What does it mean to crave non-food items such as, rocks, dirt, chalk, mud

Question

What does it mean to crave non-food items such as, rocks, dirt, chalk, mud

Answer 1

  It means you are lacking in certain vitamins and minerals.

Answer 2

It is called pica. Its a medical disorder where you crave non food items such as rocks, chalk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disor...

Answer 3

It's called pica.

The theory is that the more you crave a certain non-food item, the more your body is lacking in that nutrient.

Pregnant women sometimes have strange cravings like this.

Answer 4

you are defficient in some mineral or vitamin that is present in the strange things you crave.

Answer 5

maybe you should eat them.

Answer 6

That's common in pregnancy!!!

Answer 7

ive heard that when your crave mud/dirt.... you low on iron.  

Answer 8

dietary deficiency. try adding a multiple vitamin with iron and folate.

Answer 9

It is probably an indication that you have an insufficient amount of some of the minerals in those materials.  You should start taking a multivitamin with minerals, particularly calcium.  You should also take extra calcium because the amount in multivitamins isn't enough for women.