Soil and Health

Soil and Health. MANY  parents panicked and worried when their child is caught entering the soil to the mouth while playing. Because of that, not infrequently they immediately took the child to the doctor. According to the study, parents should not worry because the soil or mud is good for the stomach.  

Soil and Health. Researchers from Cornell University, New York, studied 480 people who love to eat soil. The result, as expressed in scientific work  Quaterly Review of Biology , ground can protect the body from parasites and toxins. In addition, the soil is rich in minerals such as iron, zinc, and calcium.  

"We hope people take the land no longer considered a strange thing," said lead researcher Dr. Sera Young.  

For some people, eating soil or  geophagy  is commonplace . Land-consuming culture is also found in several countries. In general, people take the land because the food supply running low. When taking the land, they only eat in small portions.  

Sera Young hopes the study may encourage other researchers to learn more about this land takes Soil and Health

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