在当今的高科技年代,世界上仍有半数以上人口食泥吃石,为的是补充日常饮食中摄取不足的热量和养分。今天的食泥族通常分布在非洲、亚洲。他们吃黏土,是为了改善饮食或治疗疾病。在美国加利福尼亚洲,不少美洲土著爱把泥土混入磨碎了的橡实一块儿吃。 In today’s high-tech age, more than half of the world’s population still eat mud and stone, in order to supplement the daily intake of inadequate intake of calories and nutrients. Today’s mud race are usually located in Africa, Asia. They eat clay to improve their diet or cure their illness. In the United States, California, many Native Americans love to mix the earth with ground acorns.