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 ...

No? Oh, in that case it's just 40-year-old Natasha, who recently featured in an episode of My Strange Addiction on American channel TLC. According to report by TV Replay (above), Natasha has been ...

When I was a medical student in my native Oklahoma, I treated a young woman with a calm smile and severe anemia. I ran the usual diagnostic tests and had the usual conversations and hurried ...

Several species of parrots in Southeastern Peru regularly gather at a cliff face in the Amazon basin to eat clay. So do other animals, including... The parrots of Southeastern Peru crave an earthy ...

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.

A woman who craved eating clay while pregnant has spent more than £3,000 on her habit - and continues to eat the chalky substance today. Dymund Dina, 31, started craving clay during her first ...