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Re:Compound found in the hallucinogenic tea ayahuasca can gr... by labawi on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @10:46AM (#25266144)
AFAIK, dirt and feces are rich in cobalamine (vitamine B₁₂), which is otherwise scarcely available in non-animal sources.

Calling it a "disorder" and "largely non-nutritive" seems a bit broad, when it could be satisfying a particular need. Even though eating feces might not be a good idea and more serious examples do seem useless and damaging.

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Re:Compound found in the hallucinogenic tea ayahuasca can gr... by nondeveloper on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @01:18PM (#25267989)
I also thought it odd that the article (or perhaps broader academic community) characterizes these behaviors as necessarily disordered. There seems to be a logic to it.
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