geophagy

Question 1

what is geophagy

Answer 1

practice of eating soil or earth materials for nutrition or to suppress appetite

Question 2

anthropological geophagy

Answer 2

evidence: white clay found along side bones of the Homo halibus (at kalambo falls near Zambia and Tanzania

Question 3

contemporary geophagy

Answer 3

in Africa Kaolin is eaten. it is sold in the Cameroon markets and is flavored with spices. once again the largest demand comes from pregnant women.
ubt in Kenya, 73% of children(5-18) eat kaolin too

Question 4

why might people engage in geophagy?

Answer 4

soils were thought of as nutrition and medicine
culture
to make themselves ills or commit suicide (very effective they needed to out makes on slaves to prevent them from doing it)
for pregnant women to have an easy delivery

Question 5

what are the negative health effects of geophagy?

Answer 5

it coats in GI tract and increase absorption of toxins
and contain harmful parasites
lead to lead poisoning or other HM poisoning

Question 6

where does it normally occur

Answer 6

in pre-industrial societies and poor villages.
the majority of people who partake are pregnant women too

Question 7

what is pica?

Answer 7

the ED is characterized by the abnormal craving to ingest earth substances and non nutritive items

Question 8

what did Vermeer suggest?

Answer 8

soil consumption is a normal human behaviour

Question 9

south america geophagy

Answer 9

predominant in indigenous cultures
Gernam naturalist: alexander von Humboldt saw the otomacs near the orinioco river doing geophage, note that they were kinda picky, they would eat the smoothest clay they could find
now venezuela

Question 10

Indonesia geophagy

Answer 10

in Indian archipelago of java they ate red square (iron rich) cakes called taanampo. could be oven baked or rolled into little cylinders

Question 11

Africa geophagy

Answer 11

david livingstone saw that slave ate soil in Zanzibar. they carried this practice over the ocean.

Question 12

what are the 8 big minerals? what do they do?

Answer 12

Phosphorous- help form bone. none=impaired growth
Potassium - a catalyst in protine synth and helps muscle contraction
Calcium- bone growth and muscle contraction. non+ rickets, osteomalaciacia or osteoporosis
Copper-binding O2 to hemoglobin, none= Anemia, slow growth, and depigmentation
Magnesium- protein synth and metabolism
, non-no growth
Manganese- enzymes catalyst and sexual development, non = no growth
Iron-hemoglobin synth, too muh= siderosis, none= anemia
Zinc- enzyme and metabolism and sexual development, none= no growth.