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A recent study published in the Southern Medical Journal argues that kaolin-eating should be classed as a particular kind of problem known as a ``culture-bound syndrome,'' that is not connected to any other psychiatric problem, said the study's lead author, R. Kevin Grigsby, a social worker and professor of psychiatry...
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Geophagia (earth eating) has been observed and documented in many areas of the world, but a specific preference for kaolin is less well known. ...
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Geophagy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geophagy is the practice of eating earthy or soil-like substances such as clay, and chalk, in order to obtain essential nutrients such as sulfur and phosphorus from the soil. This practice is widespr...
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White Dirt (kaolin) has also been used as a natural, chemical free shampoo. ... "Geophagy" the scholarly term for dirt-eating, is practiced by both blacks and whites but is most commonly associated with black women, particularly during pregnancy.
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and as food during famine (4). Clays were also often used in medications (e.g., kaolin clay in Kaopectate). But the most common occasion for eating dirt in many societies (the only occasion in some societies) is pregnancy.
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#38 Kaolin isn't actually any more "edible" than any other kind of dirt. It seems to be popular in the Georgia Piedmont region (where much of it is mined - for industrial purposes). Eating kaolin is considered a form a pica and is not something that your physician or dietitian will recommend.
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Fine white clay or kaolin comes from the weathering of granite. The fine white clay powder (like talcum powder) that resulted from making a ... The caption indicates that the woman "swears by the old-time remedy of eating kaolin, or white clay . . . some women crave it, especially during pregnancy" (Swerdlow 2000:98).
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This issue came to the attention of Dr. George Johnson, a retired obstetrician in Macon, when he reviewed the dietary habits of his pregnant patients with extreme anemia and found one common theme — they were all eating kaolin.
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