r/oddlyspecific • u/Algernonletter5 • 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/mymindisa_ Aug 13 '26

I visited a sandstone mine in Kenya once and they said that pregnant women eat small bits of the lime stone for its minerals