A new and very bizarre eating disorder

This is actually the result of mineral defeciencies.

That's very weird. I must've missed that episode! I generally like watching any kind of coverage of eating disorders (as I was bulimic for a large portion of my adolescence.....) but this is one that I don't get. Although, to be honest and fair here, I knew a couple of anorexics who would attempt to eat PAPER TOWEL and NAPKINS because the items contained no calories (they couldn't be digested!). People with eating disorders do a lot of harm to their bodies and MINDS..But this one just seems crazy. It must be a very very small percentage of people who suffer from this, as it just doesn't make SENSE. There's something very very irrational and illogical about this whole thing.

I've actually seen that show on TLC. Sometimes I really can't watch it, it grosses me out. I really wonder how some of those addictions truly start because some of the are definitely crazy and I don't understand how they can eat those things with the taste of it! ick!

I saw that! I ahd seen not long ago where a lady was eating comet. That's just nasty. What would even make you taste it to start with? and then what would make it taste good to anyone? I'd say that it's a really crazy addiction for sure.. maybe it's for the attention. But it's definitely crazy!

hi speechteacher, I was stunned on how some could actually live eating weird stuff such as chalks and toilet paper. It was scary. Before I got to see a documentary in India where this girl is addicted in eating her own hair. I was shocked that the doctor needs to remove a huge ball of hair inside her stomach and it was occupying her own stomach. That was frightening and I feel sorry for them.

I didn't know that it was an eating disorder. A year ago, specifically last summer, I was fond of eating ice cubes. There wasn't a time when I didn't munch on ice cube. Anything I do, I always have it on my side, either a glassful or a bowl full of ice cubes. I even forgot eating my meals. It was so hot during that time and even taking a bath for long hours can't refresh me so I found my self munching ice cubes most of the time. It was when I noticed that my blood pressure went way blow the normal level and I had frequent headaches. It was my doctor who told me that it was due to my eating non-nutritious food, that is, the ice cubes. So to correct this habit, my family remove the ice-cube canister inside the freezer and refrain me from eating that and eat nutritious fruits instead. So that's what they call it, pica!