It seems that the time of the naive belief in the so-called “slagging of the body” has passed irrevocably, everyone has long learned that this is a marketing myth and stopped “cleansing the liver”, blood vessels and. similar useless nonsense, but no. Big aggregators still know how to make money out of nothing, and now it has been revealed that black money is also being made.
Recently, a friend announced on social networks that he had finally received the package of edible clay he had been waiting for. All that remains is to dry it a little – and you can eat it. She is an adult, adequate woman with several higher educations – there was no reason to suspect that her mind had suddenly become clouded, and I went to the marketplace, which, as we know, could soon replace any search engine. For the existence of literally everything in the world.
It turns out that there are not just a lot of clay eaters (as they call themselves), but a lot of them. The business of selling healing rocks is in full bloom.
Sellers of happiness promise the same “complete elimination of waste and toxins”, mysterious cleansing of the body, strengthening of all bones, including teeth, and even the fight against baldness and wrinkles – calcium! And of course, they add unforgettable pleasure and exquisite taste to it.
Surprisingly, I found almost nothing about health effects in the reviews below the ads. All lovers of clay (and they are the majority) praised its pleasant creamy or nutty taste, described it as delicious chips or crispy treats, and compared Turkmen and Ural clay in terms of the degree of richness or caramelity. In the photo, the crisps and treats looked like ordinary alumina pieces, only clean and without foreign debris.
Needless to say, someone like me who loves to try everything new decided to order a bag of selected (hehe) various clay (Ural, Turkestan, Bashkir, etc.). Fortunately, the fashionable delicacy costs 250 rubles for a rather heavy bag of half a kilo. We tried this with the whole office for an objective picture. Not everyone agreed; some of our colleagues literally had to beg. But you won’t have to try it on yourself anymore, I will tell you everything in detail.
Have you ever licked school chalk? Can you imagine the taste? Clay is much the same – nothing nutty or creamy in it, of course, just a lump of earth with no taste or smell. Even the stone is more beautiful. It’s also not crunchy at all like chips or raw kale. Can crushing a dense piece of soil in your mouth be called a crunch? If so, then you should enjoy, for example, poorly washed mushrooms. Despite all this, the majority stubbornly continues to praise clay: “It melts in your mouth!” You don’t even have to break it! Delicious, beautiful!” – and such. There are rare alternative views, but they are quickly drowned in the chorus of enthusiastic fans.
I think there is a kind of group hypnosis here, an unwillingness to stand out from the general group: there are well-known psychological experiments in which a person under the influence of the majority begins to call black white, and if he calls black white. If he does not say this, he strongly doubts the veracity of his own feelings.
One way or another, from the point of view of traditional medicine, eating clay is such an activity. If you are generally healthy and don’t eat kilos of clay, you will stay that way, but new hair or nails will definitely not grow. If you have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, you can eat a little before going to the doctor. Clay itself is a very heavy substance and is not intended for digestion; At the same time, no one can say for sure where this clay is waiting to meet your body, which rains water it, which hands pack it.
On the other hand, while I was understanding the intricacies of eating clay and reading the crazy comments, I had a strange feeling that a genius once formulated: “It’s so bad that it’s even good.” With what incredible ease we, women, trust everyone – incomprehensible nutritionists, traditional healers, obscure bloggers and even unknown Valentina P. and Natalya M., who leave reviews in the markets. Why waste time studying the topic when you can experience everything yourself? Men have no such adventurousness; They neither eat clay, nor light magic candles, nor sprinkle cinnamon in their coffee. And also paying for all of this. And if they do, it will be done in secret, so that not a single living soul will know about it.
It seems that the ancient instinct of the explorer is no longer a male privilege – you and I ladies can do that too, and how! And it’s not just clay.
The author expresses his personal opinion, which may not coincide with the position of the editors.