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An interesting way to take revenge on former employers was chosen by the editor of the Australian Vogue magazine, Christy Clements. Having worked in the fashion industry for about 25 years and was unexpectedly fired from her position, she decided to reveal the whole ins and outs of the life of fashion models.

As it turned out, the models resort to an unusual diet, which many of us have tried on ourselves since childhood. Remember, if someone got a lucky bus ticket, they had to ... eat it, while making a wish. It turned out that fashion models do about the same thing: they eat paper so that there is a feeling of satiety. The only difference is that all models have one desire for all - not to get fat. As for those young ladies who do not like paper, everything is simple with them. They just starve themselves, from time to time getting to the hospital to take a life-saving course of IVs.

For most beauties who dream of getting into the modeling business, "The Vogue Factor" (that's the name of Clements' book) was a shocking and even frightening revelation. After all, if you read it and believe everything that is written there, you will certainly come to the conclusion that the beautiful models who walk so cheerfully along the catwalk and pose for cameras and who are envied by millions of average girls most often suffer from a weakness that does not allow them to live. full life.

The modeling world knows even more terrible cases when the desire to lose weight for the sake of prestigious shows led not only to complete exhaustion, but also to death. Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston died weighing 40 kg, Uruguayan model Eliana Ramos died at the age of 18 with even less weight, and one of the most famous cases, which journalists have repeatedly written about, was the death of 28-year-old model Isabelle Caro, the girl’s weight in recent days of life was no more than 28 kilograms.

On the pages of his revelatory opus, Clements, for example, describes one three-day shoot, during which the model never ate, and at the end of the last working day she could barely stand on her feet. And one of the acquaintances of the former editor, a Russian model, whose name the author of the book does not disclose, said that even girls who are invited by famous fashion houses to try on suffer from health problems.

Kristi Clements explained to readers a few fashionable terms. It turns out that there is a concept of "usual thinness" and "Parisian thinness." The latter describes a situation where an initially skinny Australian model went down another two sizes to get into overseas shows.

Many speculate that the reason for the editor's dismissal was her desire to publicize the frightening secrets of the fashion business. This opinion is shared by critics, but they emphasize that the book was written after Clements left the post of editor, and that, most likely, this is only an act of revenge on the publishing house.

IMHO, if it's plain cheap white newsprint paper, it's not a big problem.

After all, during the period of stagnation, everyone ate sausages that were half cellulose, no one died from them.

But paper for printing photographs or high brightness is dangerous due to chemical additives.

It would be nice to check the gastric juice for acidity - the desire to fill the stomach with anything tasteless can be a sign of a beginning stomach ulcer.

There is no big social problem in the fact that a child eats paper (charcoal, whitewash, chews cellophane, puts all sorts of objects up his nose). Anything is better than killing animals and bullying your peers.

But, in all such manifestations, one can see signs of autism. Previously experienced stress, including intrauterine, can affect the little man. Remember how the pregnancy was worn, what emotions you experienced, what thoughts were in your head, what passions you experienced.

Contact a good psychiatrist. Most likely, the sad diagnosis will not be confirmed, and you will sleep much calmer.

Don't panic.

And these are not psychological problems.

As long as it's physiology.

Check hemoglobin, and take tests for the eggworm.

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Dear Gary, this is a state of the body, why add more stress to the child.

Well, he will stop chewing paper. Will start eating whitewash, tooth powder, crayons, sand, clay...

It seems that it is easier to strengthen the body and the problem will go away.

And what should I do if I am addicted to school chalk and I like to eat it at breaks and in large quantities. I am 13 years old.

I’m 25 years old, I’ve been chewing paper since grade 3, I can’t find it without it, what could be the consequences

Denis, well, since you have been eating for so many years, it's okay

I eat paper from an early age, there is some kind of need, and I can’t do without it for a day, this is of course very bad for the intestines and stomach, as well as for the teeth: they experience a lot of stress and can crumble, sometimes my stomach hurts , but I can’t eat, I can even distinguish which white paper is tastier.

I have also been eating paper for 25 years! I can't live without it, I eat white

Toilet paper, almost a roll a day 🙈 This is some kind of disease, but for the past 2 months I have practically not eaten, maybe 10 napkins a week in total!

Paperbreaker

I also eat paper mostly A4. I can eat 5.6 sheets a day. It started 6 years ago during pregnancy. And after that I can't stop. I went to the doctor, I was diagnosed with perverted appetite))) I donated blood, hemoglobin is normal. And that's it. My advice to everyone who eats paper is to drink a glass of water in the morning so that at least there are no problems with the intestines.

Thunderstorm paper

Since childhood, since the age of 5 I have been chewing toilet paper, I understand which one is tastier, and for 10 years I chewed it, but in recent months I began to swallow it, eat it. And the stomach growls for about ten minutes after that. I know that the sign is not good, but I can not stop. I also ate chalk, clay and salt in large quantities. Looks like it's still alive

Habit

My daughter chews toilet paper

Most of all she likes the cheapest (weaving, etc.)

What to do with it?

Ahmedula

I eat paper every day if I want 1 notebook 12-sheets I can’t stop swearing two or three times that I won’t eat but I couldn’t leave the toilet room I don’t eat only sheets of notebooks white black it doesn’t matter even the covers of notebooks so that it’s not harmful to draw there

also recently started eating paper, but not eating, but just chewing and spitting it out

Hello, I have a problem, I have been eating paper for 2 years now, I like the paper from scream old pages most of all, I also like how they smell, I take it off and chew it when the paper loses its taste, I throw it away, I can chew 30-50 pages in a day, please help me with this. fight what to do

thunderstorm paper

I’ve been eating her for three years, I like her tastelessness, sometimes my stomach hurts, she doesn’t stop like a drug and swore and ate chalk and whitewash all the time for 14 years

Paper nightmare

Ahaha, it's nice to know that I'm not the only crazy one :D

I am 20 years old, half a year ago I started buying and eating calcium gluconate in large quantities, then I switched to food chalk. But the problem was that neither one nor the other for a long time to eat - it becomes already unpleasant. But recently he discovered a new area - paper. Nice to know I'm not the only one chewing toilet paper and napkins :D

But when I print something on the printer, the smell of hot paper coming out of the printer drives me crazy. Involuntarily eat a leaf or two A4))

When I ate chalk and calcium carbonate, one could say that this is a lack of calcium, but everything is fine with the analyzes. Yes, and there is not a drop of calcium in the paper and no

Kravchuchka :)

I've been chewing paper for two years. especially toilet, I don’t really like A4, and I don’t really like white notebooks either, I eat whites from the minibus, I eat newspapers, I can’t stop, what to do to which doctor to go! It's not normal! but very tasty!

I thought I was the only one eating paper...)

Abnormal

I eat toilet paper. Every time I go to the toilet, I tear out a few sheets of paper and eat it. And I swallow it. Mom is still surprised because toilet paper runs out very quickly, and I laugh to myself ... Toilet paper is very tasty!

Ekaterina

I also ate paper. Started at school at 11-12 years old. Ate for several years. And notebook sheets and blotting paper. Then it just went away. Now I do not eat and do not pull.

Paper)

paperhead

There are really a lot of us, I thought that I was the only one, I have been eating paper for 5-6 years, I can’t stop doing it, and I don’t want to stop eating paper, I used to eat notebook sheets, A4, and now I switched to toilet paper, I’m ashamed. I eat a roll of 1-2 per day, and then given the fact that I am embarrassed to eat it in public, I have to hide, if I ate in public, I would eat 4-5 rolls. I love papers that have no inscriptions, no smell, no dyes. Mmmmm delicious!

paper eater

I've been eating paper since elementary school. I saw a classmate eating a notebook and I also tried it. I didn’t like it anyway, I ate then I found my taste. This is the taste of an old Soviet book. And now for 30 years I continue to eat old books. I don't know how much I ate. I'm pregnant and can't stop eating. I didn’t eat for half a year, then I start out of curiosity, I like the taste and juice of old pages.

Now I am 7 months pregnant and I also eat paper, is it harmful?

I thought that I was the only one eating paper, but at first I ate clay just disassembling my grandmother's stove, then I stopped for a set or 2, then I tried toilet paper, ate it for 6 months, and then switched to notebook sheets, now I recognize which one is tastier and which one is better, I probably ate 50 notebooks for sure, my parents even ask why the notebooks end so quickly? When I eat it, my stomach starts to hurt too, is this normal? Nothing dangerous? Of course, only hemoglobin is 90%, which is bad!

I've read that, in principle, nothing serious if you chew it a little. Although it is certainly strange for us to perceive that the child does not eat food, but in fact not a tasty piece of paper. But it is excreted from the body. But on purpose, I definitely wouldn’t give it, I hid it, I think it will go away with him over time

I'm not the only one

I've been eating toilet paper and napkins since I was 12. I’m already used to it and I can’t stop, but all my relatives already know about it and are surprised ... Why does toilet paper run out so quickly.

Initially, I thought only I eat, but apparently not x)

Let's say they buy several rolls (3-4 pieces), I'll hide one, and the others in the quiet in the toilet, in the kitchen, and even at their computer. It's very embarrassing in front of your parents.

Hooray! How many of us, it turns out! I propose to create a party of "Paper Eaters" and from time to time to gather and arrange feasts. Some kind of drug :) Oh! And sniff gasoline :)

Vika 34 years old

I’ve been eating paper since 1995, you can say since childhood, I want to stop, I can’t pull very hard in the morning, I constantly eat all kinds of paper and toilet paper, now I switched to notebook and A4. I also started having problems with my stomach and intestines began to work poorly! Help what to do with this???

eater

Damn, I've been eating paper for 10 years. I do not know what to do:(.

It also seems to me that this is harmful, but so far nothing bad has happened, pah-pah.

I like to eat toilette on the embankment (the cheapest), I also do not refuse other companies, I eat napkins, A4, notebooks ... A touch too ... I like the smell of gasoline and I really want to try it.

IMHO, if it's plain cheap white newsprint paper, it's not a big problem.

After all, during the period of stagnation, everyone ate sausages that were half cellulose, no one died from them.

But paper for printing photographs or high brightness is dangerous due to chemical additives.

It would be nice to check the gastric juice for acidity - the desire to fill the stomach with anything tasteless can be a sign of a beginning stomach ulcer.

There is no big social problem in the fact that a child eats paper (charcoal, whitewash, chews cellophane, puts all sorts of objects up his nose). Anything is better than killing animals and bullying your peers.

But, in all such manifestations, one can see signs of autism. Previously experienced stress, including intrauterine, can affect the little man. Remember how the pregnancy was worn, what emotions you experienced, what thoughts were in your head, what passions you experienced.

Contact a good psychiatrist. Most likely, the sad diagnosis will not be confirmed, and you will sleep much calmer.

Don't panic.

And these are not psychological problems.

As long as it's physiology.

Check hemoglobin, and take tests for the eggworm.

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Dear Gary, this is a state of the body, why add more stress to the child.

Well, he will stop chewing paper. Will start eating whitewash, tooth powder, crayons, sand, clay...

It seems that it is easier to strengthen the body and the problem will go away.

And what should I do if I am addicted to school chalk and I like to eat it at breaks and in large quantities. I am 13 years old.

I’m 25 years old, I’ve been chewing paper since grade 3, I can’t find it without it, what could be the consequences

Denis, well, since you have been eating for so many years, it's okay

I eat paper from an early age, there is some kind of need, and I can’t do without it for a day, this is of course very bad for the intestines and stomach, as well as for the teeth: they experience a lot of stress and can crumble, sometimes my stomach hurts , but I can’t eat, I can even distinguish which white paper is tastier.

I have also been eating paper for 25 years! I can't live without it, I eat white

Toilet paper, almost a roll a day 🙈 This is some kind of disease, but for the past 2 months I have practically not eaten, maybe 10 napkins a week in total!

Paperbreaker

I also eat paper mostly A4. I can eat 5.6 sheets a day. It started 6 years ago during pregnancy. And after that I can't stop. I went to the doctor, I was diagnosed with perverted appetite))) I donated blood, hemoglobin is normal. And that's it. My advice to everyone who eats paper is to drink a glass of water in the morning so that at least there are no problems with the intestines.

Thunderstorm paper

Since childhood, since the age of 5 I have been chewing toilet paper, I understand which one is tastier, and for 10 years I chewed it, but in recent months I began to swallow it, eat it. And the stomach growls for about ten minutes after that. I know that the sign is not good, but I can not stop. I also ate chalk, clay and salt in large quantities. Looks like it's still alive

Habit

My daughter chews toilet paper

Most of all she likes the cheapest (weaving, etc.)

What to do with it?

Ahmedula

I eat paper every day if I want 1 notebook 12-sheets I can’t stop swearing two or three times that I won’t eat but I couldn’t leave the toilet room I don’t eat only sheets of notebooks white black it doesn’t matter even the covers of notebooks so that it’s not harmful to draw there

also recently started eating paper, but not eating, but just chewing and spitting it out

Hello, I have a problem, I have been eating paper for 2 years now, I like the paper from scream old pages most of all, I also like how they smell, I take it off and chew it when the paper loses its taste, I throw it away, I can chew 30-50 pages in a day, please help me with this. fight what to do

thunderstorm paper

I’ve been eating her for three years, I like her tastelessness, sometimes my stomach hurts, she doesn’t stop like a drug and swore and ate chalk and whitewash all the time for 14 years

Paper nightmare

Ahaha, it's nice to know that I'm not the only crazy one :D

I am 20 years old, half a year ago I started buying and eating calcium gluconate in large quantities, then I switched to food chalk. But the problem was that neither one nor the other for a long time to eat - it becomes already unpleasant. But recently he discovered a new area - paper. Nice to know I'm not the only one chewing toilet paper and napkins :D

But when I print something on the printer, the smell of hot paper coming out of the printer drives me crazy. Involuntarily eat a leaf or two A4))

When I ate chalk and calcium carbonate, one could say that this is a lack of calcium, but everything is fine with the analyzes. Yes, and there is not a drop of calcium in the paper and no

Kravchuchka :)

I've been chewing paper for two years. especially toilet, I don’t really like A4, and I don’t really like white notebooks either, I eat whites from the minibus, I eat newspapers, I can’t stop, what to do to which doctor to go! It's not normal! but very tasty!

I thought I was the only one eating paper...)

Abnormal

I eat toilet paper. Every time I go to the toilet, I tear out a few sheets of paper and eat it. And I swallow it. Mom is still surprised because toilet paper runs out very quickly, and I laugh to myself ... Toilet paper is very tasty!

Ekaterina

I also ate paper. Started at school at 11-12 years old. Ate for several years. And notebook sheets and blotting paper. Then it just went away. Now I do not eat and do not pull.

Paper)

paperhead

There are really a lot of us, I thought that I was the only one, I have been eating paper for 5-6 years, I can’t stop doing it, and I don’t want to stop eating paper, I used to eat notebook sheets, A4, and now I switched to toilet paper, I’m ashamed. I eat a roll of 1-2 per day, and then given the fact that I am embarrassed to eat it in public, I have to hide, if I ate in public, I would eat 4-5 rolls. I love papers that have no inscriptions, no smell, no dyes. Mmmmm delicious!

paper eater

I've been eating paper since elementary school. I saw a classmate eating a notebook and I also tried it. I didn’t like it anyway, I ate then I found my taste. This is the taste of an old Soviet book. And now for 30 years I continue to eat old books. I don't know how much I ate. I'm pregnant and can't stop eating. I didn’t eat for half a year, then I start out of curiosity, I like the taste and juice of old pages.

Now I am 7 months pregnant and I also eat paper, is it harmful?

I thought that I was the only one eating paper, but at first I ate clay just disassembling my grandmother's stove, then I stopped for a set or 2, then I tried toilet paper, ate it for 6 months, and then switched to notebook sheets, now I recognize which one is tastier and which one is better, I probably ate 50 notebooks for sure, my parents even ask why the notebooks end so quickly? When I eat it, my stomach starts to hurt too, is this normal? Nothing dangerous? Of course, only hemoglobin is 90%, which is bad!

I've read that, in principle, nothing serious if you chew it a little. Although it is certainly strange for us to perceive that the child does not eat food, but in fact not a tasty piece of paper. But it is excreted from the body. But on purpose, I definitely wouldn’t give it, I hid it, I think it will go away with him over time

I'm not the only one

I've been eating toilet paper and napkins since I was 12. I’m already used to it and I can’t stop, but all my relatives already know about it and are surprised ... Why does toilet paper run out so quickly.

Initially, I thought only I eat, but apparently not x)

Let's say they buy several rolls (3-4 pieces), I'll hide one, and the others in the quiet in the toilet, in the kitchen, and even at their computer. It's very embarrassing in front of your parents.

Hooray! How many of us, it turns out! I propose to create a party of "Paper Eaters" and from time to time to gather and arrange feasts. Some kind of drug :) Oh! And sniff gasoline :)

Vika 34 years old

I’ve been eating paper since 1995, you can say since childhood, I want to stop, I can’t pull very hard in the morning, I constantly eat all kinds of paper and toilet paper, now I switched to notebook and A4. I also started having problems with my stomach and intestines began to work poorly! Help what to do with this???

eater

Damn, I've been eating paper for 10 years. I do not know what to do:(.

It also seems to me that this is harmful, but so far nothing bad has happened, pah-pah.

I like to eat toilette on the embankment (the cheapest), I also do not refuse other companies, I eat napkins, A4, notebooks ... A touch too ... I like the smell of gasoline and I really want to try it.

Hello. I am 20 years old, student. A year ago, I suddenly began to notice that I was drawn to strange things - I want to eat chalk, limestone, paper ... The topic with chalk somehow went by itself, I read that this is most likely a consequence of low hemoglobin, since my school years I have been always pale, with bruises under my eyes and get tired quickly. And the paper is just gaining momentum! I buy school notebooks, carefully cut each leaf into small ones, put them in a pile and eat! Together with food, instead of food, after eating, on the way to study... I already absorb more than 10 notebook sheets a day, and moreover, I count them! 1486 sheets since the beginning of 2010. Yesterday another portion ended, but there was no way to go for a new one, the stationery was already closed. It started to break me so bad!!! It became scary. Tell me why it can be such a strange attachment? I don’t smoke, I don’t particularly like lollipops either, if we talk about the need to keep something in my mouth.
ps there is a version that this was somehow influenced by my first kiss, which I was afraid of for a long time, because. I was inspired by my mother in childhood that any sex is disgusting .... and which happened just about a year ago.

Psychologists Answers

Hello Veronica! Theoretically, of course, it can be assumed that cellulose makes up for some shortcomings in your body, but the state of "withdrawal" speaks rather of psychological dependence, because science certainly does not know the facts of physical dependence on cellulose ...

You notice that you have some compulsive actions and anxiety associated with these actions. Do you remember the very thoughts that precede actions? The fact is that such states always begin with certain thoughts. What are they about? Most often in psychological practice, it turns out that such actions (there is something, or washing your hands constantly, for example, or counting something, steps, passers-by, books on a shelf) always become the result of some thoughts that cause anxiety, and such obsessive actions themselves, as it were, shield a person from thoughts, help him get rid of them or forget them. Then, usually in personal therapy, it turns out (usually with the help of a specialist) what are the thoughts from which a person tries to "escape" into such obsessive actions, that is, what does he shield himself from, protect himself from? Here, alas, it is difficult to find it yourself, so it is better to undergo personal therapy.

It can be assumed from the version with a kiss. Your mother told you that it was bad, disgusting. You had a strong sexual attraction, you succumbed to it at least to some extent, you, let's say, liked what was happening. And after that came a strong sense of guilt because of the suggestions made by my mother. And subsequently, it is likely that you 1) kind of simulacly punish yourself for the manifestation of sexuality by eating this paper 2) avoid thoughts about sex and any other intima - kisses, hugs, etc., that is, block your sexual fantasies and reactions with the help of such here is the action with the paper. How would eating paper help you "escape" from thoughts about sex.

I hope I have explained the mechanics clearly. And then the only way out is to go to personal therapy. Because it is very difficult to trace the mechanism that has become automatic. But from practice - such disorders are eliminated, at the first stage it will be necessary to deal with the causes, and then teach you techniques that help to "disassemble" automatisms. If you decide to seriously work out the situation, you can contact.

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Hello Veronica!

As a rule, obsessive-compulsive disorder (in my opinion, you have just such a problem), although it is difficult, but still adjustable deviations from the norm of mental health. Probably, the reason for your condition is rooted in the early periods, more precisely in the relationship between you and your mother in these early periods.

Apparently, on the one hand, you want to get rid of this suffering, but on the other hand, doing this seems very scary to you - this is the “toy” without which you cannot imagine your life! This is the main difficulty of your position. BUT, after all, if you decide to write to us, then part of your personality (the healthy part) wants to get rid of this disease. Whichever side you take, that one will prevail. Decide to work on this problem - contact us, it can be removed. Decide to stay there - there is a possibility of deterioration, up to hospitalization ...

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Decided to get into the Guinness Book of Records! There are many cases in history when stones, metal, glass and other inedible substances were consumed.

Pregnancy, a deficiency of certain substances in the body, or a mental disorder entail such addictions. Someone is limited to curiosity, and if they are seriously interested in the experiment of eating paper, then for this there are detailed answers to the question of what will happen if there is paper.

Paper composition

Paper is made from wood pulp and contains filler minerals, dyes. It is clear that none of these substances does not benefit the body. If we consider the question "is paper digested in the stomach", then the answer is no.

Cellulose is a naturally occurring polysaccharide. It is not absorbed by the body, it is not dangerous, but moving through the caecum, it can cause appendicitis. While moving through the intestines unprocessed substance can cause constipation. When using paper, you need to remember that it swells a lot in the stomach, so digestion can stop.

The following components are of great danger to the body: talc, gypsum, kaolin, titanium dioxide. One can imagine what will happen if there is paper: under the influence of these elements on the intestinal walls, nausea is possible, and in the future - gastritis or an ulcer.

Doctor's opinion

Experts are sure that a person who eats paper is deficient in minerals and vitamins, microelements, usually iron and calcium, do not enter his blood. Missing substances can be obtained in a more acceptable way - in the form of dietary supplements on the advice of a doctor.

The doctor will most likely prescribe a blood test, examine the level of hemoglobin, red blood cells, and serum ferritin.

Alternative to cellulose

If the taste of paper is attractive, why not look at its food alternative? Dietary cellulose is present in some dietary supplements. For example, the products of "Tian Shi".

There is such an additive in products, more often in sausages, and it is known under the name E 460. It is not useful, but in this case it becomes possible to change the destructive food addiction to a more civilized one.

About the benefits of cellulose

The properties of cellulose are such that in the form of a dietary supplement it is not digested, but sometimes it is useful:

• It can be useful as food for intestinal bacteria that produce vitamin B and metabolize bile acids.
• The next positive property of cellulose is useful for obesity - we are talking about the suppression of hunger. In addition to this, intestinal peristalsis is activated.
• Cellulose fibers reduce the risk of heart disease, improve blood properties, absorb and remove cholesterol.
• The gel-forming property of cellulose stops the absorption of glucose, which is important for obesity and diabetes.
• Cellulose in the form of dietary supplements has a beneficial effect on the blood circulation of the brain, preventing thrombosis, and useful as stroke prevention.
• When food cellulose enters the body, the risk of oncological diseases of the large intestine, mammary and prostate glands is reduced.

Paper types

The effect on the body of a certain type of paper is different. Let's focus on the most common options.

What happens if there is a newspaper? The mercury and lead in ink paper are highly toxic, and there is a danger of death. Resins, dyes, types of glue used in the production process are harmful to such an extent that a ticket made of paper of this type, eaten for good luck, leads to poisoning.

What happens if you eat paper from a notebook? Acid is used to bleach writing paper, and the sheets after that are not always washed well. If the paper is poorly cleaned, you can observe how steam rises from it when using it in the printer.

Parchment, the paper in which food is wrapped, is colorless, tasteless and relatively safe. If a small amount of it was eaten with pies, then this did not produce any effect on the body.

Can you eat toilet paper? Based on the fact that it was produced with the expectation of interaction with the human body, it must be said that the volume will be limited only by the capabilities of the stomach.

Paper napkins are similar in composition to toilet paper. The wood is crushed, steamed, heated, bleached, pressed, dried. Then, using a mixer, a mousse is prepared, the foam is freed from moisture, the fibers are pressed on a burning cylinder, removed from its surface. The resulting material acquires softness and the ability to absorb moisture. What happens if there is paper in the form of table napkins? They are antibacterial and are not capable of causing allergies. For paper napkins use environmentally friendly paints. In this case, everything is individual, but a more gentle result is likely than with writing paper.

How much paper can you eat?

In the human body, like in many mammals, there are no enzymes capable of dissolving cellulose. AT digestive tract of some herbivores there are symbiont bacteria that promote the absorption of this polysaccharide.

If you drink paper with water, probably 200 grams can be absorbed by the digestive system. But in this strange occupation, individual intolerance or the need for such food will again play its role.

If the child eats paper

Paper or cardboard in its usual form is not dangerous for children. And if the child has eaten paper, you should worry about the presence of printing prints on it, when it can cause poisoning, as well as paper clips and metal parts for connection.

What happens if there is paper? The cellulose in its composition will act on the digestive tract like a brush, helping in some cases to cope with constipation. It is a completely different matter if pages from magazines are in the body: paint and composition can lead to negative consequences.

How does a child develop the habit of eating paper? Main reasons:

• A child at an early age (up to two years) actively explores the world, and paper is also of interest to him, including colored wrappers, drawings, picture pages.
• Teething forces the baby to pull into his mouth everything that is in his path, including paper.
• The baby lacks minerals, so his taste preferences change. An accurate diagnosis is required.
• If there is no shortage of substances in the body, the child probably just likes the effect of dissolving paper in his mouth.

Mental disorder

Paper food addiction is more common in women. Usually it is iron deficiency anemia, and sometimes neurosis. Neurosis could contribute to stress, psychological trauma.

Other causes include hunger and anorexia. When the supply of nutrients in the body is used up, and there is an internal prohibition regarding food, there is a tendency to gravitate towards what is in sight. If the trace elements of the blood are normal (according to the results of the analysis), it is recommended to contact a psychiatrist.

If no deviations are identified, it remains to help yourself: for example, each time you transfer attention from paper to another object, imagine the unpleasant properties of paper in bright light - as if it were made from something unacceptable for food. If in such an indirect way it is possible to influence the consciousness, then the desire to eat paper will disappear by itself.

Strange in the world

A few facts about strange eating disorders:

• A resident of the United States has gained worldwide fame by eating cat hair for 15 years.
• Until 2011, a resident of India consumed iron in small portions, and about 6 kg of small items accumulated in his intestines. When surgeons removed foreign bodies from him, he died.

• In Serbia, an elderly man ate glass objects: light bulbs, plates. As the reason for such a diet, he indicated heartburn, which he wanted to get rid of.
• Jade Sylvester from the UK has developed a habit of using a roll of toilet paper every day since her pregnancy. Addiction did not leave her after childbirth. The woman had favorite grades of paper. The need arose due to a lack of minerals, but grew into a mental habit.

Doctors who feel the need to use paper are advised to include foods enriched with minerals in the diet, try switching to seaweed, fruits, herbs, vegetables, nuts.