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My Strange Addiction that show on TLC

SunfadeSunfade 799 Posts
edited May 2012 in Strut Central
I'm watching this lady who compulsively eats dirt. Wow.

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  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Saw a documentary once where it was portrayed as an established practice to eat dirt after rainfall in Africa.

    Apparently folks get a craving for it.

    Someone speak on it please.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    i just watched a dude literally FUCK a pontiac monte carlo.

    :game_over:

    :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang:
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    skel said:
    Saw a documentary once where it was portrayed as an established practice to eat dirt after rainfall in Africa.

    Apparently folks get a craving for it.

    Someone speak on it please.

    Eating dirt in the Delta of Mississippi is not that uncommon.

    Provides minerals to the body.
  • eliseelise 3,252 Posts
    It's called pica. I learned that in my nutrition class and it's basically pregnant women who crave things like dirt, paint chips, sand, etc. It was explained that the cravings were a result of a deficiency usually resulting from lack of iron. But, maybe this person wasn't pregnant on the show?

    Cool story, Elise.
  • JectWonJectWon (@_@) 1,654 Posts
    vintageinfants said:
    i just watched a dude literally FUCK a pontiac monte carlo.

    :game_over:

    :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang:

    Goddamn object sexuals...I can't tell if that stuff is the best troll ever or if the people are for real....

  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,130 Posts
    Last year, I was flipping channels and saw an episode where a young woman has (had, hopefully) a penchant for eating couch foam. There seems to be a "those crazy people who eat stuff" theme going on.
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