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 ...

Want to improve your gut health, reduce wrinkles, and even cure acne? Eat dirt. At least, according to the latest health trend making the rounds on TikTok. “[One] teaspoon of organic biodynamic soil ...

If you crave a snack of dirt and clay, you may be pregnant. New research shows that eating dirt, also called geophagy, is most common during the early stages of pregnancy and in young children, where ...

Online, "crunchers," or people who regularly eat dirt, claim soil consumption improves their ski, gut health and immune system. It’s not longer their dirty little secret. “Crunchers,” or folks with ...

The solution to obesity was right under our feet this whole time. No, really: That’s the conclusion drawn by researchers at the University of South Australia, who were studying how clay dirt materials ...

It’s not longer their dirty little secret. “Crunchers,” or folks with affinities for feasting on dirt, aren’t hiding under rocks. Instead, shameless soil-connoisseurs across the internet are proudly ...