![](https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Russell-Webb-Durers-Turf-2010-Wood-and-acrylic-paint-41-x-76.5-x-60.5-cms-254x300.jpeg)
Earth Eaters
8 September 2020 • Mark Westall
EARTH EATERS is an alternative name for the condition Geophagia – the practice in humans and animals of eating earth or more specifically the clay and mineral content within it. It is part of a larger eating disorder called Pica – the consumption of non nutritive substances such as clay, starch, ice and chalk. This behaviour is usually found in people that have underlying deficiencies (blood cells, haemoglobin or zinc).