ME THINKS THAT THESE SCIENTISTS ARE ROLLING THE DICE.
PERHAPS FOR ONE PERSON, THERE MIGHT BE SOME CLAY CONTENT THAT
COULD BIND UP AND EXPEL A PARASITE AND ALSO DESSICATE IT.
FOR ANOTHER PERSON, THEY MIGHT WIND UP WITH PARASITES.
FROM THIS BEHAVIOR.
TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE THESE FOLKS MIXED A GOOD DEAL OF
STOUT WITH THEIR PHDS STIRRED IT VIGOROUSLY AND GOT THE
ABOVE RESULTS... FOLLOWED A BIT LATER BY A LIKELY "REJECTION" OF
THE STOMACH'S CONTENTS.
THINK I MIGHT PASS.
ALL THAT SAID.. A FEW OTHER THOUGHTS:
THE WOMEN ARE LIKELY SUFFERING FROM A CONDITION KNOWN AS "PICA" WHERE THEY EAT BIZARRE THINGS DURING PREGNANCY IN A RANDOM ATTEMPT TO TREAT SOME SORT OF SYSTEMIC DEFICIENCY. PICA DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP.
NOW... IF THEY WERE TO TAKE THE DIRT / MUD / ETC AND BAKE IT.. KILL WHAT BUGS MIGHT BE IN IT, THEN IT MIGHT HAVE SOME SORT OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT.
IT COULD ACT TO :
BIND PARASITES
AS A PURGATIVE
TO PERHAPS PROVIDE SOME NUTRITIONAL CONTENT
TO INTRODUCE NON HARMFUL PARTS OF ORGANISMS INTO THE BODY IN SUCH A WAY WHERE THE BODY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DEVELOP HEALTHIER IMMUNE RESPONSES TO THEM... SOMEWHAT LIKE AN INNOCULATION OF ATTENUATED PARTS OF SOME ORGANISM... THAT HAS BEEN KILLED FIRST.
AS FOR EATING DIRT, I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE WHO DO IT AND DON'T GET SICK
ARE VERY LUCKY.
MIKE
P.S. IF YOU WERE A DINOSAUR, OR A BIRD, YOU MIGHT EAT PEBBLES THAT WOULD STAY IN YOUR GUT TO HELP GRIND UP FOOD. THOSE ARE CALLED
"GASTROLITHS" . OFTEN WHEN THEY FIND THE SKELETAL REMAINS OF LARGE DINOSAURS, THEY FIND A LARGE PILE OF VERY NICELY POLISHED STONES BY THE ABDOMINAL SECTION.
OVER YEARS OF BUMPING INTO ONE ANOTHER AND EXPOSURE TO THE DIGESTIVE ACIDS IN THE STOMACH, THEY WERE ROUNDED AND POLISHED..
JUST THINK , DINOSAURS WERE THE FIRST KIDS TO COLLECT ROCKS !
;)
MIKE
--- On Tue, 6/14/11, Alice <teddybear1937@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Alice <teddybear1937@yahoo.com>
Subject: [ACWDYG ] Interesting?
To: achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 7:39 AM
As reported by Readers Digest! Anyone for mud pies?
Weird Science News
Eating dirt can be good for you. Geoophagy (the scientific name for ingesting dirt, mud, and the like) apparently has a proactive benefit, say researchers. According to a report in LA Weekly, some scientists hypothesize that "People eat dirt to protect against stomach parasites and pathogens." Geophagy is highest among women in the early stages of pregnancy and in pre-adolescent children, groups that are more sensitive to parasites and who, scientists surmise, would thus benefit from increased protection. No report yet on the protective effect of kindergarten paste.
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