Craving Earth
Understanding Pica : the Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk
by Sera L. Young
228 pages· ISBN 9780231146098
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Annotation Humans have eaten earth, on purpose, for more than 2,300 years. They also crave starch, ice, chalk and other unorthodox foods - but why? This book creates a portrait of pica, or non-food cravings, from humans' earliest ingestions to current trends and practices.
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