People during wartime had no choice but to eat soil and roots to survive. But now, there's a young Mongolian girl who eats soil... by choice! What an odd child.. Wuqibalaqiqige is the name.
According to www.chinadaily.com.cn, this girl started her curious eating habits last year, and said that she felt no need to eat normal food now that she had discovered how much she liked to eat soil. Hmmm.. interesting... Quite a low-maintenance girl I'd say, heh.. She can find food practically anywhere in the world, without having to pay much (or not having to pay at all). How nice! In fact, she'll even be paid a huge amount (for eating soil), if she gets herself in the Guiness Book of World Records, which she is now vying for.
She will also launch a campaign for a charity that helps people with unusual diseases. According to Chinadaily, she has already helped a woman who suffered from insomnia for more than 10 years.
Now what is that suggesting? Soil cures insomnia?? All websites i searched, NEVER elaborated on that matter - as in how the soil-eater cured the insomniac. Don't you think people will naturally assume that eating soil can cure insomnia? Well, perhaps that really is the cure, but i think the papers should clarify on that matter. Or the next thing you know, insomniacs who read the article will start eating soil in the garden.
Well, that's it for now. I need to search my garden for a soil that suits me best! ;p
