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Chewing on rubber?
I have this urge to chew on putty or rubber. It's like a craving but for rubber. Ive been doing this since is was little. I don't know if this is normal for people or what?
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I once saw a show of people with strange tendencies, like one girl who ate chalk and another who ate laundry detergent.
I do remember a panel of Dr.s and scientists really checking the people out and doing all sorts of tests.
From what I remember, it seemed that in a great majority of the cases, the person with the odd craving had some essential minerals or vitamins missing in their body. And the human body is a strange thing. When we lack something in our diets, we can develop an appetite for a particular food, but sometimes its not food at all but something that can be harmful over long term if taken internally. I would assume that even rubber has teeny molecules of whatever is part of the products that originally made it that mixes in your saliva and enters your system. Since it seems to satisfy your craving you continue doing it. But when its non food items we crave, you can bet that the replacement for what your body lacks is a very poor one or in some way mimics it for a short while and still only meets the craving instinct but doesn't actually build up what you are short on, and thats why the craving is still there.
If I remembered this all correctly, then its time to see your Dr. and get a blood test done to check for what you may be lacking and let them know of this craving. that should be the start to recovery of a normal diet with any supplements you may need.
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