do u know some weird things people eat?

Question

my mom said the girls at her work said they eat red clay sometimes. they also said they ate laundry starch by the spoonful when they were pregnant. they stressed that it was laundry starch not cornstarch. it is hard to believe. do u know if it's true?

Answer 1

It's actually not uncommon for women to crave and eat "nonfood" items when they're pregnant.

Pica is a medical condition defined as the persistent eating of nonfood items for a period of at least one month. Most children experience Pica at some time or another. It's also common among pregnant and post-partum women and among people with certain illnesses (for example, epilepsy and autism). It's the single most common eating disorder among those with mental retardation. Clay and laundry starch are pretty typical things to eat/crave among persons with Pica.

Answer 2

When I was in boarding school, food was a luxury. There was never enough and we were always hungry. I remember one girl, during breakfast when we'd get hard boiled eggs, would make a sandwich of it using the whole egg, yes, shell included!
At night, after lights out, we'd go to the bathroom and eat toothpaste and talcum powder we were that hungry. We also used to sneek into the nun's private orchard, hide among the tall leaves, yank out rhubarb stalks and munch it raw, soil and aphids included....one girl became very ill because she even ate the leaves which are poisonous.

No surprise, the boarding school (private too!!!!) was eventually closed down!

Answer 3

Laundry soap whle pregnant is a sign of a iron deficiancy. As for the red clay..never heard that one.

Answer 4

Yeah its probably true. A friend of mine ate laundry detergent when she was pregnant w/ her first child. She ended up finding out that she had a vitamin deficiency.

Answer 5

The Eating of Clay or Soil has Long been recognized!
It's Called 'Esophagi', and is associated with Pregnant Women and Cravings!

Answer 6

I have freinds that have eaten:
sand
balut (duck egg buried for 6 monthes in the ground)
bagangon (fish rotten in salt for 6 months)
cow or pig blood (cooked)

Answer 7

Its a condition know as pica, where the body craves unnatural things. Google it for more info

Answer 8

My dad eats mayo and penut butter sandwiches. My brother drinks coffe creamer. My dog eats ciggarets and i had a friend who ate a joint.

Answer 9

i'm a vegetarian. I eat boca its a plant that taste like meat but its not.i eat boca burgers,boca steak,boca chicken nuggets,and boca chicken patties.It's really good some people think it's a little weird though!

Answer 10

My boss' grandmom ate bacon grease sandwiches. Nothing else on it, just white bread and bacon grease.