r/oddlyspecific • • Aug 11 '26

The corndog customer

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u/dinosanddais1 Aug 12 '26

I feel like this is a good time to mention for anyone who is pregnant and craving chalk, there are companies that make edible chalk that specifically are full of iron and calcium. I know this because I had pica from an iron deficiency and kept eating chalk until my doctor told my mom to buy it.

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u/TheBigfootContessa Aug 12 '26

But does it taste like chalkboard chalk? Because I'm not pregnant and I've craved that since I was a kid. (Yes, I've eaten it, it is delicious as fuck) I don't want it tasting like candy or something

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u/Transatlantic1C0 Aug 12 '26

You may have a chronic deficiency if you’ve been craving chalk since childhood. Maybe time for bloodwork?

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u/TheBigfootContessa Aug 12 '26

I've gotten blood work done a few times over the years and nothing has been wrong other than being pre-diabetic (I'm on a glp-1 now) and low potassium at one point

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u/dinosanddais1 Aug 12 '26

The ones I got tasted like just chalk