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Eating Slate pencil
I am eating slate pencil often nowadays It's like cravings , please help me to get out of this habit.
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Ms. Kapila
Dietitian/Nutritionist
11 yrs exp
Ludhiana
Hi,
Your craving for chalk/ slate is due to the calcium deficiency and other minerals in your diet. Add calcium rich sources like milk & milk products, palak, til and ragi in your diet.
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Ms. Susmita Singh
Dietitian/Nutritionist
5 yrs exp
Jamshedpur
add calcium supplement to your diet
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Ms. Barkha Goswami
Dietitian/Nutritionist
3 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Take amway multi vitamin may be you are deficiency of any micro or macro nutrients.
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Ms. Trupti Padhi
Dietitian/Nutritionist
1 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Gud morning pls kindly try to avoid those sorts of cravings, u might have some vitamins n minerals deficiency thts why it's happening so.
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Ms. Somya Jain
Dietitian/Nutritionist
9 yrs exp
Delhi
It is due to some vitamin and mineral deficiency in your body that attract you towards those smell so you want to eat them
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Ms. Harshita
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11 yrs exp
Delhi
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