"machine99" > wrote in message
. ..
> > > > The practice is known in other ethnic groups. Eating soil can
provide
> > > some
> > > > nutrients, but it isn't a complete diet.
> > >
> > > Do they boil it first? (and did she)
> >
> > They eat it raw, like fruit.
>
> Raw earth can contain worm eggs and other parasites....I wonder how it
> affects their health...

I've always wondered how they can find it healthy to eat dirt without doing
something to kill the parasites inside.

-Rubystars