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 ...

If you crave a snack of dirt and clay, you may be pregnant. New research shows that eating dirt, also called geophagy, is most common during the early stages of pregnancy and in young children, where ...

Will this latest TikTok trend make you soil yourself? Some TikTokers are now telling you to eat dirt. Yes, dirt, as in the stuff that’s on the ground. Or rather the ground itself. They’re claiming ...

Oct. 3, 2005 — -- It melts in your mouth like chocolate, says Ruth Anne T. Joiner, describing her favorite treat. "The good stuff is real smooth," she adds. "It's just like a piece of candy." ...

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 ...

It’s not longer their dirty little secret. “Crunchers,” or folks with affinities for feasting on dirt, aren’t hiding under rocks. Instead, shameless soil-connoisseurs across the internet are proudly ...

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 ...