Most often, these are young children
who eat dirt or sand that contain roundworm eggs because of dog stool left on the soil.
Same thing goes for dogs
who eat dirt out of boredom: Oftentimes, it is something that is simply there for them to do.
Geography guide, Matt Rosenberg puts it in perspective, «Most people
who eat dirt live in Central Africa and the Southern United States.
Horrible dog food, that my MinPin,
who eats dirt and cat feces, won't eat.
Not exact matches
From home pressed juices and smoothies to quinoa crusted salmon and curry cauliflower bowls,
Dirt knows how to speak to foodies and anyone
who likes to
eat healthy without compromising great flavor (#fitfoodie).
From studies on socio - economically disadvantaged children in large urban areas — kids
who are so hungry that they
eat paint and
dirt, and whose homes are crumbling around them, exposing layers of lead paint.
Even though the science says that the amount of lead absorbed by plants varies widely (spinach and sunflowers = leady, apple trees and tomatoes = not leady), and even though every study on children
who play in the
dirt and
eat homegrown food (my eight - year - old daughter included) has come back saying that there is no evidence of elevated bodily lead levels, people around here are petrified about growing their own vegetables, and even of letting their kids play in the mud.
Pica, a Latin word for magpie (a bird
who eats almost anything), happens when a woman craves
dirt, chalk or other non-food substances that lack in nutrition.
The French star of a subtitled film about Edith Piaf («I didn't even know
who Edith Piaf was,» one dumb - as -
dirt radio commentator announced this morning) wins for Best Actress in a country that only four years ago was
eating freedom fries?
One of those kids
who voluntarily wore a three - piece suit to school in the seventh grade, and learned how to manage a stock portfolio in his spare time instead of playing video games and
eating dirt like the rest of the kids?
The most severe cases are rare, but are more likely to occur in young children,
who often play in
dirt, or
eat dirt (pica) contaminated by dog or cat feces.
I know of dogs that have been poisoned, dogs that have escaped, dogs that
ate rocks and
dirt and died, dogs that destroyed decks and siding, dogs that dug up and destroyed entire sprinkler systems, and dogs that have attacked people
who entered the yard while the dog was alone and were killed.
'' I don't know what kind of psychopath
eats a two - hour long breakfast and doesn't accept gifts while
eating —
who wouldn't love to receive a bag of
dirt in the middle of their Denver omelet?
We are so NOT «white slipcover» people — we're messy, have a hairy dog
who tracks in leaves /
dirt / mud / everything else, a sloppy kid, we
eat on the sofa regularly etc etc — but as soon as we got it in the house it looked SO good that we're going to give it a try.