The latest trend taking over TikTok might leave you scratching your head — or picking dirt out of your teeth. Viral videos show users filling miniature clay pots with lime juice, dusting them in Tajín ...

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 ...

Few habits sound more startling than eating dirt, yet geophagy, the deliberate consumption of soil, clay, or earth, has ...

Geophagia is the official term for craving and eating dirt, including earth, soil, or clay. Eating dirt may relieve gastrointestinal pain for some people, but it can also cause health problems such as ...