Why TikTokkers are eating mini clay pots in bizarre trend — and what they can do to your body

Clay what?! The latest trend taking over TikTok might leave you scratching your head — or picking dirt out of your teeth.
Washington Times

Mud pies and clay pizzas: Eating dirt is the new online diet craze, despite health warnings

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 ...
NPR

The Ancient Andean Tradition of Eating Clay May Have Helped To Protect Health

Talking about clay makes Amilcar Apaza nostalgic for his childhood in Juliaca, Peru, a city in the Andean highlands. He remembers gathering with his family in his grandmother's fields in the nearby ...
Metro

Mum loves eating clay so much she quit her job to sell it

The 36-year-old said she began getting strong cravings for clay from childhood (Picture: Phil Barnett/ PA Real Life) A mum is so addicted to eating clay that she has quit her teaching job to sell it.