Women eat dirt

Last year I posted something about a man who eats metal [here] and now I present -

Women eating dirt

Most people who eat dirt live in Central Africa and the Southern United States.

Carrie Webb loves the stuff - see more here: http://www.newhouse.com/archive/story1c012502.html

About Geophagy: http://geography.about.com/cs/culturalgeography/a/geophagy.htm

A 1942 survey in Mississippi showed that...
at least 25 percent of the schoolchildren habitually ate earth. Adults, although not systematically surveyed, also consumed earth. A number of reasons were given: earth is good for you; it helps pregnant women; it tastes good; it is sour like a lemon; it tastes better if smoked in the chimney; and so on.*