Your body experiences many changes during pregnancy to help nourish and support your growing baby. With these changes, you may experience intense food cravings. Pregnancy cravings are harmless and ...

chalk, and cornstarch. Some even fancy the smell of burnt matches, mothballs, or cigarette ashes. Craving the combination of dish soap and crushed ice commonly falls into this pica category ...

Dr Crystal Wyllie said people crave everything from raw pasta to ice, soil and ash, and there could be medical reasons why ...

You may have seen someone chewing chalk, eating clay, or even craving ash, and wondered why ... Others may view it as unhealthy or peculiar. Pica is more than just a strange habit; it is an ...

Other forms of pica include geophagia (eating soil, clay, or sand) and amylophagia (consuming starch). There have also been reports of people craving substances like coal, chalk, paper ...