyone eating it without mixing it in something.

Answer 3

Have you ever tried GeorgiaWhiteDirt, it does not have all those calories!

Dirt/clay tastes great and many people all over the world eat it. Check out:
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Answer 4

There is a disorder that makes people eat non-eatable items or items like flour, that are used to make food. I just read it about but can't remember the details.

Answer 5

you have low iron in your blood talk to a doctor and get a blood test it will tell how low your iron is and give you a prescirption for some iron pills are the shot oh yea the shot it burns i ate strach at one time thats how i know

Answer 6

I LOVE EATING CORN STARCH!!!!

i think it's the way it feel in my mouth.... Yummy... a spoon a day or when I am stress a few spoons...

My MD said what I have is Picca and I find my substance in Corn starch....

Answer 7

Possibly. you should see a doctor you could have some kind of vitamin deficiency which causes you to eat strange things. When I was little I was anemic, and of course no one knew, but I was eating raw bacon out of the fridge. and raisins!! Iron tablets cured all.

Answer 8

You are eating them because they are yummy. There is nothing wrong with you. Try adding them to a recipie or something to incorporate them into your normal diet. Take care.

Answer 9

I don't know, but thats really weard....Most likely your body is lacking some of the nutrients it provides, therefore causing you to crave it....but thats really weard....i'd like to know if your eating this stuff plain....or mixing it with something.....lol.

Answer 10

It sounds like you are anemia, get some bloodwork taken