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The Strangest Non-Food Items Doctors Have Seen People Eat

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Most people don’t know the clinical term pica. They know the TV portrayal, though. My Strange Addiction spent years introducing viewers to people eating things that were definitely not food and turning it into a public spectacle. 



That public understanding is pretty warped. Pica is a real eating disorder involving the persistent craving and consumption of non-food items, and the list of things people eat gets disturbing pretty quickly. A recent New York Post story asked specialists about the

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