Eating mud pies

[GaryC 7]

I saw this and thought I could share it with you all.

http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs41...wNibG9nLXN1bQ--

Edited May 7, 2006 by GaryC

[aussiewench 9]

I used to make mud pies as a kid and we'd eat bits of 'em.....they didn't taste too good lol

I'm glad I never got any weird cravings for non edible things during my pregnancies but good for them in haiti if they can make some money from it There is obviously a call for it. Though I wouldn't say eating dirt is exactly good for you in those large amounts from what I have read.

[djcess 0]

what's a mud pie? a pie made of mud?

[mrswooten4ever 0]

LOL My poor parents had to eat mud pies and and drink " tea" made with dandelions at my tea parties when I was a kid LOL

Adele

[djcess 0]

LOL My poor parents had to eat mud pies and and drink " tea" made with dandelions at my tea parties when I was a kid LOL

Adele

this stuff is edible??

[crazyinEgypt 0]

They probably are craving the mud because they are lacking nutrients in their diet and that is their bodies way of trying to get them. I also had a friend that is a VERY PICKEY eater. When she was pregnant she would crave dirt, paper and ice chips. Doctor told her for everything she craved, it was a nutrient her body needed. I forget what the dirt and paper meant, but the ice he said was lack of iron and she was anemic.

[mrswooten4ever 0]

LOL I had a friend who craved clay bricks. She would wake her husband up in the middle of the night to go get her one and by the time he got back the craving would have gone

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

They probably are craving the mud because they are lacking nutrients in their diet and that is their bodies way of trying to get them. I also had a friend that is a VERY PICKEY eater. When she was pregnant she would crave dirt, paper and ice chips. Doctor told her for everything she craved, it was a nutrient her body needed. I forget what the dirt and paper meant, but the ice he said was lack of iron and she was anemic.

It's called pica. Craving and consuming non-food subtances. It means your body is lacking nutrients you're not getting out of your regular diet. Mostly happens to pregnant women.

I used to munch icecubes all the time, iron deficiency because I'm a picky vegetarian.

[silvanski 1]

This belongs in the Dirt thread

[iceyspots 0]

yup.. pica

When my cousin was pregnant and anemic, she once drank out of a mud puddle because it looked like chocolate milk, she also liked clay too... but it's a hard craving to control.

[almaty 19]

This belongs in the Dirt thread

i agree and are international mud pies more tasty...

[pedroh 21]

I knew it!! all mud pies are made of mud.. muahaha.. thats why in Dairy Queen I dont order the Georgia mud fudge

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Ice has iron?

I thought ice was just frozen water

[aussiewench 9]

Ice has iron?

I thought ice was just frozen water

ahhhhh yes but water has iron, manganese and other minerals in it.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Ice has iron?

I thought ice was just frozen water

ahhhhh yes but water has iron, manganese and other minerals in it.

How come they don't crave water?