I think eating soil should be made a public awareness issue because when i am on my periods or experiencing my menstrual cycle i feel like eating soil. I actually crave for it and so can eat up to 500g in 2 days. But i worry about my health a lot because this has become a monthly habit. So diseases associatedwith eating soil should be made public as most women are not aware of it but will continue to eat it once they start craving for it especially during pregnancy.

I would advise you to stop before its too late.

i been eating soil 4 more than 14 yrs now n when i was pregnant it was worse now i cnt stop i have to eat it everyday now.

try chewing fresh ginger when the craving comes, it works for me

We appreciate the problem of soil eating in Uganda and cant be zerod on a specific ethnic group because it cuts accross. Many diseases are attributed to eating of soil however the practice is very popular especially among the poor. The elite women few confess to eating of soil. Soil or clay moulds are spcially shapped and sold by the road sides even in the city Kampala. We have taken to speak out for the dangers of soil eating as UGAN - Uganda Association for Nutritionists. I am the Publicity Secretary.

It is a totally health hazard to eat soil during the pregnancy because it decrease your hg in blood

eating soil its not good its a sin in the eyes of God pray for it and God will help you

How is it a sin to eat dirt? I disagree with you. Culture is diverse, people in countries eat different things. The eating of dirt is practiced by some cultures. I do not think it is a sin to eat dirt. That is your opinion.

Well come on sir. Be an enlightent believer of God. The truth to god lies in opening your love and senses,

eating soil stems from us needing minerals, it is not a disease.

Also god wants you to be open minded and happy, because we are god. All of us are one.

I would advise women to stop eating soil it can be very dangerous especially during pregnancy

I use to eat soil when I was young but have stopped. Many people who eat soil, studies show that they are anemic.

People need to understand this, it's a craving, so it is not easy to stop. Also, I will say this, for the years I have eaten soil, I was never sick and it actually helped me because I was anemic and iron is found in soil. It build up my immune system, people who eat soil actually have stronger immune systems than people who don't. Also it is important to note that it is a form of PICA (eating of substances that is not food, such as dirt, clay, paper, glass etc.).

The reason I stopped eating dirt is because I don't think it is good to crave something (no matter what it is), to me craving something means your addicted and being addicted is not good.

i eat sand all the time i spend a lot of money buyn sand teried to stop bt the cravinghs get the best of me i cant control it

try chewing fresh ginger insted

its very common in africa...women turn to eat mole hills more often...its eaten by both those who are pregnant and those that are not!

Does eating soil cause a women to be infertile? I've been told that if you eat soil it blocks your tubs and so you can't have kids. Is this true?

Good grief, people and animals have been doing this for thousands of years, but you obviously are much wiser than all the life that has come before you. Would it surprise you to know that more than 2/3 rds of our effective antibiotics come from bacteria in the soil. Would it surprise you to know that Kaopectate is basically clay. Would it surprise you to know that the Catholic church has sold blessed clay tablets to -eat- for about 2,00 years now. You might put away your arrogance for a moment and actually do some scientific study on this.

i dont know how this wil sound but i have been eating soil since i was 6 years coz i used to see my mum eat it when she was pregnant with ma young brother and i havent stopped since then now am 19 and i cant imagine the damage it has caused first i used to also eat those soft green / blue stones found near wet places where water pass frequently now i have a lot of complications including two miscarriages on the same year no child yet heart problems and very igh blood pressure now i dont know wat caused wat and i still cant stop cause this is now a big addiction i really wish i could find help coz i know it wil kill me bt i cant stop and i dont know the substitute whiuch i can eat when i crave it now i eat even more that a kilo a day please help any advice will help

It seems that the advice is to stop, but when is a craving, how do you stop? I will like to know what would be the alternative, if doing it is bad for your health.

it is totaly not easy to stop..im addicted im always looking forward to going back home from work cz i know i hav soil waiting for me..ive tried but the craving is so bad

i have tryed to stop eating it.but now i am proud of my self because i can go as far as two weeks without it.

congrats try your best not to go back to this habit.am sure you know that almost 99% of it is not good,then just try to find something which can make you busy when the desire arises. pray hard

i have been eating soil for over 8 years now and i recently went to donate blood but i was told that i have a low blood pressure,could this be the result of my nasty habit of eating soil?

yes hun thats true soil makes you to have low blood presure

i acquired this habit when i was 8 .now i am 19 but still am not able to stop it. i have really got addicted.

im 22 ive been eating soil since the age of 10. bt i did stop until this 3 years back.....whenever im stressed i eat it and beacuse i have painfully period pain for some reasons soil does help... but i want to stop though....

i think ther should be awareness of this thing cause once you get to the addiction point its not easy,

does soil eating cause infertility? does it really block tubes?

just dont eat soil ladies

its not esy to stpo it coz the craving is too much , as much as we want to stop itwe find ourselves looking fo it

i hv bin eating soil for 15 yrs.and i cant sleep when i feel like eating it.plis help

do you have children? it's been said that soil blockes tubes and makes one infertile, so i just need to know as i've also been eating soil for about 15yrs and now i'm struggling to have a baby.

we a having the same problem here in Malawi,,,and i agree with you that most of them are poor and jobless, don't know why,, as i was writting here my soil was in my mouth and its lyk am now addicted to it,,, what is the dangerous effection of it?

i am also addicted of soil eating since i was 14 and now i am 21

i also eat soil i buy every pic every day and it makes me sick but i still cant sop eatin it , when i eat it to much i become very pale its just not good for any one im still trying to leave it but i judt cant. pleas help

does soil eating really block fallopian tubes?

am so addicted to eating soil its not even funny anymore,i buy it everyweek and down it and i cant seem to fight this habbit i dont have a child yet so am wondering if this will affect me when trying for a babey?

Eat a lot of spinach n liver. They help stop iron craving. What soil does is that it withdraws iron from your body and you crave for more thinking the soil has iron. Try it, i have.

Share your thoughts on this story... I believe its wrong to eat soil during pregnancy, cause at the end some end up being anemic due to the fact that soil decreases iron in the body! I knw, i've experienced it.