Eating soil until it clogged the digestive system was even a method of suicide; one so common during slavery that owners put iron masks on some slaves to keep them from killing themselves.

The latest beauty trend spreading on TikTok has people eating dirt and clay to obtain radiant, glowing skin and improve ...

“I was directed here by friend after tasting her soil, they are natural unlike the ... which is characterized by persistent and compulsive craving to eat items that are not classified as foods.

The prevailing theory at the time was that plants grew by eating soil, and van Helmont devised a clever investigation to test this idea. He weighed a willow tree and weighed dry soil. He planted ...

The prevailing theory at the time was that plants grew by eating soil, and van Helmont devised a clever investigation to test this idea. He weighed a willow tree and weighed dry soil. He planted ...

A woman needed emergency surgery after catching a life-threatening infection from soil while gardening ... described by the NHS as a "flesh-eating disease" - after cutting her foot in her garden ...