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Geophagia (pronounced /dʒiəˈfeɪdʒə, -dʒiə/) (also known as geophagy (pronounced /dʒiˈɒfədʒi/)) is the practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates such as clay or chalk. It occurs in non-human animals where it may be a normal or abnormal behaviour, and also in humans, most often in rural or preindustrial societies among children and pregnant women. Human geophagia may be related to pica, an eating disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) characterized by abnormal cravings for non-nutritive items.
Some researchers believe that humans first ate soil in Africa:
Geophagia is nearly universal around the world in tribal and traditional rural societies (although apparently it has not been documented in Japan and Korea). In the ancient world, several writers noted the use of geophagia. Pliny is said to have noted the use of soil on Lemnos, an island of Greece, and the use of the soils from this island was noted until the 14th century. The textbook of Hippocrates (460–377 BCE) mentions geophagia, and the famous medical textbook called De Medicina edited by A Cornelius Celsus (14–37 CE) seems to link anaemia to geophagia.
This Film raise awareness on how harmful toxic geophagy(the practice of eating clay) can be...The effects of mine waste and the economic status in South Africa to its societies.Those are mine tailing which contain harmful chemicals!!!AND PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO EAT THEM...
Eat White Dirt by Adam Forrester Discover the oddly spellbinding personal, cultural and scientific history of the deeply transgressive and often misunderstood practice of consuming earth, a phenomenon known as geophagy. The film collects and combines the experiences, processes and explanations of people who eat white dirt with information from the scientists who study the phenomenon. (30 min.) A collaboration between UNC-TV and SCETV, and the Southern Documentary Fund (SDF), REEL SOUTH includes half-hour and hour-long independent, documentary films about the American South. The six acclaimed films of the pilot season have recently premiered at film festivals and theaters, building buzz and audiences. REEL SOUTH now brings these films to a national audience hungry for authentic stories fr...
Inez shares her experiences of eating dirt in Mississippi.
Word of the day: Geophagy: “Geophagia (pronounced /dʒiəˈfeɪdʒə, -dʒiə/) (also known as geophagy (pronounced /dʒiˈɒfədʒi/)) is the practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates such as clay or chalk.”- Source Wikipedia I thought eating clay and dirt was very weird growing up. I thought it was a bit crazy actually. But, there is a method to the madness right? Pros: Detoxifying, helps with heartburn, morning sickness Cons: Possibly consuming heavy metals? Yikes! Do you know of any seemingly weird habits that in fact turned out to have some beneficial properties? Or just tell me the weirdest thing you or someone you know ate? Comment below and tag a friendJ Source: Medical University of Vienna. "Geophagy: 'Soil-eating' as an addictive behaviour." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 5 Decembe...
Daniel Vitalis walks us through the long history of use and how to use two different strategies to assist us in detoxing radioactive isotopes, heavy metals, and other toxins from our bodies on an ongoing basis. You can get bentonite clay in bulk extremely cheaply at home brewery outlets. It is often used in the production of wine. You can also combine both strategies (sweating and clay) in a hot bath, magnifying the benefits by hundreds of times. Toxins in the body will often come to the surface of the skin as a rash. The body tries to get rid of various toxins through the sweat, but sweating cannot remove all toxins... they need to be water soluble, but the clay acts like a magnet, and the body is conscious of this, and uses the clay like a sponge. The body will literally transport and...
This video shows parrots eating clay as soon as a slight rainfall softens up the ground. They chew up and spit out a lot of it, but they are ingesting it. You may have seen the macaws doing it, now watch the cockatoos doing it. It is called Geophagy
Video shows what geophagy means. The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.. Geophagy Meaning. How to pronounce, definition audio dictionary. How to say geophagy. Powered by MaryTTS, Wiktionary
Ampo is a snack made by soil originated from Central Java and East Java, Indonesia. The basic ingredients of this snack made of pure clay without any mixture of ingredients. Ampo usually consumed as a light meal or snack, especially loved by the women who are pregnant. This habit of eating clay is also known as geophagy, human geophagy may be related to pica, a classified eating disorder in the DSM-IV characterized by abnormal cravings for nonfood items. The habit of many owned by people from various countries in the world, although most of the countries that have the habit of eating clay is never admit it. Food from clay, named "Ampo" This has become a traditional food that is trusted by the people in the island of Java, especially people in Central Java and East Java, is believed to stre...
A Tokyo restaurant is offering a $110 dirt meal. A restaurant in Tokyo, Japan is offering a multi course meal that has an unusual special ingredient: dirt. (1,2,1) They are offering the meal with various dishes like potato and dirt soup, sea bass with a dirt risotto, dirt gratin, salad with dirt dressing, dirt mint tea and dirt ice cream on the menu. (1,2,2) The meal costs the equivalent of one hundred ten dollars. (1,1,2) The restaurant's chef Toshio Tanabe was trained in France and won a cooking show with his dirt sauce. (2,2,2) The dirt is tested to make sure it is fit for human consumption before it is used as an ingredient. (1,4,2) While this may seem unusual, there are people all over the world who eat dirt, (3,3,1) a practice known as geophagy. (3,1,2) Interes...
In a Cornell University Library Chats in the Stacks book talk presented at Mann Library on November 3, 2011, nutritional scientist Sera Young discusses her new book, "Craving Earth." The urge to eat clay, starch, ice and chalk has been a phenomenon among humans, particularly women, for a very long time. Dr. Young's study seeks to answer why some people engage in this curious behavior , also shedding light on the properties that the non-food substances associated with pica possess. For more Chats in the Stacks podcasts from Mann Library, please visit http://mannlib.cornell.edu/podcasts.
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