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sillyakchick

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Posted: 08-22-07 11:55am

Eating ice is a form of pica-the consumption of non-food items. It does not cause malabsorption of nutrients, but can signal that the body is deficieint in some nutirient, commonly iron. Not always, though. Sometimes people just like to chew ice! Very
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Leannemarie

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i eat ice all the time
Posted: 04-02-08 19:19pm

Im only 17 im addicted to eating ice my mum sisster and freinds hate the sound of it i have been doing it for the past year i didnt think that it was anything bad i did know i was overly obsessed with eating it though i never knew others ate it aswell? its good to know im not the only one what is it then why cant i stop? and why when i dont eat it do i feel tired and dehidrated? xx
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fatnutritionist

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Posted: 09-09-08 15:49pm

Eating ice is pica which indicates a deficiancy of something in our bodies. In this case it is iron. Get on a good iron supplement and you should feel better.
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