Most people sweep dirt into the trash, but a grassroots social media trend suggests sprinkling it on your lunch as a healthy treat.

The art of eating dirt has taken over TikTok, but the health benefits of consuming the substance remain in question.

The habit of eating clay, mud or dirt is known as geophagy. Some experts lump it into the same category as pica, which is the abnormal urge to eat coins, paint, soap or other non-food items.

While most of us love binge-eating and just cannot stay away from food, here is a man who has a rare eating disorder of eating bricks, mud and gravel. Pakkirappa Hunagundi, 30-year-old from ...

MANY people admit they find it hard to give up chocolate, crisps or biscuits but one man has become completely addicted to eating bricks, gravel and even MUD.

The mice eating the clay supplement gained the least weight, suggesting that eatind dirt was better at flushing fat from their systems than the FDA-approved drug was.

"Pica is the scientific term for the craving and subsequent consumption of nonfood items," writes Young. The word comes from the Latin for "magpie." The eating of dirt, clay, or earth is referred ...