An influencer claims she is suffering from a rare disorder which causes her to eat soil.
Koral Costa, who previously made headlines revealing she washes her face with her own urine – claiming it keeps her skin youthful – has shared her battle with pica syndrome.
The feeding disorder involves someone eating non-food substances that have no nutritional value, such as paper, soap, paint, chalk, or ice.
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But the Colombian singer’s choice of snack? Dirt.
She shared a video of her chowing down on bits of dirt from a plant pot with her 513,000 Instagram followers, as reported by What’s The Jam.
She speaks to the camera while holding the plant in her hand, to which she dips her finger and licks off the soil.
She says: “Since my husband, Omar Murillo has entered a reality show, I have felt a lot of anxiety.
“Which has led me to want to eat the dirt out of our plants.”
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Koral is married to reality star, Omar, from The House of the Famous.
The video garnered over 440,000 views and 4,700 likes.
One viewer, Yorjanis, commented: “Try to go to a psychologist and see that they can help you.”
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Rio added: “I once felt the urge to eat dirt and loved the smell of rain falling on the ground, but I was pregnant.”
Marcela commented: “I just like earth, I love it, that smell, that taste.”
Someone else wrote: “You have to go to the doctor that’s not good for your health.”
Ian joked: “Save a little for the plant.”
However, some followers weren’t as supportive and claimed she was doing it to seek attention.
Ginna commented: “It’s attention seeking syndrome!”
Julieta added: “It’s syndrome of leisure and excessive attention-seeking.”
Nubia wrote: “Seek God better to remove your stupidity.”
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