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Maxie P. Diddly
 
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Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily

October 13 2003 at 06:18AM

Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
on Monday.

Hao Fenglan, from Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, developed a taste
for mud and dirt at the age of eight and says she feels physical
discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every day.

The diet has done her little apparent harm and she is in good health,
according to the South China Morning Post. - Sapa-DP

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having new eyes."
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Heh, i bet SHE feels........dirty? My god that was a bad joke. Sorry guys.

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I believe in those foretold prophecies of doom.
They say its near, cuz its comin fast.
Not every single one of us is gonna last.
So stand an fight, or kill yourself right now.
Itll be one less mother****er to kill.
Skinned, shot, burned, stabbed, scorched and torn.
This pain is real, you cant ignore.
WAR IS COMING!!!!
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"Maxie P. Diddly" > wrote in message
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> http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=...658B253&s et_
> id=1
>
> Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily
>
> October 13 2003 at 06:18AM
>
> Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
> on Monday.
>
> Hao Fenglan, from Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, developed a taste
> for mud and dirt at the age of eight and says she feels physical
> discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every day.
>
> The diet has done her little apparent harm and she is in good health,
> according to the South China Morning Post. - Sapa-DP
>
> --
> "The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in
> having new eyes."
> - Marcel Proust
>
>
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"Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
...
> Maxie P. Diddly wrote:
>
> > Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> > estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report

said
> > on Monday.

>
> My brother-in-law stopped smoking about 20 years ago, having

calculated
> that, having consumed 600kg of the stuff, he had contributed enough
> to the state's coffers. As for how many litres of wine and spirits
> he has gone through so far, I have no idea. As a rough guess:

between
> 10,000 and 20,000 litres (which is between 10 and 20 tons of the

stuff).
> And he is 89. Hmmmm... (should I cross-post this to sci.statistics?)
> there seems to be a very significant correlation the the more you
> have
> consumed (of anything), the older you are likely to be. Bingo!


X-post to alt.sci.math.statistics.prediction added.


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"Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
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> As for how many litres of wine and spirits
> he has gone through so far, I have no idea.


http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/


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Maxie P. Diddly wrote:
> http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=...658B253&s et_
> id=1
>
> Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily
>
> October 13 2003 at 06:18AM
>
> Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
> on Monday.
>
> Hao Fenglan, from Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, developed a taste
> for mud and dirt at the age of eight and says she feels physical
> discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every day.
>
> The diet has done her little apparent harm and she is in good health,
> according to the South China Morning Post. - Sapa-DP


There is an area of Africa where dirt from a particular location is eaten to make
up for a mineral deficiency in the regular diet.

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to have only equal rights in Israel.
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Maxie P. Diddly wrote:

> Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
> on Monday.


My brother-in-law stopped smoking about 20 years ago, having calculated
that, having consumed 600kg of the stuff, he had contributed enough
to the state's coffers. As for how many litres of wine and spirits
he has gone through so far, I have no idea. As a rough guess: between
10,000 and 20,000 litres (which is between 10 and 20 tons of the stuff).
And he is 89. Hmmmm... (should I cross-post this to sci.statistics?)
there seems to be a very significant correlation the the more you
have
consumed (of anything), the older you are likely to be. Bingo!
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As opposed to Eat Shit and Die, I guess..........
___
/uesday
/<night

On 10/13/03 9:53 PM, Maxie P. Diddly at wrote:

>
http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=...658B253&s et_
> id=1
>
> Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily
>
> October 13 2003 at 06:18AM
>
> Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
> on Monday.
>
> Hao Fenglan, from Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, developed a taste
> for mud and dirt at the age of eight and says she feels physical
> discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every day.
>
> The diet has done her little apparent harm and she is in good health,
> according to the South China Morning Post. - Sapa-DP
>
> --
> "The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in
> having new eyes."
> - Marcel Proust
>
>
>


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In article >,
"Maxie P. Diddly" > wrote:

> "Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > As for how many litres of wine and spirits
> > he has gone through so far, I have no idea.

>
> http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/
>
>


Took the test and I'm... Chelsea Clinton (about 2 bathtubs
worth of wine).
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Clave
 
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"Hope Munro Smith" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> "Maxie P. Diddly" > wrote:
>
> > "Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > > As for how many litres of wine and spirits
> > > he has gone through so far, I have no idea.

> >
> > http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/
> >
> >

>
> Took the test and I'm... Chelsea Clinton (about 2 bathtubs
> worth of wine).

I took it based on how I was in college and rated...Ozzy Osbourne.

Jim


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Lizz Holmans
 
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:58:15 GMT, Hope Munro Smith
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "Maxie P. Diddly" > wrote:
>
>> "Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > As for how many litres of wine and spirits
>> > he has gone through so far, I have no idea.

>>
>> http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/
>>
>>

>
>Took the test and I'm... Chelsea Clinton (about 2 bathtubs
>worth of wine).


I took the silly test and there is no option for zero anywhere. Hmph.

Lizz 'Oh, we don't eat fruitcake cos it's made with rum' Holmans

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"Lizz Holmans" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:58:15 GMT, Hope Munro Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > "Maxie P. Diddly" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>
> >> > As for how many litres of wine and spirits
> >> > he has gone through so far, I have no idea.
> >>
> >> http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/
> >>
> >>

> >
> >Took the test and I'm... Chelsea Clinton (about 2 bathtubs
> >worth of wine).

>
> I took the silly test and there is no option for zero anywhere. Hmph.


Yeah, I noticed that too. Probably why I rated as Mother Theresa.

Love & Laughter,
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"Tuesday Knight" > wrote in message
.. .

> As opposed to Eat Shit and Die, I guess..........


Yes. "Eat dirt and live".


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"Lizz Holmans" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:58:15 GMT, Hope Munro Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > "Maxie P. Diddly" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>
> >> > As for how many litres of wine and spirits
> >> > he has gone through so far, I have no idea.
> >>
> >> http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/
> >>
> >>

> >
> >Took the test and I'm... Chelsea Clinton (about 2 bathtubs
> >worth of wine).

>
> I took the silly test and there is no option for zero anywhere.

Hmph.

Liz, do you abstain for religious reasons?


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"Clave" > wrote in message
s.com...
> "Hope Munro Smith" > wrote in message
> news
> > In article >,
> > "Maxie P. Diddly" > wrote:
> >
> > > "Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > As for how many litres of wine and spirits
> > > > he has gone through so far, I have no idea.
> > >
> > > http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/
> > >
> > >

> >
> > Took the test and I'm... Chelsea Clinton (about 2 bathtubs
> > worth of wine).

>
> I took it based on how I was in college and rated...Ozzy Osbourne.

Wow. How is your liver these days?


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"Hope Munro Smith" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> "Maxie P. Diddly" > wrote:
>
> > "Jacques Guy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > > As for how many litres of wine and spirits
> > > he has gone through so far, I have no idea.

> >
> > http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/
> >
> >

>
> Took the test and I'm... Chelsea Clinton (about 2 bathtubs
> worth of wine).

Where is that on the scale? Does that mean you drink a lot of wine?
So tell me, Hope, have you had a chance to get your hands on some Napa
Valley vintages since you made the move?




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"Goddess of Groundhogs" > wrote in message
...
> earles poked his/her head out of his hole and screamed
> : at the world.
>
> You laugh... go on.
>
> Look at this:
> http://www.web.ms11.net/usadeepsouth/dirt.html
>
> Don't let the usadeepsouth fool ya, it's mississippi, not SC.
>
> Anyway, dirt eating is a known psychiatric disorder called geophage.


Oh? Thanks for the information.


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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:58:02 -1000, "Maxie P. Diddly"
> wrote:


>>
>> I took the silly test and there is no option for zero anywhere.

>Hmph.
>
>Liz, do you abstain for religious reasons


It a;depends on the Quaker. We believe in personal responsibiliy. Hard
spirits are descourage. but we each make up our own mind.

I don't drink cos all I can taste in any preperation in the alcohol. I
loathe the taste of ETOH.

Beides, Demon Rum and his inebriating friends weren't completely legal
in the state I was born in until I was 19.

L:izz 'which doesn't mean I dont like a stifff one every now and then'
Holmans

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Goddess of Groundhogs wrote:

> Anyway, dirt eating is a known psychiatric disorder called geophage.



No. Eating soil was observed by earlier explorers in many primitive
societies, and branded as a perversion--a bit like anthropophagy.
I wish I could find the original references. One I remember
was in the Larousse History of the Discovery of the Globe, which
I got as a Xmas present when I was... nine or ten. It was a
South American tribe... Amazonian I think, but beyond that
I do not remember. Since, I have read that geophagy can
actually be advantageous, depending on what the soil contains,
as a source of rare elements. From memory, the soil most
often eaten was clay. Oh there! I just did a google search on
"geophagy nutrition" and I got:

Geophagy - Wikipedia
.... Geophagy was also practiced by Native Americans who would eat dirt
with acorns and
potatoes to neutralize potentially harmful alkaloids. See also:
nutrition. ...
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagy - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

The next hits show that geophagy is also common with animals.

So much for a psychiatric disorder!
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Maxie P. Diddly wrote:

> http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=...658B253&s et_
> id=1
>
> Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily
>
> October 13 2003 at 06:18AM
>
> Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
> on Monday.


(Hehe that's cool. Hooray for cruelty free farming! jokes. Well, soil
contains all the nutrients for growing food, so it might be alright.
Dunno about the taste, she must have very earthworm-like tendencies .
>
> Hao Fenglan, from Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, developed a taste
> for mud and dirt at the age of eight and says she feels physical
> discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every day.
>

Mud is 'dirt', but it's not dirty , hehe.


> The diet has done her little apparent harm and she is in good health,
> according to the South China Morning Post. - Sapa-DP
>
> --
> "The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in
> having new eyes."
> - Marcel Proust
>
>
>


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"SykonC" > wrote in message
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> Maxie P. Diddly wrote:
>
> > http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=...658B253&s et_
> > id=1
> >
> > Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily
> >
> > October 13 2003 at 06:18AM
> >
> > Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> > estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
> > on Monday.

>
> (Hehe that's cool. Hooray for cruelty free farming! jokes. Well, soil
> contains all the nutrients for growing food, so it might be alright.
> Dunno about the taste, she must have very earthworm-like tendencies .
> >
> > Hao Fenglan, from Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, developed a taste
> > for mud and dirt at the age of eight and says she feels physical
> > discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every day.
> >

> Mud is 'dirt', but it's not dirty , hehe.
>
>
> > The diet has done her little apparent harm and she is in good health,
> > according to the South China Morning Post. - Sapa-DP
> >
> > --
> > "The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in
> > having new eyes."
> > - Marcel Proust


The practice is known in other ethnic groups. Eating soil can provide some
nutrients, but it isn't a complete diet.




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> 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)



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"SykonC" > wrote in message
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> Maxie P. Diddly wrote:
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> > http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=...658B253&s et_
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> > Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily
> >
> > October 13 2003 at 06:18AM
> >
> > Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> > estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
> > on Monday.


So have the people that eat at the Burger Hut where Crunch cleans the grease
traps.


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Marvin Margoshes wrote:

>"SykonC" > wrote
>
>
>>Maxie P. Diddly wrote:
>>
>>
>>>http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=...658B253&s et_
>>>id=1
>>>
>>>Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily
>>>
>>>October 13 2003 at 06:18AM
>>>
>>>Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
>>>estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said
>>>on Monday.
>>>
>>>

>>(Hehe that's cool. Hooray for cruelty free farming! jokes. Well, soil
>>contains all the nutrients for growing food, so it might be alright.
>>Dunno about the taste, she must have very earthworm-like tendencies .
>>
>>
>>>Hao Fenglan, from Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, developed a taste
>>>for mud and dirt at the age of eight and says she feels physical
>>>discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every day.
>>>
>>>

>>Mud is 'dirt', but it's not dirty , hehe.
>>
>>
>>>The diet has done her little apparent harm and she is in good health,
>>>according to the South China Morning Post. - Sapa-DP
>>>
>>>

>
>The practice is known in other ethnic groups. Eating soil can provide some
>nutrients, but it isn't a complete diet.
>
>


It's called pica. No worse than chewing toothpics.

josh halpern

>
>
>


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I eat limestone all the time. It makes a good antacid.

Bill

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"Repeating Decimal" > wrote in message
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> I eat limestone all the time. It makes a good antacid.


Thanks for the tips. I'm partial to granite.




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"Josh Halpern" > wrote in message
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>
>
> Marvin Margoshes wrote:
>
> >"SykonC" > wrote
> >
> >
> >>Maxie P. Diddly wrote:
> >>
> >>

>
>>>http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=...18684658B253&s

et_
> >>>id=1
> >>>
> >>>Dirty-mouthed gran chows soil daily
> >>>
> >>>October 13 2003 at 06:18AM
> >>>
> >>>Hong Kong - A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an
> >>>estimated 10 tons of soil over the past 70 years, a news report

said
> >>>on Monday.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>(Hehe that's cool. Hooray for cruelty free farming! jokes. Well,

soil
> >>contains all the nutrients for growing food, so it might be

alright.
> >>Dunno about the taste, she must have very earthworm-like

tendencies .
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hao Fenglan, from Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, developed a

taste
> >>>for mud and dirt at the age of eight and says she feels physical
> >>>discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every

day.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Mud is 'dirt', but it's not dirty , hehe.
> >>
> >>
> >>>The diet has done her little apparent harm and she is in good

health,
> >>>according to the South China Morning Post. - Sapa-DP
> >>>
> >>>

> >
> >The practice is known in other ethnic groups. Eating soil can

provide some
> >nutrients, but it isn't a complete diet.
> >
> >

>
> It's called pica. No worse than chewing toothpics.


How about chewing pencils?


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Josh Halpern" > >

> >The practice is known in other ethnic groups. Eating soil can provide some
> >nutrients, but it isn't a complete diet.
> >
> >


>
> It's called pica. No worse than chewing toothpics.
>
> josh halpern



-----------
Actually it is "geophagy". Pica is a more inclusive term - A perverted
appetite for substances not fit as food or of no nutritional value." (Stedman's. 26th ed.)

Run geophagy through Google, or same such.


donald j haarmann - pedant


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donald j haarmann wrote:

>Josh Halpern" > >
>
>
>
>>>The practice is known in other ethnic groups. Eating soil can provide some
>>>nutrients, but it isn't a complete diet.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

>
>
>
>>It's called pica. No worse than chewing toothpics.
>>
>>josh halpern
>>
>>

>
>
>-----------
>Actually it is "geophagy". Pica is a more inclusive term - A perverted
>appetite for substances not fit as food or of no nutritional value." (Stedman's. 26th ed.)
>
>Run geophagy through Google, or same such.
>
>


I was quite aware of geophagy and pica. Because pica includes both
behaviors I used it to show the relationship between what is a commonly
accepted behavior (ok, your mom doesn't like it) and one that many here
think weird. Where chewing tobacco fits into all this I do not know.

josh halpern

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"machine99" > wrote in message
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> > 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.


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> > > 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...




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"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


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In article >, Rubystars
> writes
>
>"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
>
>

I think perhaps we are over hygienic these days about food, to the point
where our immune systems don't automatically kick in when we eat
something that is not 100%
Their is so much on sale now to keep your kitchen almost totally sterile
that people forget that a bit of dirt and a few germs are a healthy
thing they build up our immune system.
Kids believe it or not will try and eat anything from dirt to worms and
rarely come to any harm because of it.
I am not recommending dirt or not being hygienic, no one wants
Salmonella but you can take the war against germs to the point were we
no longer have an effective immune system, because its never been
allowed to work.
Being hygienic today is becoming almost paranoia, thanks to advertising,
I don't use products in my kitchen that will kill every germ in sight,

If you use very hot water, and a good cleaner, and make sure your wash
cloth is clean.. Then their is no real reason for worry,
If you want to be extra safe a little disinfectant or bleach on
surfaces where you have cut or served food will do the trick.
I do put all my chopping boards in the dishwasher, but even that is not
necessary, pouring boiling water over them will do just as good a job.

I am not terribly suprised these days with the number of children who
are forever off school with one infection after another, They have never
had the chance to build up their immune systems,
Mums have made sure their little darlings never come into contact with
a Germ and when they hit school they come into contact with the whole
package all at once, no wonder they are sick.

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Shez
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:50:43 +0000, Shez > wrote:

>In article >, Rubystars
> writes
>>
>>"machine99" > wrote in message
k...
>>> > > > 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.


>I think perhaps we are over hygienic these days about food, to the point
>where our immune systems don't automatically kick in when we eat
>something that is not 100%


My immune system doesn't have much problem with anything. I've only
taken antibiotics a couple of times in the past 25 years. I avoid
antimicrobial soaps (except when I'm working in a cadaver lab or some
such) and I don't worry much about my food. This doesn't mean that I
won't die of a heart attack or cancer sometime in the next 20 years
but I doubt I'll spend much time feeling gross because of prescription
crap I'm taking.

>I am not terribly suprised these days with the number of children who
>are forever off school with one infection after another, They have never
>had the chance to build up their immune systems,


All 5 of the kids in this household have perfect attendance this year
and there were only a couple days missed total last year.

> Mums have made sure their little darlings never come into contact with
>a Germ and when they hit school they come into contact with the whole
>package all at once, no wonder they are sick.


Not all mothers have done this.

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"Rubystars" > wrote in message
...
>
> "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.


Ever heard on inner city syndrome? Children raised in sterile environments
never have their immune systems challenged, they get sick easiliy and suffer
allergies to almost everything. Good proof that ingesting small amounts of
pathogens strengthens our immune systems and makes us healthier.


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"Haximus" > wrote in message
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> "Rubystars" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "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.

>
> Ever heard on inner city syndrome? Children raised in sterile

environments
> never have their immune systems challenged, they get sick easiliy and

suffer
> allergies to almost everything. Good proof that ingesting small amounts

of
> pathogens strengthens our immune systems and makes us healthier.


When I was a kid I used to love to play in mud and clay fairly often. I had
no problems for a long time, till in 5th grade I got hook worms as a result.
I don't ever want to go through that again. It was a living hell. My whole
family had to take medicine as a precaution. I've avoided getting muddy
since then and avoided walking barefoot in dirt.

I've heard of "Worm therapy" and that's fine for people whose immune systems
are weak and need a little boost, but as for myself, no thanks. *L*

-Rubystars




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"Rubystars" > wrote in message
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> When I was a kid I used to love to play in mud and clay fairly

often.

Most kids do. I personally think there is something instinctual about
it. I remember playing with clay in the school yard as a child. I
also remember putting it in my mouth and tasting it.


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"Mr. Max P. Diddy" > wrote in message
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> "Rubystars" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > When I was a kid I used to love to play in mud and clay fairly

> often.
>
> Most kids do. I personally think there is something instinctual about
> it. I remember playing with clay in the school yard as a child. I
> also remember putting it in my mouth and tasting it.


I don't remember doing anything like that, but I know wind used to blow some
into my eyes and mouth sometimes. *L*

-Rubystars


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Does anyone have the recipe or know how the Haitians make the dirt/clay cookies. I am looking to do that as an example to show people. We are raising money to help Haiti.

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