Most people sweep dirt into the trash, but a grassroots social media trend suggests sprinkling it on your lunch as a healthy treat. Health experts, however, say the risks of injury and disease far ...

Online, "crunchers," or people who regularly eat dirt, claim soil consumption improves their ski, gut health and immune system. It’s not longer their dirty little secret. “Crunchers,” or folks with ...

If you crave a snack of dirt and clay, you may be pregnant. New research shows that eating dirt, also called geophagy, is most common during the early stages of pregnancy and in young children, where ...

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Will this latest TikTok trend make you soil yourself? Some TikTokers are now telling you to eat dirt. Yes, dirt, as in the stuff that’s on the ground. Or rather the ground itself. They’re claiming ...

Want to improve your gut health, reduce wrinkles, and even cure acne? Eat dirt. At least, according to the latest health trend making the rounds on TikTok. “[One] teaspoon of organic biodynamic soil ...

It’s not longer their dirty little secret. “Crunchers,” or folks with affinities for feasting on dirt, aren’t hiding under rocks. Instead, shameless soil-connoisseurs across the internet are proudly ...