tofurkey, provalone, tomatoes, lettuce, avocado, veganaise, flimsy white breadThanks to the internet and a simple search of the phrase "craving to eat sand" I have diagnosed my condition as being a disorder...an actual disorder!...called Pica (sounds cute huh? like a pikachu!). In a nutshell, it is what they call it when someone has a craving to eat non-edible things. Thank goodness my problem is that I only think about eating sand, occasionally (even though I never actually do and part of me thinks this is really just a desire to go to the beach) because some people have cravings to eat really atrocious stuff like FECES and COMET the cleaning stuff! Yow!
The theory is that wanting to eat weird things is usually linked to a mineral deficiency or anemia. Apparently, people in less developed countries will eat clay for its mineral-richness.
Why a mineral deficiency would make a person want to eat non-delicious things is sort of a mystery.
My solution is to make large sandwiches and stuff myself. Such as in the picture above.
I hope, also that soon I can take a trip to the beach where I might "accidentally" get some sand in my mouth. That should take care of it!
3 comments:
you are hilarious!
1) you didn't know about pica?
2) you've got pica?! oh no! rhonda!
1) no, you knew about pica?? what kinds of things do you want to eat travis? let's start a club
2) i may have pica (fingers crossed) but if so, it's a very mild case. I've thought about eating sand a lot in my life and i always loved it when i'd be at the beach and then later that night i'd be crunching on stray grains of sand. i want to crunch!
crunch lunch!
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