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(April 16) -- Talk about eating organic.
Fan Qianrong says she has stayed healthy for more than 40 years by eating soil. The 48-year-old resident of the Qingquan village of Shijiazhuang city in China's Hebei province gathers clods of clay for her dirt diet -- and she's not alone.
Three years ago, a young woman from China's Inner Mongolia made news when she [URL="http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/197907.htm"]told the media[/URL] how much she loved munching on dirt.
Though eating dirt might sound strange, the act -- known to scientists as geophagy -- isn't uncommon.
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Fan Qianrong munches on soil on April 13. The 48-year-old resident of China's Hebei province says she has stayed healthy for more than four decades by eating dirt.
Inhabitants of Asia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and parts of the southern United States are known for putting dirt on their plates. Some turn to soil during times of hunger. Others munch on dirt for religious reasons, medicinal purposes -- or because they like how it tastes.
Medical professionals have told [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=1167623&page=1"]ABC News[/URL] that certain kinds of mineral-packed soil might provide diners with health benefits. In rural regions of African and India, pregnant women consume calcium-loaded kinds of clay thought to combat morning sickness, [URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/mar/30/eat-dirt-soil-taste"]The Guardian[/URL] notes.
Apparently, "hundreds of millions" of people around the globe consume soil, and some experts say it can "can supply minerals otherwise deficient in local diets, fight nausea, indigestion and diarrhea, and even counter ingested poisons," according to a [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/22/science/clay-eating-proves-widespread-but-reason-is-uncertain.html?&pagewanted=all"]1986 New York Times article[/URL].
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[quote=Article](April 16) -- Talk about eating organic.[/quote]
Looks like AOL beat us to a pun.
I remember watching a National Geographic show all about eating dirt and its health benefits. Apparently this whole "Dirt Diet" is old news.
North korear's citizens enjoy a hearrthy minerar-packed diet
Dirty Mouth? Try new orbit
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[QUOTE=Kim Il-Sung;21446615]North korear's citizens enjoy a hearrthy minerar-packed diet[/QUOTE]
Yeah it is really. But there are some benifits to eating dirt because your immune system gets strengthened. I know there are dirt eaters in Texas.
Wow, you really do learn something every day.
dirt eaters in Texas...
Dirt tastes like crap, how can she eat it day in day out?
I don't tend to eat dirt, because I know worms and other insects have been using dirt as a toilet, o a cat or dog has taken a big shit and it has gotten buried in the dirt, think about what you eat :D
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[QUOTE=d3450;21446741]Dirt tastes like crap, how can she eat it day in day out?[/QUOTE]
No tongue.
[QUOTE=d3450;21446741]Dirt tastes like crap, how can she eat it day in day out?[/QUOTE]
After 40 years I think she may of got used to it...
Fukin dirt munchers.
What about carpet munching?
I guess if you had a case of diarrhea you could say [i] you soiled your pants[/i].
Did you really need to put a [i]pica[/i] her in the first post?
How does dirt even taste?
I never tasted it, and I'm not really planning to either.
She must have had really [i]dirty[/i] teeth
Actually eating dirt helps you get some things you can't get in regular diets. That's why whenever animals are low in a certain mineral or vitamin they eat dirt
This woman likes it dirty.
ITT bad puns
Om nom nom tasty dirt.
[QUOTE=Str4t0s;21451399]Om nom nom tasty dirt.[/QUOTE]
ITT; Really bad puns.
I guess her diet got her down and dirty.
[QUOTE=CheezyCheeze;21451093]ITT bad puns[/QUOTE]
I thought my pun was pretty good.
[QUOTE=Superginger;21446522]I remember watching a National Geographic show all about eating dirt and its health benefits. Apparently this whole "Dirt Diet" is old news.[/QUOTE]
QFT. This news is older than dirt :v:
