According to Who, What, Why: Why do people eat clay?, it seems like it is very common to eat clay these days even in some parts of the United States. There are researches to answer that this new supplement benefits health in many ways, and now it is asking for feedback.
I think it is not that surprising for me because in Thai context, we eat even insects and totally think that it has a high level of protein. So, insects could be a good supplement for Thais. This kind of meal is very popular in northern and northeastern part of Thailand. People in these areas have been eaten insects for over twenty years, and most of them do not have a negative impact due to eating insects. About two years ago, I had tasted worm fried once when I was in Chiangmai. I think it tastes very yummy. I have read two researches of a benefit of insects fried. I am still complicated because the researches have different results. One totally agrees that it has protein and can be eaten, but another one tells that it is very dangerous for human's body.
In the same way, I might try to taste clay once if there is a research that guarantees a benefit of clay. I think it also depends on where people get clay. If it is the clay that produced by chemists, it might be reasonable to buy and taste it. I have heard that white clay is very useful because it is able to clean heavy mental out of body and has antioxidant to protect cancer. In addition to this, it can be used for hair treatment as well. So, now it seems like clay does have a lot of benefits.
As I mentioned, in this context, belief and proof are working together. However in some cultures, proof is not valued as much as belief. So, I think people should give a reason for themselves that whether it is a good supplement or even a main course. As everybody knows that a body of every single human is not always the same. Therefore, clay probably might be good for people who live in cold weather, but it might cause a severe disease for people who live in warm weather.
I am looking forward to see what is going to be a new supplement. Perhaps, in this coming future, seawater might be a good one which could be produced into a capsule.
Reference
Who, What, Why: Why do people eat clay?. (2014, May 8). BBC News magazine monitor. Retrieved May 9, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27323160
I have never eaten clay. But I love eating meat what was roasted or baked with covering clay. It was very delicious, smelled like earth a little bit. And because of clay, the meat was more tender and the taste of meat was fully drown out.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds interesting, but maybe I have to make sure first that the clay is clean before cooking it lol.
ReplyDeleteInstead of eating clay, I’m wondering why the scientists don’t extract nutrient that they think good for health into a capsule or pill. I think it would be better to eat something that look safer.
ReplyDeleteI have also never eaten clay, but I used it for face mask. I bought a clay product from a spa which is also a tourist spot called 'Phu Klon' in Mae-hong-sorn several years ago. The clay has to be mixed with yogurt before applying on face. It really minimized pores as it claimed. But I'm not sure that was a result of the clay or the yogurt.
ReplyDeleteAlthough there are evidence that guarantee the benefit of clay but I don't eat it for sure! I think clay doesn't look good for being my meal because I think it is dirty, as someone who doesn't like to eat fried insects because they strongly believe that some kind of insects are dirty and disgusting.
ReplyDeleteFor me, when I choose something to eat, not only benefit they have, but also their image. Even it was guarantee by nutritionist but it look weird, I don't want to eat it and I will find something looks better.
When I read Wann's chosen article, I wasn't sure that it says that "There are researches to answer that this new supplement benefits health in many ways" (Wann Aksorngarn, 2014, May 9, para. 2). The experts seemed to me to be saying that eating clay offered no benefits for most people today, except in undeveloped countries such as some in Africa.
ReplyDeleteIn contrast, American actress Shailene Woodley says that "it bonds to negative isotopes" ("Who, What, Why," 2014, para. 3). And this comment from the young film star sounds to me not only false, but a great example of bullshit. Does she even know what her sentences mean?
I am sure that the movie star sincerely believes what she said, but I'm also sure that sincerity of belief does not make that belief more true. Actually, if she's a liar, she believes something very different to what she has said. But I don't think she is a liar. I suspect she is really a bullshitter, which is even worse than a liar: she just doesn't care about what's true or false, but makes sentences that try to sound impressive, and perhaps then believes them herself.
Reference
Who, What, Why: Why do people eat clay? (2014, May 8). BBC News Magazine Monitor. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27323160
You remind me that I have eaten clay once since I was around 8 years old. I traveled to my friend's house. Her mother was eating clay, roasted clay and let me tried. I remember, its taste is not so bad. I can't remember why she eats it but I infer from next jar which is clove, and think it may relieve about oral health, such as deodorize bad breath.
ReplyDeleteI remember eating dirt as a child because my brothers and sisters and I thought it would be fun to try. We also spent many happy hours making mud pies, and worse, but the dirt I remember tasting was next to our duck and chicken pens, so probably not the most hygienic.
DeleteAnd that reminds me that we often picked vegetables such as carrots from the soil and ate them without washing, so we must have ingested a little soil along with those. I suppose I was an adventurous child, and growing up on a farm, there were lots of things to try out. My father sensibly kept the poisons, drugs and other dangerous substances used in farming safely locked away from curious children.
Although I like my food clean, a little dirt doesn't worry me that much - it's bugs, fungus and rot that really worry me.
I have never tried clay as a food, but I like to use a bowl made of clay in microwave oven. I have friends who like eating insects in Thailand but I don't like creatures which have more than 4 legs. Am i miss something delicious? is question i thought whenever I saw my friends ate them.
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