Most people sweep dirt into the trash, but a grassroots social media trend suggests sprinkling it on your lunch as a healthy treat. Health experts, however, say the risks of injury and disease far ...

The solution to obesity was right under our feet this whole time. No, really: That’s the conclusion drawn by researchers at the University of South Australia, who were studying how clay dirt materials ...

Hundreds of animal species also seek out and eat earth. In most cases, the earth that is craved is not the dark, humus-rich soil in your garden, but is rather smooth and clay-rich. {mosads}The recent ...

The parrots of Southeastern Peru crave an earthy delicacy: dirt. At the Colorado clay lick, a cliff face rising above the Tambopata River in the western Amazon Basin, parrots — often hundreds at a ...

Shutterstock Everyone knows that soil is essential for our survival. It is where our food grows, and it is required for things like trees and other plants, which help to provide oxygen and purify the ...

Geophagia is the medical term for craving and eating dirt of any kind, including earth, soil, or clay, something that has notable side effects.

Up to 80 percent of people in Africa, especially women, regularly eat clayey soil – this habit is known as geophagy. A previous study conducted at MedUni Vienna has already shown that it is a form of ...