I eat almost all kinds of food but I eat(AND SWALLOW) paper too.Is this normal??
2007-07-02 00:38:49 · 21 answers · asked by MPONO 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I think that eating paper is not normal. Try finding a snack that you can eat whenever your carving for paper. And eat the snack instead of the paper.
2007-07-02 00:42:34 · answer #1 · answered by latina_babygirl002 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Eating non-food items is called pica and while I'm not a psychologist/psychiatrist, it is usually considered to be a symptom of some disorder. Why do you eat paper, would be the next question. An interesting sidenote, my husband and I were curious about what made up the "substance" of many food items that are dairy/fat free. Dole whip, a non-dairy ice cream, is an example. Listed as one of it's main ingredients was cellulose, which we consider to be paper or at least a form of paper.
2007-07-02 01:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by karuntc 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its normal in a way.
I used to do this when i was younger.
It probably because you do it for comfort and possibly your hungry.
You need to one, stop swallowing it tell yourself it could do harm when you get older and two, start eating proper food.
Everytime you want to chew on paper just put it down and walk to the kitchen and get some fruit or something.
2007-07-02 00:47:36 · answer #3 · answered by carlyylouiseee* 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may have a condition known as Pica. It when people want to eat non edible things. Like the lady who is eating dirt. You may want to have it checked out because maybe you body is in need of some vitamin or mineral that you are not getting.
2007-07-02 04:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by rob lou 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a word NO! maybe it would be ok if it was sugar/rice paper and it was every now and again but its not really a normal thing to eat...i would stop
2007-07-02 00:44:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
people eat grass, flowers, bugs so eating paper is relatively normal compared to everything else which is edible in the world.
but it shouldn't be a regular meal! that stuff can be obtained by walking down to the supermarket and those are the foods which you should be eating everyday.
2007-07-02 00:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, seeing as paper isn't considered a food, no it's not normal. I would stop, you never know what's in that paper. There's chemicals and tree particles.
2007-07-02 00:47:09 · answer #7 · answered by ELiTE. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you had your iron checked? Alot of people with low iron crave things like paper and dirt and ice! When my iron was very low I used to crave dirt all the time!! Its a serious thing, you should most definatly have your iron checked!
2007-07-02 00:51:11 · answer #8 · answered by brandeddesire 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You CAN EAT this paper. Visit the site below.
http://www.thisnext.com/item/BEDC961D/White-Rabbit-Candy
2007-07-02 01:06:22 · answer #9 · answered by Edwin S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What type of paper?
News paper or tissue paper?
If it is newspaper and is not the current one, it is OK. Go ahead.
If it is tissue paper, and it is not used one, again it is OK, Go ahead.
Be wary about today's newspaper and used tissue paper.
2007-07-02 01:21:56 · answer #10 · answered by Saadi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋