A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an estimated 10 tonnes of soil over the past 70 years, a news report said today.

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.

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Probably for the minerals or something , but still blegh

I have heard of "organic" diets, but this is too much!

There is actually a condition called PICA, that includes people craving dirt, powder, and chalk. Mostly this happens in pregnant women, but I am sure it is not exclusive....

......(Yech!).....

Hey, the best dirt is when the sun bakes the mud, and the edges curl up into thin dirt chips.

Good eatin' there folks!

He! He! reminds me of when I was pregnant and my Husband would hold fire lighters in front of me to see if I would eat it. He was also fasinated with the fact if he opened a tin of dog food in the kitchen I could smell it in the lounge and have to run to the loo. Bless him!