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| Eating of soil and raw starch documented in Madagascar Posted: 09 Nov 2012 01:20 PM PST A new study provides the first population-level data of pica in Madagascar -- the urge to eat dirt, raw starches, chalk, ash and other non-foods. Across the entire sample in the prior year, 53.4 percent engaged in geophagy, eating specific types of earth, including a fine white clay subsoil, fine sand and red river sediment; 85.2 percent ate such raw starches as raw cassava, raw sweet potato, uncooked rice and another local wild root; and 19 percent ate other items considered locally to be nonfood, including rock salt, used coffee grounds, charcoal, rice chaff, blackboard chalk and ash.  |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2012 05:37 AM PST Meat lovers living in the central and southern regions of the United States might be opting for a vegetarian lifestyle if meat comes with an unwanted side of a life-threatening allergic reaction. According to a new study, the lone star tick inhabiting these regions is the primary reason for what's known as a meat induced alpha-gal allergic reaction.  |
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